Cars with green license plates are spreading as if there is no epidemic

Péter Kaderják, State Secretary for Energy and Climate Policy at the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, presented an interesting graph at the e-mobility discussion organized by ABB.

The figure below shows that the number of cars with green license plates was 2019 in January 10, and it has doubled in a year and a half, and currently there are about 20 such cars on Hungarian roads. 

It is also clear that the pace of growth is steady. It is rare to find a similar number today that is not affected at all by the spring shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the popularity of electric cars and hybrids seems unbroken.

Péter Kaderják confirmed that the next big state step for those interested in electric mobility will be the support of electric-assisted bicycles, or pedelecs. The program will most likely start in September, but the details are still being worked out, so the state secretary could not comment on the amount of the budget or the maximum amount that can be applied for per bicycle.

József Pethő, Secretary General of the Hungarian Electromobility Association, said that according to their international survey, Hungarians give very similar answers to questions about electric cars as respondents from Germany, Norway, or Denmark.

People's biggest concerns about electric cars remain their high prices, limited range, and the potential for them to be treated like used cars over time.

A significant portion of the Western European respondents to the survey give a simple answer to the used car problem: they sell the car and typically keep a new model for only three years. This period mostly corresponds to the cycle of the various subsidies that can be applied to e-cars. The survey also showed that the international demand for e-cars is currently so high that it is not difficult to sell them used, and not even at a relatively high price.

Among Hungarian respondents, only 11 percent drove more than 150 kilometers in one day at least once a week, and the survey results also showed that those surveyed were aware that the majority of their daily needs could be comfortably covered with an electric car.

Source: G7.hu