Green cars are increasingly widespread in Vietnam

Green cars appear in most segments

With a series of pure electric and hybrid car models launched in 2023, eco-friendly cars have now covered many segments and price ranges in the Vietnamese market, including both popular and luxury.

First of all, there was the emergence of a completely new segment - mini electric cars, with Wuling Hongguang Mini EV being the first name introduced in the middle of the year. Not long after that, VinFast announced information and the first images of VF 3, before displaying this model at the exhibition taking place in early July.

Two mini electric car models Wuling Hongguang Mini EV (left) and VinFast VF 3 (right).

In April 2023, the all-electric A-class SUV VinFast VF 5 Plus will begin to be delivered to customers. In the B-SUV segment, VinFast VF 6 has also been accepting deposits since October 20.

At the same time, according to some sources, the VinFast VF 7 C-SUV model will likely be introduced at the end of November, start accepting deposits from the beginning of December and deliver the first batch of cars before Lunar New Year 2024 if production progress is on schedule.

Hyundai also officially entered the pure electric vehicle market in Vietnam with the first car model widely sold, the Ioniq 5, belonging to the mid-size SUV group and produced domestically.

Hyundai Ioniq 5 is manufactured in Vietnam.

In the large SUV segment, the first VinFast VF 9 cars were delivered to customers on March 27, and there are plans to export them internationally.

Meanwhile, in the luxury car segment, brands also introduced many pure electric car models in the Vietnamese market.

After launching the BMW i7 large sedan in April, BMW continued to introduce the BMW iX3 pure electric SUV and the BMW i4 sports car at the end of July.

BMW XM costs 10.99 billion VND in Vietnam.

After EQS, Mercedes-Benz simultaneously launched three pure electric SUV models at the exhibition organized by the company in September, including EQB 250, EQE 500 4Matic and EQS 500 4Matic.

At the same time, the hybrid and plug-in hybrid car group will also have many new representatives in 2023, including Toyota Yaris Cross (B-class SUV segment); Haval H6, Honda CR-V 2024 (C-class SUV); Hyundai SantaFe Hybrid (D-class SUV); Toyota Innova Cross (MPV) and BMW XM - the most expensive BMW model in Vietnam.

More environmentally friendly public transport

Not only passenger cars, many public transport vehicles in Vietnam have also begun to be electrified, or switched to using environmentally friendly fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG).

According to data released at the Workshop “Promoting the conversion to electric vehicles” recently organized by Giao thong Newspaper, electric buses are currently operated by VinBus company with 239 vehicles in Hanoi with 9 routes (excluding internal routes) and 167 vehicles; in Ho Chi Minh City with one route and 21 vehicles; and in Phu Quoc Island (Kien Giang) with three routes and 51 vehicles.

However, electric buses currently account for about 2.8% of the total number of buses nationwide and are assessed to have great room for development.

VinBus electric bus.

Meanwhile, CNG buses are being operated in three provinces and cities nationwide with a total of 702 vehicles, including 139 in Hanoi, 496 in Ho Chi Minh City and 67 in Binh Duong. CNG buses account for about 8% of the total number of buses nationwide, and account for nearly 75% of the environmentally friendly bus fleet (including CNG buses & electric buses).

As of July 2023, 16 localities have registered businesses for electric taxi operations, including Lam Dong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Thua Thien Hue, Khanh Hoa, Da Nang, Binh Dinh, Ninh Thuan, Quang Nam, Quang Ninh, Kien Giang, Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Thanh Hoa and Quang Binh.

Public bicycle model piloted in Hai Phong. Photo: Chi Vu.

There is also a form of public passenger transport by urban railway. In Hanoi, line 2A (Cat Linh - Ha Dong) has been officially put into operation, while line 3 (Nhon - Hanoi Railway Station) is under construction, with the overall progress currently reaching 75%.

In Ho Chi Minh City, Metro Line 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien) is expected to be completed in 2023 and put into commercial operation from July 2024, while Metro Line 2 (Ben Thanh - Tham Luong) is expected to be put into operation from 2030.

At the same time, the public bicycle model is also being piloted in many localities such as Ho Chi Minh City (500 bicycles), Vung Tau (100 bicycles), Quy Nhon, Da Nang (300 bicycles), Hai Phong (500 bicycles) and most recently Hanoi.

Source: https://xe.baogiaothong.vn/xe-xanh-ngay-cang-phu-rong-tai-viet-nam-192231117143347206.htm