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In this episode we spoke with Rafael Ferreira, co‑founder and CTO of Miio, about the present and future of electric car charging.

The latest 2025 call, offering €17.6 million in vouchers for electric vehicles, was exhausted within hours. The government already has another round of applications in the pipeline.
The Government will launch a new support scheme for the purchase of electric vehicles by March, keeping the same rules as the previous scheme, including support for scrapping fossil‑fuel cars more than 10 years old.
The measure, part of the 'Green Mobility' package, aims to support the decarbonisation of the transport sector, which is responsible for the majority of carbon emissions in Portugal.

A new round of the scheme to purchase low-emission vehicles will take place in the first quarter of this year, the Ministry of the Environment says. “Very soon we will have a new tender,” Environment and Energy Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho told ECO/Capital Verde. The resolution on this matter is ...

Brussels proposes replacing tariffs with minimum-price measures as a way to ease the growing conflict with China over electric car imports and competition.

The number of charging sessions on the national network for electric mobility rose 45% in 2025 to 8.8 million sessions, Mobi.E, the company responsible for its management, announced today.

The National Charging Network recorded record figures in 2025, following “a pronounced and unprecedented growth”. Over 2025, more than 8.8 million charging sessions were recorded, representing a 45% increase compared with the previous year, while the number of distinct users exceeded 474,000, resulting in a ...

Around the world, electric-vehicle sales are not growing as expected. By contrast, Portugal recorded a sharp acceleration in 2025.

A new year brings a fresh wave of cars ready to meet a changing world. Highlighted are fully electric variants — even from brands that once seemed devoted to internal combustion.

A new application phase for €17.6 million from the Environmental Fund began on Monday and has already been exhausted in several categories.

With its budget approved on 17 December with the favourable votes of Chega and with full confidence in final validation by the Municipal Assembly, Carlos Moedas’s administration is turning its attention to the changes for 2026 affecting municipal companies. Among these, EMEL will change the parking exemption regime for cars ...

Home News More charging stations on Lisbon-Algarve motorway More charging stations on Lisbon-Algarve motorway Galp has reinforced its electric charging network along its Alcácer do Sal and Aljustrel service stations on the A2 motorway, with the creation of four hubs that provide 48 ultra-fast cha

The public support scheme for purchasing electric cars for private individuals was exhausted this Monday after only a few hours, on the day the Environmental Fund opened the application window, a source at the Ministry of the Environment confirmed to Lusa.

The funding programme for purchasing electric vehicles was fully allocated just hours after the application period opened.

Applications for the 'vouchers' to support the purchase of low-emission vehicles opened on Monday — and, for some categories, they sold out on the same day, an official source at the Ministry of the Environment says. 'The categories relating to the incentive for the acquisition of 100% electric light passenger vehicles — private individuals; motorcycles, mopeds, tricycles and similar vehicles — are exhausted.'

Sales of fully electric cars in the European Union have reached a new record level.

The government scheme offering financial support for buying electric vehicles opens for applications today; individuals and businesses can submit requests for incentives under the programme.

Cars, bicycles and battery chargers are among the eligible items to receive state support, which ranges from €500 to €5,000. Applications are open until 12 February.

The application period runs until 12 February 2026 “or until the available funding is exhausted”.

The application period runs until 12 February 2026, or until the available allocation of €17.6 million is exhausted. Applications must be submitted on the Fundo Ambiental website.

Home News Electric vehicle support now open Electric vehicle support now open Applications for the new state support for the purchase of electric vehicles, which has retroactive effect to January 1, 2025, can be submitted from today through the Environmental Fund website.

The President has signed into law the abolition of a tax on electric vehicles, removing the levy and likely affecting prices and incentives for buyers and the market.

The number of vehicles sold in Europe in November increased by 1.9%, but would have fallen without the contribution of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs), the former up 37.3% and the latter up 33.9%.
