According to ROE 2026-1, the absence of charging stations in parking lots is the exception, not the rule, in new projects considered luxury in the active construction sector of Santo Domingo
SANTO DOMINGO. – With a capital city filling up with “ luxury ” towers , the 2026-1 Building Supply Registry (ROE) of the National Statistics Office (ONE) reveals a fact that contradicts the idea of modernity: of the 5,398 active construction projects that the report identified in the Metropolitan Region, only 96, or 1.8%, include the installation of electric vehicle charging stations .
But, according to graph 19 on page 43 of the report, 69.3% of active works do not have any type of amenity planned: neither a swimming pool (5.4%), nor a gym (6.1%), nor even a reception or lobby (8.3%), the most common of all.
Among the options that the ONE consulted with the builders, the electric vehicle charger turned out to be the least frequent amenity on the entire list, according to the details in Annex 17 of the report, which specifies the exact figure: 96 works out of a total of 5,398 characterized.
It's not that the country is turning its back on electric vehicles, because since 2013, Law 103-13 on incentives for the importation of non-conventional energy vehicles, administered by the General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) and the General Directorate of Customs, grants a 50% reduction in import duties and taxes, including the first license plate, to electric and hybrid cars that meet certain technical specifications.
And the vehicle fleet has responded to that incentive: the import of hybrid vehicles grew almost 55% during 2025, according to figures collected by the newspaper Diario Libre, while the National Energy Commission (CNE) counted, in its 2023 Energy Diagnosis, 373 public charging stations in the country, concentrated mainly in Greater Santo Domingo, Punta Cana and Santiago.
The gap between a growing fleet of electric and hybrid vehicles, fueled by tax incentives, and a new housing supply that barely considers where to plug them in, suggests that the parking lot charger, that common symbol of real estate marketing considered "Premium," remains the exception rather than the rule in active construction in Santo Domingo, according to data collected in the ROE 2026-1.
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