Russia eyes 25,000 EVs, hydrogen charging stations by 2030
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Russia plans to begin a radical energy transition by 2030 in favour of electric transport, says the government.
It approved the concept for the production of at least 25,000 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2024, Kallanish notes. The plan will be implemented in two stages: from 2021 to 2024 and from 2025 to 2030.
According to the document, for the first stage, in addition to the production of tens of thousands of EVs in Russia, at least 9,400 charging stations will appear.
As part of the second stage, at least 72,000 more charging stations and at least 1,000 hydrogen refueling stations will be put into operation, and the production of electric vehicles "will reach at least 10% of the total volume of vehicles produced."
The development of production will also create at least 39,000 high-performance jobs.
During the next events in the autumn of 2021, it was decided to draw up a list of pilot territories where they will begin to create a charging infrastructure. In 2022, it is planned to conduct an experiment - electric vehicles will be allowed free travel on toll sections of state roads.
Earlier, the success in the development of electric transport was announced by the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. According to him, the Russian capital in terms of the volume of electric fleet of public transport has superiority over the cities of Europe. So, by mid-August 2021, the number of electric buses on Moscow streets reached 700.
The serial production of the first Russian electric vehicle Zetta is scheduled to begin by the end of 2021. Production is set to take place at project partner Togliatti's automotive plant. It plans to produce more than 15,000 units/year, half of which will go to foreign markets. With a maximum speed of 120 km/hour, the EV has an entry-level starting price of RUB 550,000 ($7,403).
Russia is yet to launch mass production of EVs. Kamaz and SPbPU are targeting first domestic electric vehicle production of Kama-1 later this or next year, with sales of 20,000 cars/year. Domestic carmaker Avtotor also said it will begin EV production in 2023. Avtovaz, which is producing Lada cars, is preparing for EV production in the next ten years.
Russian domestic sales of electric vehicles continued to increase in January-May to 650 units, which is seven times more than in the same period of 2020 (92 units). In May alone, 148 EVs were sold, which is almost 10 times more than in May 2020 (15).
Svetoslav Abrossimov Bulgaria