Two special charging points for electric cars will be built in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi next month.
Tbilisi City Hall’s Transport Service announced the two charging points would be at Europe Square near Rike Park in Old Town and in the city’s Vake district.
Local company Espace will be responsible for installing the new charging points, said Tbilisi City Hall.
For the first year after installation, people who drive a electric car will be able to charge the batteries of their vehicles for free, but going forward it will cost users to charge their cars.
It takes about three hours to fully charge an electric car battery.
As of today there are about 40 electric cars in Tbilisi, said the Transport Service.
A spokesperson from the Transport Service told Agenda.ge that after these two charging stations, Espace intended to build about 50 more charging points throughout Tbilisi.
The company also planned to expand its activities in Georgia and begin importing electric cars to the country.
An Espace spokesperson said Georgia offered favourable conditions for importing electric cars as they were exempt from custom fees. And this encouraged more imports of electric cars over typical petrol-powered vehicles, he explained.
Tbilisi City Hall was expected to approve the two initial electric car charging points in the coming days, and Espace was set to begin installation works next week.
It is expected people with electric cars in Tbilisi will be able to charge their vehicles at the two charging points from mid-October.