Bulgaria is among the active participants in the latest round of a charging-infrastructure programme, with eligible costs of around €7.38 million, Bulgarian outlet Novini247 reports. The stated aim of the round is to create an easily accessible and reliable charging network along the country’s major transport routes — and to extend that dependability into neighbouring countries.
The focus on major transport routes signals where the money is meant to work hardest: the corridors that carry long-distance and cross-border traffic. For electric-vehicle drivers, reliability on arterial roads — rather than sheer charger numbers in city centres — is what determines whether a journey through the region can be planned with confidence. A network that works on both sides of the border removes one of the last big barriers to electric long-distance travel in Southeastern Europe.
The Bulgarian round fits into a broader regional momentum that EastAutoNews has tracked in recent weeks. Serbia has been courting EV-charger manufacturers following its eMobility Forum, Ignitis ON has introduced a €0.10-per-minute idle fee in the Baltics to keep chargers turning over, and Petrol has switched on 18 ultra-fast chargers along Slovenia’s A1 and A3. Taken together, the developments point to a region shifting from pilot projects to operational networks.
At home, the infrastructure push runs alongside another lever of Bulgarian policy: the draft 2027 tax plan that targets “powerful” cars over 250 kW. Policymakers, in other words, are working both sides of the equation — building the infrastructure that makes electric driving practical, while using taxation to steer choices at the top end of the market. The €7.38 million figure represents eligible costs, the defined tranche of investment on which support under the round is calculated.
If the round delivers on its stated aim, drivers crossing Bulgaria on major routes — and continuing into neighbouring countries — should find charging that is both easy to reach and dependable. That kind of reliability, more than raw charger counts, is what turns electric vehicles from a city compromise into a practical choice across the region.
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