The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) reaffirmed in a statement yesterday that those who participate in its subsidy scheme on the replacement of old motorcycles with new electric ones can save up to 8,800 patacas, consisting of a subsidy of 3,500 patacas and exemption from vehicle registration fees of up to 5,300 patacas.
According to the statement, the bureau has recently held two presentation sessions, one with representatives from the “respective sectors” and the other one with representatives from community associations, to brief them about the details of the scheme, which was first announced by the bureau during a press conference on Monday last week.
The bureau has launched the subsidy scheme for owners to replace their old motorcycles with new electric ones. Potential beneficiaries can submit their applications for the subsidy from Tuesday next week to December 31.
Under the scheme, owners who first registered their motorcycle on or before June 30, 2009, which has never been deregistered, will be eligible for the scheme, which will benefit from a subsidy of 3,500 patacas.
In addition, motorcycle owners who benefit from the 3,500-pataca subsidy will be exempted from paying the new vehicle’s first registration fee – which is 3,600 patacas for “light” motorcycles and 4,400 patacas for “heavy” motorcycles – and the fee for its temporary vehicle registration plate, i.e., the red plate with white “EX” and numbers, which costs 900 patacas.
Yesterday’s statement pointed out that owners who replace their old motorcycles with a new “heavy” e-motorcycle can save 8,800 patacas, comprising the 3,500-pataca subsidy, its first registration fee and its temporary vehicle registration plate fee.
Yesterday’s statement also reaffirmed that the subsidy scheme aims to encourage owners to replace their old motorcycles that produce a higher level of emissions with a new electric one, so as to promote the use of e-motorcycles, with the ultimate goal of further improving the city’s air quality and meeting the central government’s “double carbon” goal – the nation’s goal of peaking its carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
According to the statement, the participants in the two presentation sessions mainly focused on the subsidy scheme’s application process, the bureau’s assessment process, and the city’s charging facilities for e-motorcycles.
During the two sessions, DSPA officials pledged that the government will continue installing more charging facilities for e-motorcycles at suitable locations in the city, with the aim of promoting the use of e-motorcycles, according to yesterday’s statement.
This undated handout photo released by the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) yesterday shows representatives from community associations attending a presentation session about its subsidy scheme on the replacement of old motorcycles with new electric ones.
