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EU approves €234m EUR for rail modernisation project in southern Poland.
On Friday 28th Poland was awarded €234m EUR of EU Cohesion Funds to upgrade 117km of PKP S.A. railway track between the historical city of Krakow and the mountain resort town of Zakopane.
As part of the co-financing agreement, the Polish treasury will commit €100m to the project which is scheduled for completion by 2023.
Source – https://www.pb.pl/ke-zatwierdzila-234-mln-eur-na-linie-kolejowa-do-zakopanego-1000724
On Wednesday 26th August, the Polish Association of Automotive Industry (PZPM) and the Polish Alternative Fuels Association (PSPA) released data showing Poland has 13,057 electric passenger cars registered on the road.
The split between fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars is surprisingly close:
• 7,231 are fully electric (BEV) – 55%
• 5,826 are plug-in hybrid (PHEV) – 45%
The figures released show that registrations of BEV and PHEV cars are up 78% on the same period between January and July 2019. The report also included an update on other electric vehicles registered in Poland, with the notable 172% year on year increase in electric buses as 106 out of 335 registered buses were added during the first 7 months of 2020.
Analysis also showed that Hybrid car registrations climbed to a total of 153,951, with over 30,000 registrations between January and July 2020, up 28% on the same period in 2019. The report showed there were 1,224 public charging stations providing 2,319 individual charging points – of which 33% were fast DC charging and 67% slower AC charging.
The Polish government recently announced a subsidy program for electric vehicles that drew some criticism for lacking a compelling incentive to consumers, however the move by the government in Warsaw is acknowledged as a step in the right direction.
A summary in Polish is available on the orpa.pl website and was the primary source of this article.
Sources: https://orpa.pl/ , https://pspa.com.pl/ , https://www.pzpm.org.pl/
