Jeju province opened an electric vehicle competition for Jeju residents and corporations for two weeks from Aug. 6 to 19. Winners will be given hefty subsidies covering vehicle costs and battery charger installation. Taxis and freight cars were added this year to encourage more applicants.

Winners will be notified at the end of August and will receive subsidies of 30 million won which includes 23 million won for the car and 7 million won for the battery charger, irrespective of the price of car applied for.

Priority groups for the contest include the disabled (levels 1-7), injured from the 5,18 Democracy Movement (levels 1-14), people suffering Agent Orange-related diseases. Previous winners (including households) are excluded from this year’s contest.

Jeju province will have already added 226 subsidized EVs to the island’s roads this year up to at the end of August after the last competition held back in March. With this latest contest, another 225 vehicles should be added before the year end.

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province aims for all vehicles to be electric by 2030 as part of its carbon-free goals.