Use of electric cars and solar energy will limit Armenia`s dependence  on oil and gas markets

ArmInfo.As of the end of May 2024, Armenia has used almost half of the quota of the Eurasian  Economic Union for duty-free import of electric vehicles. This was stated by the RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Paponyan in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on June 4.

He noted that if in 2021 several units of electric vehicles were  imported to the country, then in 2022 this number increased to  several hundred. Last year, 7.1 thousand electric vehicles were  imported to Armenia, which, in fact, covered the entire established  quota. The Minister stressed the importance of importing  environmentally friendly transport, and the decisions taken within  the EAEU on this issue are fully justified. If we keep in mind the  active development of solar energy, from the generation facilities of  which it will be possible to refuel electric vehicles, then we will  get an environmentally friendly chain, and this, in turn, will lead  to limiting dependence on oil and gas markets.

Notably, from January 1, 2024, the decision of the EEC came into  force, according to which individuals and legal entities in Armenia  have the right to import vehicles with an electric motor into the  country in the amount of 8 thousand units this year.