“After Easter, in May, the electric buses will be on the streets of Athens and Thessaloniki, in order to effectively upgrade the fleet of both cities” said today the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for Transport, Christina Alexopoulouspeaking to Realfm 97.8.

“Yesterday we went to OSY, where we saw the 140 electric buses up close. The electric buses are not turnkey and start, they need to be charged and some charging infrastructure is in place, which are ongoing processes to complete,” he said. “Every bus that comes will replace an old one. We want to have modern buses with anti-pollution technology, upgrading the fleet and we want citizens to prefer them, using them instead of their cars,” he added.

When asked about the green taxis, she replied that “this is the largest subsidy given in an EU country. We are talking about a minimum amount, which is 22,500 euros and if we add special categories such as those with many children, the disabled, the taxi driver under the age of 29, can this subsidy to reach 28,000 euros. We are talking about the future of motoring.”

“Electric vehicles without chargers cannot exist. The program ‘Charge everywhere’ is 80 million euros also from the Recovery Fund. 30 million goes to municipalities and the remaining 50 million will be given to private individuals who want to build publicly accessible chargers,” he pointed out.

“The program ‘Moving Electric 2’ it was a great success, because all the funds are used. With KYA ​​we decided to make it more flexible and even faster as a program. Expires April 30. We are planning a more flexible program, “Move Electric 3″, which we will soon introduce for about the same money. We want to stimulate this market in every way, perhaps subsidizing with more money – I’m telling you this for the first time: the 8,000 euros may increase by a significant amount” described the deputy minister.