Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/13
By: Liao Yu-yang and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Aug. 13 (CNA) The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) plans to

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add money to its budget for electric scooter subsidies to encourage the replacement of gasoline-powered scooters and promote cleaner air, the MOEA’s Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) said Monday.

Only NT$20 million (US$660,000) of the NT$440 million budgeted to subsidize electric scooter purchases this year is left, the IDB said, but the funding will be supplemented by funds diverted from subsidies given to electric vehicle makers to set up battery charging stations.

The MOEA will also draw on unused budgets to beef up the subsidy budget, the IDB said, though it was short on details on how much would be available and what other programs would be affected.    [FULL  STORY]