AMMAN — Demand
for the Chinese-made electric vehicles, which already dominate the market, is
expected to rise in view of the government’s plan to increase the prices of oil
derivatives.
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Jihad Abu Nasser,
representative of the automobile sector at the Jordan Free Zone Investor
Commission (JFZIC), said there were very few China-made vehicles seen in the
local market a year ago.
“A year ago,
there were not so many electric cars of Chinese origin, but the Chinese
government began to provide facilities and incentives for companies to
manufacture these cars,” Abu Nasser told
Jordan News.
He said the
increased production came despite widespread accusations that China is one of
the countries with the “most polluted environment.”
“There are many
factors that contributed to the affordable prices of these cars, and resulted
in the increased citizen demand for them,” he said. “Among these factors is the
cost of the industry, which is less than European countries.”
Another reason,
he maintained, was that factories continued working, even during lockdowns in
the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which contributed to their availability in
markets worldwide.
He said
Chinese-made vehicles enjoy the latest state-of-the-art technology, with an
added benefit, which is their affordable prices. Therefore, he added, “I expect
that these cars, over the next 10 years, will command 50 percent of the
Jordanian market.”
He explained that
70 to 80 percent of the electric vehicles, which have cleared Jordanian customs
recently “were of Chinese origin”.
“This number is
likely to rise more in the coming period, especially since citizens were not
aware of the quality of Chinese cars, but when they try it, they will
definitely want to buy it,” he added.
JFZIC head
Mohammad Al-Bustanji said in a statement Sunday that there “is a clear increase
in the clearance for electric vehicles, compared with a decline in the
clearance of gasoline, diesel and hybrid.”
He said the
reason was due to a trend towards “using electric vehicles, as they are
economical in terms of significant savings in the energy consumed during use,
and their ability to run for long periods”.
He explained that
the global market “is witnessing a state of significant fluctuation in the
supply of vehicles to importing markets because factories are reducing their
production quantities”.
He said that was
coupled with an “increase in shipping costs, and the repercussions of the
Russian-Ukrainian war on the markets.”
Bustanji
explained that the Chinese market “has become a major supplier of electric
vehicles and its technology”. He noted that vehicle factories are racing to “develop
electric vehicles significantly and distinctively”.
Energy expert
Hashem Aqel predicted that demand for electric vehicles will continue until the
end of the year as a result of the continuous rise in global oil prices.
“The clearance of
electric vehicles has increased significantly, which is a clear indication of
the conviction of Jordanians to acquire electric vehicles, and to take them as
an alternative to gasoline-run cars,” he said.
He said that the
high prices of oil derivatives has become a “real problem and constitutes an
obstacle for Jordanians, and is pushing them to find alternative solutions such
as electric cars, which will save them a lot of money.”
Nael Al-Kabariti,
president of the Jordan Chamber of Commerce, said in a recent interview that
global changes, “particularly those related to energy and technology, imposed a
new reality, which forced us to change our way of life”.
He said that he believed
that “all Jordanians will own electric cars in the coming period, if the
situation remains as it is”.
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