, there were almost 55,000

electric vehicle An electric vehicle (EV) is a motor vehicle whose propulsion is powered fully or mostly by electricity. EVs encompass a wide range of transportation modes, including road vehicle, road and rail vehicles, electric boats and Submersible, submer ...

s registered in Romania, out of which 49,594 were passenger cars, 1,652 motorcycles, 1,503 buses and mini-buses, 1,681 trucks, 20 tractors and 13 special purpose electrice vehicles. , there were around 40,000

s (including

plug-in hybrid vehicle A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) or simply plug-in hybrid is a type of hybrid electric vehicle equipped with a rechargeable electric-vehicle battery, battery pack that can be directly replenished via a power cord, charging cable plugg ...

s) in Romania, equivalent to 0.5% of all cars in the country. , 8.6% of new cars registered in

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were fully electric, and 3.4% were plug-in hybrid. , the most popular electric car model in Romania was the

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Government policy

, the Romanian government does not tax electric cars. , the Romanian government offers subsidies of up to 51,000 lei for the replacement of a gasoline-powered car with an electric car.

Charging stations

, there were around 1,600 public

charging station A charging station, also known as a charge point, chargepoint, or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), is a power supply electrical device, device that supplies electrical power for recharging plug-in electric vehicles (including batter ...

s in Romania.

References

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