Alina Oprea • 11 October, 2023 at 10:15 AM
12,000 electric cars have been registered in Bulgaria to date, which represents over 50% growth compared to 7,800 registered in 2022, announced Boryana Koleva, chief expert in the "National Transport Policy" Directorate of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. During the international forum "Be Renewable: Energy Evolution 2023", she also shared that the decarbonization of transport is one of the key highlights of the EU Green Deal and a top priority in the Union's policies to achieve an ecological transport system, according to Novinite.
The program "Be Renewable: Energy Evolution 2023" touched on topics for the development of the sector related to European green energy policies and business models, human capital, investment and financing opportunities, energy trade, and the role of green hydrogen in energy transition.
Koleva also shared an opinion on the subject of electromobility and sustainable transport.
"Our main goal is to build 10,000 charging stations for electric cars in the country by 2026 and to register 30,000 hybrid cars. We are developing electric mobility in urban settings by purchasing electric buses and expanding the charging infrastructure. Also, micromobility is developing with the introduction of electric scooters, as well as the introduction of the Spark electric car sharing system, which is already available in Sofia and Plovdiv and has plans to expand to Varna in 2024”, she said.
Alexander Milanov, general manager of the BMW Group in Bulgaria, predicted that by 2035 Bulgarians will only drive electric cars or those with synthetic fuels.
"Our country leads the list for the purchase of electric cars ahead of countries that have a giant subsidy for electric cars," he commented.