South Korea is looking at a Corn Island electric vehicle project that will help preserve the ecological value of one of Nicaragua’s top tourist destinations.
Corn Island
Salvador Mansell, the Executive President of ENATREL (the National Electricity Transmission Company) announced the plans for the electric mobility project on Corn Island.
The proposal is to have cars, scooters, motorcycles and electric boats charged with electricity produced by solar energy “in order to maintain Corn Island as a preserved and totally ecological destination”.
During a Channel 4 TV interview, Mansell stated that interest in a pilot project has been shown by a large company who has already visited Corm Island to gather information in order to begin their study.
Mansell showed how the vehicles would be able to visit various charging facilities around the island which will be powered by a solar plant which will be able to serve any of facilities.
The ENATREL president explained that one of the companies involved has already been working in Nicaragua on various projects and showed an interested in supporting the Corn Island electric vehicle project.
Mansell added that Korean companies are already connected to the solar panel project currently being completed in the North and South Caribbean as well as Rio San Juan that is being funded by South Korea.
ENATREL
The Corn Island announcement follows in the tracks of the two Volkswagen ID.3 vehicles delivered to ENATREL on the 8th of October 2021.
These will be used by the power company as part of their vehicle fleet to contribute to a reduction in carbon emissions as well as to promote their “Electric Mobility Program”.
The Volkswagen ID.3 (ID meaning Intelligent Design) is a new, third generation, all-electric compact class vehicle. The product range are all designed and built from the wheels up to be electric vehicles, rather than an adaptation of an existing model. The 5 passenger ID.3 has a range of 400 to 500 kilometers between charges and includes air conditioning and a management system allowing for economic, medium and high speed modes.
