The Cluj-based company Promelek XXI aims to sell, by the end of the current year, 400 charging stations for 100% electric or plug-in hybrid cars.
Dambovita County is buying 31 new electric minibusses for the transportation of students.
OMV Petrom contributes to the development of the regional network of ultra-fast recharging for electric cars as part of a project that aims to install more than 400 points along the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).
The local authorities in Brasov continue the program of greening the fleet of buses and trolleybuses and transforming public transport into the main mobility solution in the municipality and in the metropolitan area.
DualStore.ro, an online phone and gadget store and manufacturer of iSEN electric scooters and bicycles, launches iSEN Mobility, the first Romanian application for electric scooters.
The Hunedoara County Council is purchasing electric minibusses for the county's students, an investment that amounts to about €6 million.
The IVECO Group has already expressed its intention to deliver the first hydrogen-powered trucks by the end of 2023. Now, together with Air Liquide, a global energy leader, it has inaugurated Europe's first high-pressure hydrogen filling station in Fos-sur-Mer, Marseille.
Cluj County Council buys electric minibusses for students from 34 Cluj municipalities, from European funds. The aim is thus to improve transport conditions for students, especially for those from isolated areas with a low population.
The County Council is submitting a funding request for the purchase of green school microbuses. During the meeting of the Mehedinți County Council, a funding request was approved that will be submitted this week in order to attract European funds for the purchase of electric minibusses for schools in Mehedinți County.
Enel X Way Romania, part of Enel X Way, a company of the Enel Group dedicated to electric mobility, has launched a website that integrates all the mobility solutions offered by the company for individuals, companies, and institutions. The web platform also provides data about the facilities of its mobile application with the same name, as well as an interactive map that displays the real-time availability of charging stations in the Enel X Way network in Romania and in the countries where the company is present.
The sales of electric scooters increased in the last year by approximately 10% in Romania. At the same time, the average selling price per unit decreased by at least 10%, due to the cheapening of raw materials. Annually, Romanians buy about 50,000 new electric scooters, according to the evoMAG online store.
The Bucharest Transport Company (STB) is launching a tender for the purchase, through operational leasing, of 70 eight-meter electric buses. STB, the main public transport company in Bucharest and Ilfov county, has published an announcement in this regard on the Electronic Public Procurement System. The estimated total value of the contract is €50.48 million.
The E.ON Group is continuously investing in building new ultra-fast charging points across Europe. The company has ordered 4,500 additional fast charging stations from manufacturer alpitronic. They are to be used in customer-facing projects and public charging areas by 2025.
Autonom, an integrated provider of mobility and financing services, has launched a solution dedicated to electric cars to address concerns associated with the adoption of electric vehicles, such as long-distance car autonomy, charging, maintenance costs, technological advancement, and resale value risk. Number three in the market of operational leasing and car rental companies ordered at the beginning of the year, with the help of an EIB loan of €32 million, 200 Tesla electric cars (Model 3 and Model Y).
ABB E-mobility supplied Constanta with its latest fast charging technology, powering the city's electric buses and accelerating its transition to emission-free mobility. Constanta installed five 300 kW HVC-PD (Heavy Vehicle Charger Pantograph Down) and twenty 50 kW Terra 54 HV fast charging stations to power its BYD electric bus fleet. All charging stations installed in Constanta are Cloud connected through ABB Ability™, facilitating remote software upgrades.
Braşov City Hall is launching a tender for the construction of the largest garage for electric buses in Romania. The investment, carried out from European funds, exceeds RON141 million (€28.2 million), without VAT.
Romania reached 27,590 electric vehicles after as many electric cars were registered last year as in the last 10 years combined. Regarding the charging infrastructure, at the end of February, there were 3,389 public chargers in Romania.
Brașov City Hall has obtained new funding through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for the purchase of electric buses.
New investors include General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero (US), GIC (Singapore), Just Climate (UK) and Porsche SE (Germany).
Solaris Bus & Coach sp. z o.o. and the Municipality of Bucharest signed a contract for the supply of 100 new trolleybuses.
The company is working to advance its sustainability commitments in the four focus areas of sustainable innovation, climate, biodiversity, and inclusion, diversity and equity.
The company plans to use the funds raised through the listing to acquire renewable energy assets in Romania and Moldova.
Greenhouse gas emissions generated by the European Union's economy totaled 897 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Over 500 companies from across the country are expected to attend the ESG Journey event series from May to November 2024, organized by Social Innovation Solutions in partnership with UniCredit Bank Romania.
EU Commission announced that two Chinese-owned renewable energy developers have pulled out from a public tender to build a solar photovoltaic park in Romania.
