HCMC Chairman agrees to install electric motorbike battery conversion cabinets on sidewalks

The collection of fees for temporary use of roadways and sidewalks to install electric motorbike battery cabinets will be carried out in accordance with current regulations.

The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the Department of Construction to widely announce the criteria for selecting enterprises to participate in investing, installing, managing and operating battery exchangers, along with a list of routes with sidewalks that are eligible for implementation.

This process must ensure publicity, transparency, no discrimination, no monopoly formation, and create conditions for businesses to qualify to participate in accordance with legal regulations.

In addition, the Department of Construction is responsible for clarifying the management and operation mechanism after investment; clearly defining the responsibilities of enterprises in investing, managing, operating, maintaining and repairing battery swapping cabinets; ensuring electrical safety, fire prevention, security and order, environmental sanitation and urban aesthetics. Enterprises must be responsible for promptly handling arising incidents and compensating for damages (if any).

The Department of Construction monitors, inspects, and supervises the installation and operation at each specific location; promptly corrects, handles violations, requests temporary suspension of operations or dismantling when conditions on traffic safety, electrical safety, fire prevention and fighting, security, order and urban aesthetics are not guaranteed.

The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the City Police, the Department of Industry and Trade, the Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation and the People's Committees at the commune level, according to their functions and tasks, to proactively coordinate with the Department of Construction, creating favorable conditions for businesses in the process of surveying locations, designing, installing, supplying electricity, managing operations, maintenance, as well as ensuring fire prevention and fighting and security and order.

Units participating in installing electric motorbike battery cabinets are responsible for ensuring traffic safety, electrical safety, fire prevention and fighting, and security and order throughout the construction and exploitation process.

At the same time, commit not to advertise on the battery exchange cabinet; self- relocate, dismantle, return the premises and stop operations on time upon request of the competent authority, no complaints, no compensation requests.

Previously, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction said it had received a proposal from Great Wealth Trading and Service Company Limited and V-Green Global Charging Station Development Joint Stock Company on participating in investing in installing charging stations and electric motorbike battery exchange cabinets in the city.

According to the commitment, Great Wealth Company will deploy 10,000 battery cabinets, placed next to lighting poles on roads with suitable sidewalks, expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026. This system serves electric motorbikes of many brands such as Honda, Yadea, Yamaha, VinFast..., contributing to promoting the green transformation process in Ho Chi Minh City.

Meanwhile, V-Green Company also committed to investing in 10,000 battery swaps, expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026, to meet the battery exchange needs of more than 400,000 technology drivers and delivery vehicles operating in the city.

According to the proposed plan, each battery swap has 6 to 12 trays, with a capacity of 6 kW to 12 kW.

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