Government to divert HUF 7bn to EV infrastructure development

Budapest, September 7 (MTI) – The government will put 7 billion forints (EUR 22m) from carbon credit sales in 2015 into infrastructure development for electric vehicles, Economy Minister Mihaly Varga said on Monday.

The government will also soon start purchasing electric vehicles, Varga added.

The minister renewed his promise that 150 EV charging stations would be set up in the coming months and that the ministry would submit legislative proposals to parliament about tax incentives to lower costs associated with electric vehicles.

Currently there are 58 electric charging stations in Hungary and the government wants to shorten licensing time for installing new ones.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters