Commercialization of electric cars in Brazil may arrive soon and gas stations will need to adapt

The commercialization of electric cars in Brazil is getting closer to the tree, Brazilian gas stations must adapt if the two bills are approved.  

The automotive industry of electric cars is making great strides towards success in the Brazilian market, with increasing pressure for energy efficiency and combating the harm that cars cause to the environment, it is natural for automakers to start investing in solutions for the development of new products for this purpose. But, without wanting to cut corners on anyone, but already doing so, we are in Brazil, and our reality is very different from that of countries that already have electric cars as an almost trivial item in their daily lives.

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Do we have the conditions for an abrupt increase in this segment in our industry? With the opening of the market, is it possible that we can make these products more accessible to the average public? And maintenance, charging… how are they?

The two new laws that aim to implement the Commercialization of electric cars in Brazil

The main idea of ​​the two new laws is to, in a way, “free” Marketing for consumers so that they can migrate to the free market. With the arrival of electric cars, the demand for electrical energy will also increase and the creation of new plants will be necessary.

For Ivo Pugnaloni, president of ENERCONS, since electric cars are a success in Japan, the USA and Europe, countries that have already put into practice bills prohibiting the use of gasoline-powered cars that come into force in 2023, they would also be an unquestionable success in the Brazilian market.

Brazilian law wants to ban the sale of gasoline cars in 2030

The Project Senate Law No. 304/2017, previously approved by the Constitution of Justice Commission (CCJ), wants to prohibit the sale of diesel and gasoline cars in Brazil in 2030.

This project was authored by Senator Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI), who in the presentation of the proposal explained that vehicles powered by fossil fuels are responsible for one-sixth of the emission of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — which, in turn, causes the greenhouse effect.

The project determines that from January 1, 2030, any vehicle that uses fossil fuels will be prohibited from being sold in the national territory. The senator also proposes that, as of 2040, the circulation of any vehicle powered by a combustion engine should also be prohibited.