The Ministry of Community and Territorial Development has made the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure a priority to support the rapid growth in the number of private electric vehicles, Deputy Minister Serhiy Derkach noted following his participation in the “Electro-Perspective 2026” forum, which took place in Kyiv this week.
“The private electric vehicle market has grown about 10-fold over the past 5 years. The network of electric charging stations is developing proportionally: by the end of last year, there were already 11,000 of them, although just a few years ago there were only 3,000,” he wrote on Facebook on Saturday.
“It is precisely the development of the electric charging infrastructure that motivates buyers to consider electric vehicles. And this is our priority,” Derkach emphasized.
He noted that the National Transport Strategy 2030 has identified the development of electric transport as one of its priorities. According to him, from the state’s perspective, this means increasing the share of electric vehicles while reducing the total number of cars by replacing them with public transportation for passenger transport in cities.
The Deputy Minister noted that the EU will not require a specific percentage of electric vehicles but will mandate the construction of parking spaces with electric charging infrastructure.
“These are long-term and costly projects that we are already beginning to work on. Ukraine has its own manufacturers of electric charging stations. However, their number does not meet the demand. For example, we have one electric charging station for nearly 33 electric vehicles. In European countries, there are up to 10 vehicles per station,” Derkach described the situation.
He noted that the Ministry of Development has already drafted a Concept for the Development of Electric Transport in Ukraine, which will be submitted to the government for review in the near future.
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