Romania signed a €610 million contract with Polish rolling stock manufacturer PESA to purchase 62 new regional electric trains.
Cris-Tim Group is taking the first step towards the transition to electromobility.
Eldrive Holding plans to invest approximately €146 million in the installation of 4,376 new charging stations for electric cars in Romania, 2,575 in Lithuania, and 1,530 in Bulgaria.
At Cluj Arena, 10 recharging stations are to be installed, 20 recharging points and several 20 parking spaces will be created.
Galati City Hall will buy 20 Solaris electric buses.
Banca Transilvania has announced that it grants financing of almost €32 million to the Softronic company from Craiova.
Over 1.1 million cars were registered in Romania in 2023, up 3% compared to the previous year.
In Q1-Q3 this year, more than 10.7 million plug-in electric cars have been registered around the world, which is about 16% of the total volume.
Allview, the Romanian brand in the electronics industry, announced the official launch of the CityZEN model, an electric car primarily dedicated to urban traffic and short extra-urban trips.
The mayor of Brasov, Allen Coliban, has announced that he has signed the works contract for the largest garage for electric buses.
Eldrive Romania and Unirea Shopping Center have announced that they are installing 16 stations - up to 150 kW - for charging electric cars in the center of Bucharest.
Romania has, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), projects to develop the national infrastructure of alternative fuels for road vehicles and in particular the installation of at least 30,000 recharging points, until mid-2026.
PepsiCo has announced that 80% of its fleet has transitioned to hybrid vehicles, marking significant progress in line with the company's goal to achieve net-zero emissions in its global operations by 2040.
Mihai Chirica, the mayor of the city of Iași, has announced that 18 trams and 25 electric buses will be purchased with funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).
The general mayor of the capital, Nicuşor Dan, has announced that 100 electric busses have arrived at the STB Bujoreni depot and are to be put into circulation.
Bozankaya, the manufacturer of trams in Iași and Timisoara, has delivered the first driverless metro produced in Turkey, in Kocaeli.
Investors' enthusiasm for EV companies is fading, says eToro's analyst for Romania, Bogdan Maioreanu.
The authorities in Cluj have announced that they would buy 34 electric school minibusses for the students in the county.
Alstom has announced is investing over €50 million to establish a state-of-the-art depot in Bucharest, for the maintenance of the new Coradia Stream electric passenger trains.
OMV will start building a network of 28 ultra-fast electric car charging stations on the country's high-traffic routes by the end of the year.
The Timis County Council has given the green light to purchase electric minibusses for schoolchildren.
The vice mayor of the capital, Stelian Bujduveanu, has announced that the first 51 BMC electric buses have arrived in Romania.
The electric car battery recycling sector in the European Union (EU) will require €9 billion investment to expand capacity by 2035 to keep pace with increased production, according to the “EU recycling market” report by strategy&, PwC's global strategy practice.
The first Romanian hybrid locomotive built 100% in Romania, has started operating in Curtici, in Arad County, at the intermodal terminal of a logistics company.
Lidl Romania aims to contribute to the development of sustainable local agriculture by promoting organic farming and regenerative farming practices, which contribute to soil health and biodiversity conservation.
The EU has emerged as a global leader in green finance, having issued over €65 billion in NextGenerationEU (NGEU) Green Bonds since 2020.
Roeslein & Associates, a leading engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services company, announced the opening of its new European Design Center in Krakow, Poland.
The global energy transition, projected to cost €190 trillion by 2050, could see cost reductions of nearly 25% through the use of de-risking instruments.
The Romanian Ministry of Energy launched a grant program funded by the Modernization Fund.
