• World City Roads Electrification by 2030

    The global auto industry is undergoing a sea change, with implications for the energy sector, as electrification is set to avoid the need for 5 million barrels of oil a day by 2030. Global sales of electric cars are set to surge to yet another record this year, expanding their share of the overall car market to close to one-fifth and leading a major transformation of the auto industry…


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  • Dacia Spring Conquer Romanian EV Market Share in 2022

    Dacia Spring Conquer Romanian EV Market Share in 2022 The EV market share rises in 2022 with 98% from the previous year due to the mighty sales of Dacia Spring EV. The little, cheap, cute EV sold in 2022 in more than 6000 units in Romania. The number of EVs is growing fast and with a strong continuity in the Romanian market. Romanian EV market share growth is fully dependent of the government…


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  • Why full and direct electrification is the only viable pathway to zero-emissions road transport

    The EU’s transport sector currently accounts for nearly a quarter of total EU emissions, and its footprint has been further growing in recent years. To tackle these emissions and reach the EU’s legally binding aim of carbon neutrality by 2050, the Commission’s “Fit for 55” package has introduced ambitious new proposals to phase out internal combustion engines by 2035. However,…


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  • December 2021: EV Statistics and the Baby Boom of Spring

    In terms of electric vehicles sales and registration, the year 2021 was brilliant in Romania. This year Romania registered more EV’s than all the years combined before 2021. Romania entered 2021 with 6052 EVs on the road and finished the year with 12 870 EVs. More than 90% of the EV SALES were registered inside the incentives program called RABLA PLUS that gives an eco-ticket of 45 000 lei on buying a…


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  • AFM new funding program for installing charging stations in small towns

    ORDER for the approval of the Financing Guide for the Effective Gas Reduction Program greenhouse in transport, by promoting the infrastructure for road transport vehicles energy-free: recharging stations for electric vehicles in localities Taking into account the Report of the Administration of the Environmental Fund no. 95 / LAF of 28.10.2021 for the approval of the Guide financing the Program for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Transport…


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  • Romania: Eastern-Europe Largest Electric Bus Order

    The company will supply 123 Solaris Urbino 12 electric and charging infrastructure by the end of 2022. Solaris has been awarded a large order for 123 out of 131 electric buses in a government tender run by the Romanian Ministry for Public Works, Development, and Administration for seven local towns and cities. The company is contracted to deliver 123 Solaris Urbino 12 electric (12-meter long) and charging infrastructure (123 40 kW depot chargers…


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  • Electric Up – program that finances charging infrastructure

    Through the “Electric Up” Program, developed by the Ministry of Economy, will be provided to support small and medium enterprises and HORECA, by financing investment projects for the installation of 22 KW charging stations for plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles and systems of photovoltaic panels. The draft Emergency Ordinance for approving the program was adopted by the Government last week. “The implementation of the programs aims to support…


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  • Europe’s big battery bet

    Europe has a master plan to build a world-class battery industry, almost from scratch: Spend big, and spend now. There’s just one problem: The competition is already streets ahead. The European Commission, supported by a cluster of countries, has spent more than three years working up a strategy to jumpstart projects across the battery value chain — everything from mining raw materials needed in battery packs and cell production itself…


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  • AVER and APVEA signed an agreement

    Between ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN ROMANIA . AVER And ASOCIACION PERUANA DE VEHICULOS ELECTRICOS Y ALTERNATIVOS . APVEA WHEREAS AVER has an interest in promoting and supporting alternative mobility, fostering the use of vehicles with low environmental impact to improve the citizens’ quality of life. Under this memorandum AVER and APVEA has been set up as a place of meetings and discussion between the signing parties, the key stakeholders and all kinds operators…


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