Bhutan wants 100% of electric mobility in the medium term
Trapped between China, India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, Bhutan achieved fame a few years back, when popularized the concept of gross national happiness. Now, the country is again in the spotlight, as it intends to change all their cars for environmentally friendly vehicles and powered by electricity.The plan was announced on Thursday by Tshering Tobgay, Bhutan's Prime Minister, and Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan Renault, and predicts that the Nissan Leaf take their entire fleet of taxis and official state capital and largest city, Thimphu (pictured).The partnership provides for the assessment of what are the best places to install supply networks in the country and, in the medium term, the end of the sales tax and import taxes of green vehicles, to stimulate the transition among the population.According to data from the World Bank in 2009 Bhutan had 46 passenger cars per 1,000 people, which means your 742 thousand citizens have about 34 thousand cars. These numbers may seem irrelevant to the global market for green cars, but the truth is that Bhutan can become a global example. And hopes to profit from it.According to the sustainable planet, with this measure, the Government hopes to save the Country's money, in the long run, since it will no longer be necessary to import petroleum-derived fuel to supply the fleet of cars. Today, the biggest source of income from Bhutan comes from selling electricity, or to be more specific, the energy produced by its biggest dam, Chhukha Hydel.Almost all the hydroelectricity produced there is sold to its richest neighbor, India. And almost all the money is used to pay for the import of petrol.Foto: hktang/Creative Commons
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