Japan will invest heavily to help develop clean cars

According to this article the economic daily La Tribune, the Japanese government announced a major plan of development aid clean cars in helping manufacturers to offer electric cars, hybrids and equipped with GTL. On the next 5 years, will be injected 200 billion yen, or 1.22 billion euros, helping manufacturers to produce hybrid cars and cleaner fuels, for a more affordable price. Purpose of the Minister of Commerce: reducing the use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gases. It followed a proposal by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week to halve global emissions by 2050. The minister, however, did not specify the specific target for Japan in particular.

The government plans to subsidize the development of battery electric cars fitted. Estimate: 4.9 billion yen (300 million euros) a year to allow manufacturers to build cars cheaper. "The price should not exceed that of petrol-driven cars," said Satoshi Kusakabe, director of the Automotive Division in the Ministry of Trade. Through this investment, the government wants to reduce the price of an electric car to 18,300 euros in 2010 and an average of 12,217 euros a decade later. Mitsubishi Motors and Fuji Heavy Industries currently developing electric cars.

In addition, the government will spend 195 million euros per year in the development of hybrid cars and models running on hydrogen, a segment which has been already placed Honda and Toyota. In addition, 146 million euros will be injected into including automobiles equipped with tanks GTL. Last year, Japan set itself the goal of reducing dependence of the transport sector in respect of fossil fuels such as gasoline and diesel to 80% in 2030 to 100% today.