They seek that only electric vehicles circulate in CDMX

By 2040 in Mexico City they could only be marketed 100% electric vehicleswhile by 2050 cars that use gasoline and fossil fuels will no longer be allowed to circulate.

Precisely, the Commission for the Preservation of the Environment, Climate Change and Ecological Protection of the Capital Congress approved the initiative to add a transitory eighth article to the Law on Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change and Sustainable Development for Mexico City.

The initiative, which needs to be approved by the plenary session of the local Congress, was presented by the local deputy Jesus Sesma Suarezwhich belongs to the Alianza Verde Parliamentary Association Together for the City.

The original project established 2032 and 2037 as specific dates to prohibit the sale and circulation of gasoline vehicles and hybrids.

In this regard, this Thursday the also vice president of the Commission for the Preservation of the Environment, Climate Change and Ecological Protection of the Congress of Mexico City indicated that the approval of his initiative in commissions is positive.

He explained that the objective is to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases, which contribute to climate change.

Sesma assured that his legislative proposal is also consistent with the Mexico City Climate Action Program 2020-2026since it seeks to “avoid the excessive use of transport with high pollutant emissions, changing to more sustainable forms of mobility and improving the infrastructure and available technologies, with a strong boost to electromobility”.

“Electric mobility has advantages that stand out over internal combustion vehicles, such as lower maintenance needs, less energy loss and the use of cleaner and quieter technologies, as well as significant long-term economic savings,” the congressman pointed out. capital.

In addition, a plan was proposed for the Secretary of the Environment develop economic instruments, such as incentives that motivate an accelerated renewal of the vehicle fleet units.

Also so that research, scientific, technical and technological development plans are established for the fulfillment of the goal.

For her part, the president of the Commission for the Preservation of the Environment, Climate Change and Ecological Protection of the local Congress, Tania Nanette Larios Perezstated that these types of measures are part of the mitigation of climate change.

In parallel, the initiative is in tune with taking advantage of the reconfiguration of the automotive sector.

“Thanks to these proposals we will be able to inherit important achievements that will surely mitigate greenhouse gases for all the inhabitants of this city,” he stressed.

camila.ayala@eleconomista.mx