Greece to roll out modest electric car incentives – report
Hints from the government and recent rumours in the media shouldn’t get buyers’ hopes up very much with regard to purchases of vehicles, Ekathimerini learned from unnamed sources. Greek authorities are expected to roll out tax incentives next week and next month only for units with low emissions, the article adds. It means they would […]
Top 3 in September: New fossil fuel subsidies planned in EU, Tesla, decarbonization
The world is taking strides to a point of no return on climate breakdown, yet no less than 5 EU member states are planning to introduce new fossil fuel subsidies by 2030. This story was number-one on our English-language Top 3 Most Read list for September. The Top 3 Most Read list for September is […]
Tesla “hoping” to open in Croatia, Serbia in early 2020 – Elon Musk
U.S. automotive and energy company Tesla, Inc. is “hoping to open in Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia & most of Eastern Europe early next year,” its co-founder and CEO Elon Musk has tweeted. “Finally, we will do Nikola Tesla proud by having his cars in his countries of origin!” – according to Musk’s tweet. Hoping to open […]
North Macedonia to introduce eco stickers for cars, launch vehicle replacement scheme
The parliament of North Macedonia has passed changes to the law on motor vehicles, introducing voluntary eco stickers to mark vehicles by ecological rating and envisaging a grants scheme to help replace old cars with new ones, among other things, according to the government’s website. The main objective of the changes is to reduce air […]
Electric car drivers can now travel border-to-coast through Croatia
Croatia’s state power utility Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) has deployed 16 electric vehicle (EV) chargers along highways. The EV chargers now make it possible for electric car drivers to travel from the borders with Slovenia and Hungary to the Adriatic Sea, connecting Croatia with the EV charger network within the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), HEP said […]
Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia vying for Volkswagen’s electric car plant
Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, and North Macedonia are all reportedly vying for German carmaker Volkswagen’s planned new electric car plant, and now Serbia has allegedly gone a step further, offering a location between its two main cities. Inđija in the northern province of Vojvodina is situated along the highway running from Belgrade to Novi Sad […]
BiH to ban imports of used cars with Euro 4, new cars with Euro 5 engines from June 1
Bosnia and Herzegovina is banning imports of used cars fitted with a Euro 4 engine and new cars with a Euro 5 engine starting from June 1. Once the decision on minimum requirements for imported vehicles takes effect, it will be possible to import used cars only if they meet the Euro 5 emission standard […]
Preparatory works launched for facility to produce electric cars in Croatia
The Kula Norinska Municipality has launched infrastructural works in the Nova Sela business zone ahead of the implementation of Chinese Green Tech Group’s project for the construction of a factory to build electric cars, scooters, and batteries, Slobodna Dalmacija wrote. The total cost of the project in the Dubrovačko-Neretvanska county is estimated at EUR 100 […]
