#electric cars

The Cyprus Post aims for a full switch to electric vehicles by 2034, and on Tuesday said five e-vehicles had already been acquired. These e-vehicles were “ideal for their needs”, it ...

The government is set to instal ten publicly accessible fast-charging stations for electric vehicles by the end of 2025, the transport ministry announced on Thursday.  With a budget of €1.04 million funded ...

The government was forced to re-award its tender for the provision of new electric ministerial cars after the bid which had initially won the tender was disqualified on a technicality. ...

The cabinet on Wednesday approved the creation of 1,000 charging stations for electric vehicles. The transport ministry is responsible for dealing with implementation of the project, which is intended to encourage ...

By Nikolaos Prakas and Tom Cleaver The government’s goal of there being 80,000 electric vehicles in Cyprus by 2030 is “achievable,” Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Tuesday. Speaking to the ...

The government aims for all new cars bought in Cyprus to be electric by 2035, spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. He said the current target entails 25 per cent of new ...

Petrol stations will now be able install and use electric car charging stations on their premises, the parliament agreed during the plenum on Thursday. According to what was heard in ...

At least one electric vehicle charging station will have to be installed in all non-residential buildings that have more than 20 parking spots by January 2025, the energy service said on Tuesday. ...

One person died and several others were hurt when a fire broke out on a cargo ship off the northern tip of Netherlands, with an electric car being the suspected ...

A total of 29 electric vehicles will be bought for government officials and their use, as part of a new tender by the state, Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades said on Friday. “...

Chinese models dominated electric car sales in Israel during the first four months of 2023, shows data released by the Israel Vehicle Importers Association on Tuesday. The statistics showed that 66 per ...

The cabinet on Thursday approved a bill which, among others, would grant the transport minister far-reaching powers, including designating roads or areas barred to vehicles running on conventional fuels, part ...

New schemes providing incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles are expected to be announced within the next two weeks, the transport ministry said. About 2,500 applications will be approved as ...

Cyprus surpassed the 2022 goal for registered electric vehicles by 144 per cent, Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos said on Monday. Speaking during a ceremony for ‘The Energy Transition and the role and ...

As of last month, 1,343 new electric vehicles (EV) have been registered in Cyprus, surpassing the year’s goal by 144 per cent, the transport ministry said. The switch to electric vehicles ...

The majority of cars in Cyprus are between 10 and 20 years old, according to Eurostat data released on Friday. Interestingly, from December 31, 2020, a mere 4 per cent of passenger vehicles in Cyprus ...

The energy ministry said on Tuesday it was accepting applications to help pay for the installation of photovoltaics to charge electrical or hybrid plug-in vehicles. Part of a programme to ...

Cyprus has the least number of charging points for electric vehicles in the EU with just 57 compared with the Netherlands which has over 90,000, stats published on Thursday show. Although there ...

Several companies plan to open production facilities for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries or components in North America and Europe by 2025, as the alternative to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cells begins to ...

By Nick Carey and Barbara Lewis An electric car is a clean car, right? If only it were so simple. From motor magnets with toxic histories to batteries made using ...

Cyprus recorded the third biggest increase in share of renewable energy used in transport but was still ranked sixth from the bottom in the EU 27. Figures published by Eurostat show ...

A total of 4,613 people have applied for cash incentives to buy electric vehicles, the transport ministry announced on Monday, upon the completion of the first phase of the scheme. The ...

Over 4,000 people have applied for cash incentives to buy electric vehicles, the transport ministry announced on Monday. The first phase of the plan was implemented on December 20, 2021, and will run ...

The Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) plans to install and operate ten more charging stations for electric vehicles next year, bringing the number across the island to around 30. Two of ...