Costas Karamanlis – “Green Taxi” program opens

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Mr. Costas Karamanlis, spoke about e-mobility as a key pillar of transport development in Greece, at the 5th E-mobility Conference.

The first axis of the planning of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is the renewal of the aging fleet of cars in Greece. At all levels: private cars, taxis, public transport.

Mr. Karamanlis announced in this context that: "Especially for taxis, we are preparing to make a second reinforcement, to start a new program 'Green Taxis', which is part of the Recovery Fund and finances the replacement of old polluting Taxis with purely electrical vehicles. And the total subsidy for taxis can exceed 20,000 euros, which is a very, very important subsidy. At the same time, a plan is being put in place for the installation of charging infrastructure in the taxi spots, with priority to those that the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator HEDNO network allows without a significant increase in power. "

The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport reminded that the incentives that have already been given for the purchase or lease of electric cars. and two-wheelers, have brought results: In 2021 6,967 electric cars were registered, while in 2019 they were registered only 480. The market share, from 0.4% in 2019 jumped to almost 7%.

He pointed out that: "Today, according to official EU data, Greece is the country of the EU with the largest rate of change in the electric vehicle market. "

Mr. Karamanlis underlined the transition to e-mobility and the public transport sector. "The competition for the first 770 of the 1,300 new buses that we have announced and is in progress is fully in line with this goal. The new buses will be of anti-pollution technology,...