MŽP will support electromobility, giving five billion CZK to charging infrastructure

The Ministry of the Environment (MŽP) will support the faster approval of laws for emission-free and low-emission production, the sale of electric cars and subsidies for the construction of charging stations. Up to 800 so-called fast charging stations (HPC) should be created in the Czech Republic by 2025, the state wants to invest approximately five billion crowns in the charging infrastructure for electric cars in the coming years. The memorandum of understanding between the MŽP and the Škoda Auto company, which commits to reducing the burden on the environment and increasing the sustainability of industrial production, was signed today by the Minister of the Environment Anna Hubáčková (for KDU-ČSL) and members of the car company's board of directors Michael Oeljeklaus and Martin Jahn.

Yesterday, after visiting the Mladá Boleslav plant where electric cars are produced, Hubáčková especially appreciated the voluntary nature with which the car company is joining low-emission and zero-emission production. According to her, the changes should not be abrupt, so that they do not have large social impacts. "The automotive industry is the flagship of the Czech Republic and we want to contribute to the fact that they have room to change their strategies and production so that it does not threaten employment in the sector," said Hubáčková.

According to her, the MŽP will strive for faster approval of laws, for example the amendment of the Energy Act. In the clean mobility program, they want to distribute up to CZK 600 million, a third of which has already been approved, according to Hubáčková, and includes subsidies for the purchase of electric cars, hydrogen cars and charging stations. The state also wants to contribute to the change of technology and the purchase of electric cars for the public and non-profit sector. Hubáčková assumes that with an increase in production, the price will go down and will be more affordable for all people.

"We are very happy that the Czech government strongly supports clean mobility and electromobility," said Jahn. According to him, the support of the charging infrastructure is important. The carmaker accelerated the transition to electromobility. By 2030, all three Škoda Auto production plants in the Czech Republic will produce electric cars or electric components. Over the next five years, the automaker will invest an additional EUR 5.6 billion (ie approximately CZK 138 billion) in electromobility and EUR 700 million (approximately CZK 17.2 billion) in digitization. Škoda will introduce three new models of electric cars by 2026, and three more models by 2030.

Between 2010 and 2021, Škoda Auto reduced the burden on the environment in its production by half, for example at the plant in Kvasiny they reduced water consumption by 40 percent for each car, they use waste water from city treatment plants, the investment in water recycling equipment was in the amount of EUR 40 million.

Source: MŽP and CTK