The essence of the Jedlik Ányos Programme, currently under preparation, is to facilitate Hungary’s preparation for technical innovation in transport, including electromobility, Minister of State for Economic Regulation of the Ministry for National Economy Kristóf Szatmáry said at the inauguration of a new electric car charging pole in Budapest on Tuesday.
According to the programme under preparation, a subsidy system must be worked out for electric cars and the government is to form an alliance with companies active in the field, the Minister of State added.
Minister of State for Infrastructure of the Ministry of National Development Pál Völner said that his ministry supported the race of alternative driven vehicles to be organised every year. He underlined that only zero emission vehicles would be allowed to be used in cities by the middle of this century, so the number of charging stations would be increased in the EU financing period starting this year. The utilisation of these vehicles could be improved if night-tariff electricity was used for charging these cars, the Minister of State added.
There are no perfect solutions for the protection of the environment, there are only less bad ones, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs of the Ministry of Rural Development Zoltán Illés pointed out. Since electric cars have a smaller ecological footprint than traditional cars do, the ministry supports both fully electric driven and hybrid driven vehicles. Other alternative means of transport are bicycles, scooters and your feet, too, the Minister of State underlined.
As regards the future, Zoltán Illés noted that in several West European countries the state helped buyers of electric vehicles and gave further subsidies to people who charged their vehicles with green power. The future Hungarian government is to head into this direction, too, the Minister of State added.
On behalf of the electricity supplier ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ Group, Member of the Board of Directors Zoltán Kövesdi noted that private persons could use the company’s charging poles free of charge until now and would be able to do so by the end of this year. The company currently has 20 public charging stations in Budapest and another 14 operating at shopping centres and public garages. The pole just inaugurated is one of the ten new public charging stations established within the framework of the EU’s Green eMotion project.
(Prime Minister's Office)
