Mexico is moving step by step towards achieving sustainable mobility, as it is the path to follow to achieve its decarbonization goals; to achieve this, it must develop a dynamic that considers aspects such as infrastructure – electric and charging – to support electromobility, incentives for the acquisition of zero-emission vehicles, training, among others.
However, the country already has some progress, such as manufacturing capacity for vehicles, an industry with skilled labor, a robust supply chain that can be the starting point for leveraging development, research, and technology in software, sensors, and charging technology, as well as an incipient charging infrastructure.
“At least there is a willingness from the government to begin assembling a regulatory framework, we have significant domestic trade and a geographical advantage that allows us to aspire to international markets, there are sustainability policies, and a good community is being formed through collaboration between various parties, in addition to urban mobility and service projects with interesting future prospects,” detailed Nanghelly Silva, president of the Innovation and Development Commission of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE), during the Sustainable Mobility Forum organized by the Private Sector Studies Commission for Sustainable Development (Cespedes) and the CCE.
Silva did not overlook the country’s limitations to achieve the vision of smart and sustainable mobility as the new norm for Mexico, “the first are the isolated efforts due to lack of inter-institutional communication on regulation and norms. There are no clear goals and laws to make long-term investments, there is a lack of regulation and norms in charger standardization and the supply chain, as well as poor coordination among regulators and supervisors of public policy,” she stated.
To the above, she added paradigms related to security costs, technology availability, and high production costs of vehicles with alternative technologies.
“The traditional business model of the automotive industry cannot be the same, so there must be fiscal incentives and federal investment to promote new business models. As well as access to information and financing capabilities for SMEs that can integrate into the value chain, strengthen the education sector and align it with labor demand. Legal certainty and clear public policies, and finally, a regulatory framework that provides certainty for medium and long-term investments, and overcoming resistance to change,” communicated the president of the Innovation and Development Commission of the CCE.
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