Bulgaria has received approval for two large-scale projects that will expand the charging infrastructure along key transport routes in the country, Novini247 reports. The approval confirms Bulgaria's place among the active participants in the latest round of a European alternative fuels initiative, and puts corridor charging — the backbone of long-distance electromobility — firmly on the national infrastructure agenda.
For a transit country on Europe's south-eastern road network, charging along key routes is strategic rather than cosmetic. Interurban sites determine whether through-going electric traffic can cross Bulgaria without lengthy detours, and they anchor the business case for freight and delivery fleets weighing a switch to battery power on pan-European lanes. Large-scale projects of this kind typically pull in charge point operators, grid companies and hardware suppliers, creating a procurement pipeline that regional vendors will be keen to enter.
The Bulgarian approval extends a charging build-out that EastAutoNews has tracked across the region in recent weeks. Serbia has been courting EV-charger factories after its eMobility Forum, Slovenia's Petrol has switched on 18 ultra-fast chargers on the A1 and A3, and Ignitis ON has introduced a €0.10-per-minute idle fee to keep its bays turning over. On the demand side, Slovenia's EV purchase subsidies have already reached their funding limit — a signal of how quickly consumer appetite is running ahead of infrastructure in the wider region.
The infrastructure push also lands amid growing policy attention to cars in Sofia. Bulgaria's draft 2027 plan, recently covered by EastAutoNews, targets so-called powerful cars over 250 kW — a fiscal lever on what motorists drive, running in parallel with an investment lever on how they charge it. Details of the two approved projects, including their exact scope, sites and timelines, are expected to follow, and charge point operators, logistics firms and hardware suppliers will be watching closely.
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