[Background]

- As the number of eco-friendly vehicles increases and the technological level of the automotive market improves, there is a need to rationalize the current energy consumption efficiency standards to distinguish high-efficiency eco-friendly vehicles.
- With the continuous improvement in the technical standards for electric passenger cars, there is a need to update the standards to reflect the current market technological level.
- The technical standards for electric buses, established in 2015, have remained unchanged, and the energy consumption efficiency standards are applied uniformly across all vehicle types, which reduces the ability to differentiate high-efficiency vehicles among the various models of electric buses.
- Due to the "electric vehicle chasm" phenomenon, where the growth of the electric vehicle market has stagnated, there is a need for government support through this system to activate the eco-friendly vehicle market.

[Regulation Details]

- (Energy Consumption Efficiency Standards) Establishing appropriate vehicle class distinctions for electric passenger cars and electric buses based on the market and updating the technical standards for each class accordingly.