Climate Minister Kim Sung-hwan said, "We will review the allocation of subsidies for electric vehicles again.""

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Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Kim Sung-hwan, who participated in the National Assembly's Special Committee on Budget and Accounts held on the 8th, said he would apologize for the details and review them after being asked by Rep. Lee So-young (Democratic Party of Korea, Gyeonggi-do, and Gwacheon City) about the criteria for selecting electric vehicle providers announced last month.

Rep. Lee So-young, who took the microphone near the end of the Budget and Accounts Committee, criticized the revised "Electric Vehicle Subsidy Business Guidelines" for being designed too favorable to certain domestic companies, which in turn could infringe on consumer choice and weaken national competitiveness. In particular, he mentioned the injustice of qualitative and quantitative evaluations and explained that fundamental changes are needed in the way subsidies are calculated.

In response, Minister Kim Sung-hwan said, "We should have thoroughly reviewed it in advance... I didn't see the detailed allocation. I apologize. Competition and protection should be appropriate, but it does not properly reflect the purpose. Since it has been announced, we will review the allocation again," he said.

Rep. Lee So-young criticized that if electric vehicle subsidies are executed so differently, consumers' options will not only be ignored, but also weaken national competitiveness, and it will not be able to clean up the stigma of "sales subsidies" that are far from reasonable standards because they are designed to be too favorable to certain domestic companies.

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