Underlining Iran’s plan to expedite replacing gasoline-fueled cars with electric cars, Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Abbas Aliabadi said that the scheme is applied to metropolises where the air pollution is high and will then be carried out in smaller cities.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, he also said that the replacement of gasoline-fueled cars with electric ones will lead to more efficiency in transportation sector.
Based on an earlier agreement between Aliabadi and Tehran Major Alireza Zakani, installation of charging stations for electric cars has begun in Tehran which will increase to 70 stations by late August.
The agreement also includes measures to supply some 50,000 electric cars and some 200,000 electric motorbikes to the intracity transportation fleet in the capital Tehran until March.
By March, charging stations will also be installed along intercity roads connecting Tehran to other neighboring provinces and in other high traffic Iranian provinces like Korasan Razavi Province as well.