Hungarian-Made Electric Car Charging Station Inaugurated In Budapest

  • 22 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
Hungarian-Made Electric Car Charging Station Inaugurated In Budapest
A Hungarian-made electric car charging station was inaugurated in Budapest, on Sunday during the Budapest leg of the 80edays around the world race in electric cars. Economy Minister Mihály Varga said at the event that the new station was the first one in what will soon be a network of electric car charging stations around the country.

Earlier this week the economy ministry launched a tender offering 1.25 billion (EUR 4m) forints of nonrefundable grants to municipalities governing cities with at least 15,000 inhabitants for establishing charging stations for electric cars.

The ministry estimates that nearly 1,000 charging stations can be built with the help of the grant, Varga noted.

Electric car owners will be able to charge their vehicles within 15-20 minutes at the newly-inaugurated charging point.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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