PEVs at the end of 2019

2019 was the best year in matter of BEVs registrations. In total, at the end of 2018, on the roads there were 1171 BEVs registered. This year only due to Rabla+ and higher stocks on auto-dealers, Romania registers over 1730 units of electric cars. It was the first year since 2016, at the launch of Rabla+, when the funds for the 10k euro Eco ticket were depleted. 2019 is also…

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EVs in Europe 2019 – H1

Plug-in vehicle sales in Europe reached 259 000 units in the first half of 2019, 34 % higher than for 2018 H1. These include all Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Plug-in Hybrids (PHEV) in EU and EFTA countries, passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. The plug-in share of the European light vehicle market reached 2,9 % in June and 2,7 % for the first half year. The trend, so…

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Financing for EV Fleets and Charging Networks Start-Ups

Considering the Strategy on the National Policy Framework for the development of the market regarding alternative fuels in the transport sector and for the installation of the relevant infrastructure in Romania (Annex 1 to the GD no. 87/2018), there were meetings of the working group during which ways to identify the sources of financing available to legal entities intending to develop networks of charging points / stations, as well…

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Green Line Valea Jiului

Two new financing contracts by Regio – Regional Operational Programme (Regio-POR) 2014-2020, totaling 95 million lei, i.e. over 20 million euro, were signed in Hunedoara County for a modern and environmentally friendly transport in the valley Jiu. It is about the investment “Green Line Valea Jiului”, with components 1 and 2, projects that predict the creation of a green line of electric buses between Petrila, Petrosani, Aninoasa, Volcano, Lupeni and…

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Order no. 425/2019 – Ministry of Energy

PLEASE TAKE NOTE ISSUER: Ministry of Energy PUBLISHED IN: Official Monitor no. 581 of July 16, 2019 in accordance with the: – art. 6 paragraph (4) of Law no. 34/2017 regarding the installation of the infrastructure for alternative fuels; – point 3.5 measure 28 of the Strategy on the National Policy Framework for the development of the market regarding alternative fuels in the transport sector and for the installation of the relevant infrastructure in Romania, approved by Government…

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Regulation proposal for Slow-Moving Vehicles

Due to the raising number of e-scooters and the danger that involves unprotected and unexperienced users resulted in multiplication of draft laws to regulate slow vehicle traffic. The latest legislative proposal in this respect belongs to UDMR Senator Cseke Attila and targets vehicles traveling at no more than 25 kilometers per hour. According to the project, these vehicles will be registered in Romania only after their “approval and certification” by…

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Public fleets are required to purchase 10% EV

Vote in the Senate: Public authorities are required to purchase at least 10% electric and hybrid cars The project, initiated by Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, proposes to amend Article 5 of the Government Ordinance no. 80/2001 on the establishment of expenditure norms for the public administration authorities and the public institutions as follows: “on the date of entry into force of this law it is mandatory for all…

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First hybrid car made in Romania

Ford Puma will be a 100% vehicle manufactured in Romania. It will be produced in Craiova at the same time as the first SUV introduced by Ford in Craiova, model EcoSport. Ford Puma will also have a hybrid version. Thus, Ford Puma becomes the first hybrid car to be produced in Romania. The company did not give details about future concomitant production, nor about production volume or starting price. All…

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