Tag: electric vehicles
Tough road ahead for switch to electric cars
(CNS): The government’s aim, set out in the revised National Energy Policy, to transition all new vehicles in the Cayman Islands to electric by 2045 will not be easy, as there are a number of hurdles in the way. Officials told CNS they believe the goal is attainable because of the significant changes in the […]
Policy calls for drivers to go electric by 2045
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is hoping that by 2045, every new car imported into the Cayman Islands will be an electric vehicle (EV) — part of the proposed new National Energy Policy (NEP), which aims to cut the islands’ greenhouse gas emissions and reduce pollution on the roads. In the long term, all new […]
CUC rolls out non-renewable charging stations
(CNS): Caribbean Utilities Company is rolling out an electric vehicle charging station initiative, offering to install stations in business and residential strata car parks and to maintain them for an annual fee. Users will be charged for the power via an app. Grand Cayman’s power provider is promoting the stations as a sustainable project, but […]
Hew: No plan to ban petrol cars
(CNS): The minister responsible for energy and infrastructure has said the current administration has no plans or even a long-term target date for when Cayman might ban the importation of petrol powered vehicles. Joey Hew said it was “too early to go down that road”, depending instead on duty cuts to persuade people to switch, […]
No duty on some electric cars and bikes
(CNS): Government has announced that it has cut the import duty on some electric vehicles and bicycles down to zero, while the tariff on hybrid vehicles will also be reduced. The commerce ministry said the goal was to encourage people to buy environmentally friendly cars. Minister Joey Hew, who has responsibility for roads, revealed the […]
Post office to pilot CIG’s first electric car
(CNS): The first ever electric vehicle to join the government’s fleet of cars is a new post office van. With a price tag of $36,520, the van is expected to save the public purse some $4,000 in annual fuel costs and cut maintenance expenses by 40%, paying for itself within five years. The post office […]
