Among the automakers offering hybrid vehicles in the Dominican Republic are Audi, Mercedes Benz, Lexus, Honda, Infiniti and Volvo.
In 2019, at least 300 full-electric cars were circulating in the country, according to Charles Sánchez who is president of local electric vehicle (EV) distributor Zero Emision RD as well as the country’s electric mobility association. Its flagship model is the Nissan Leaf but the company also imports other models from time to time such as the Tesla Model 3.
Besides being cleaner for the environment, the main benefit for drivers is that energy cost is approximately 60% cheaper than gasoline, according to Mr. Sanchez, stating that gasoline is three times more expensive to operate on. (11 pesos per one kWh of electricity v.s. 250 pesos per gallon of gasoline)
To support EV drivers, Zero Emision RD has also developed the PlugShare mobile app which helps to manage recharging at approximately 50 recharging points (as of June 2019).
The challenges, however, include dealing with higher initial cost of an EV and the electricity grid which goes down from time to time so prepare accordingly.
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Publish date : 2022-11-11 03:00:00
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