“We have rapidly scaled up our network, from about 120 charging points in 2022 to around 1,500 today across the region. We are Romania’s leading mobility provider, and this project strengthens a key transit corridor, helping make electric mobility a practical option for drivers. As electric vehicles market is still developing, public funding remains essential to support infrastructure expansion and its economic viability,” said Radu Căprău, Member of the OMV Petrom Executive Board responsible for Refining and Marketing.
The total value of the project at the contracting time amounted to approximately EUR40 million, of which up to EUR12 million represents European Union grants for Romania under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
The charging points were installed along the TEN-T corridor in: Bratislava, Budapesta, Oradea, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Tulcea, Constanta, Giurgiu, Focșani, Bacău, Suceava etc.
Of the total, Romania has 304 charging points at 74 locations, Hungary: 28 charging points at 7 locations and Slovakia 52 charging points at 11 locations.
The project was implemented by a consortium led by OMV Petrom Marketing S.R.L., together with OMV Hungária KFT and OMV Slovensko s.r.o., in partnership with the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA).
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)