The Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus (EAEU), has developed a project plan on the production and use of cars on electric in the member countries of the union. Including this plan provides for the reduction or even complete zeroing of duties on the import of components for the production of electric cars and technical support of electric filling stations. The document was approved by the leadership of all countries of the EEU and will be valid for three years, from 2015 to 2017. The leadership of our country in the negotiations offered, among other things, and cancellation of utilization collection for electric carsbut Kazakhs and Belarusians opposed this. A joint decision was made to cancel the current and next years. import duties for electric parts. And the rate of these duties ranged from five to ten percent of the cost of imported components.

In the case of a successful project, electric cars will be much cheaper, which in turn can not fail to attract the attention of the Russian buyer. Officials especially hope for it. They expect to set up and run manufacture of electric motors and batteries in the territory of the EAEU countries, which will allow to maintain the level of prices for cars even when the deadline for the reduction of import duties for electric cars is over.

They are going to stimulate not only production, but also ordinary owners of electric cars. They will receive the right to free travel on all toll roads, the right do not pay for parking and move on vydelenke for public transport. Companies that install charging stations for electric cars in their territories will receive tax deduction benefits.

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What kind of electric cars can be called offhand? Besides вазовской ElLadawhich has been spoken about for a long time, but it still remains a piece and extremely expensive acquisition, nothing comes to mind, because, actually, we have nothing else. Perhaps, with the implementation of the EAEU plan, in this direction something will change for the better. And we will finally get rid of the gasoline addiction and the poisoned air of the cities, with which we ourselves force our children to breathe.