Rates for charging electric vehicles (EVs) will go up starting July as planned, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Environment.
Rates for charging electric vehicles (EVs) will go up starting July as planned, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Environment. A special discount program was introduced by the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) in 2017 to expand the EV market in the country. The cost will increase from the current 292.9 won ($0.23) per kilowatt-hour to 313.1 won per kilowatt-hour. EVs are being charged at a charging station in Gangnam District, southern Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]
![Rates for charging electric vehicles (EVs) will go up starting July as planned, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Environment. A special discount program was introduced by the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (Kepco) in 2017 to expand the EV market in the country. The cost will increase from the current 292.9 won ($0.23) per kilowatt-hour to 313.1 won per kilowatt-hour. EVs are being charged at a charging station in Gangnam District, southern Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]](https://img2.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202206/29/koreajoongangdaily/20220629191500080fxbg.jpg)