The Portuguese government has announced that it will support the purchase of up to 20,000 EVs for low-income families by subsidising up to 80% of each vehicle’s value, Xinhua reports.
“Freeing Portugal from dependence on fossil fuels is not a chimaera: it is an essential condition for a better future and less dependence on third parties,” environment minister Maria da Graca Carvalho said in parliament.
A separate scheme for the general population, with rules similar to those of previous programmes, will have a budget of approximately 50 million euros (RM227 million).
The government will also support the purchase of up to 9,000 EVs by micro-enterprises and promote the acquisition of more sustainable heavy vehicles, alongside investment in charging infrastructure. EV buses carrying workers and students in low
