Romania to invest EUR 53 million in charging stations for hybrid, electric vehicles
Romania is launching a EUR 53 million state aid scheme to stimulate investments in charging stations for hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) which will span from 2020 to 2025. The measure is approved by the European Commission under EU state aid rules. Romania currently has more than 150 charging stations for EVs. In 2018, authorities […]
Belgrade sees EUR 6.5 billion in investments lowering pollution
Deputy mayor Goran Vesić has laid out a five-year plan to combat pollution in Serbia’s capital. Together with investments by the country’s government and other partners, spending in Belgrade comes in at EUR 6.5 billion. The sum for combating pollution includes EUR 3.86 billion projected for the first two lines of the city train, which […]
TOGG presents Turkey’s first domestically made electric vehicle
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is about to take the prototype of a compact sports utility vehicle for a spin for the media in Gebze near Istanbul. Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group Inc., founded under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, is developing the first domestically produced car within a planned series of […]
Hrvatski Telekom, GEN-I agree long-term cooperation on e-mobility
Croatian telecommunications provider Hrvatski Telekom, which operates the largest network of electric vehicle charging stations in the country, and Slovenian electricity supplier and trader GEN-I have signed an agreement on long-term cooperation in the field of e-mobility, enabling GEN-I customers in Slovenia and Croatia who drive e-vehicles to use all e-chargers operated by Hrvatski Telekom. […]
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 […]
Turkish automotive event IAEC puts focus on electric cars
The two-day International Automotive Engineering Conference starts on November 7 in Istanbul’s Beşiktaş. The annual gathering will this time be held under the slogan Electric Vehicle Technologies and its Future. IAEC’s organisers from Turkey’s car industry groups said companies in the sector are increasingly leaning on research and development. Together with the push into electrification, […]
Bulgaria taking steps to improve electric vehicle environment – CMS Sofia
Even though Bulgaria is a relatively small and undeveloped electric vehicle (EV) market, in the past few months there have been some developments demonstrating some will of the authorities to improve the EV environment so as to achieve the set goals in the policy documents, according to an eAlert from law firm CMS Sofia. As […]
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 […]