The official said: “Everyone wonders when we will finally start making electric cars. We intend to do it in 2021. There is a preliminary agreement that BelGee will make the first 1,000 electric Geely cars at prices under $30,000. The first five cars are being trialed in Belarus. We are interested in their performance in frosty weather. Preliminary positive results have been achieved. Minor quirks will be fixed.”
The electric mobility promotion forum E-Mobility 2020 took place in Minsk on October 16. Representatives of the Energy Ministry, the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft, the Industry Ministry, the Transport and Communications Ministry, the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, representatives of enterprises and companies which business is related to electric transport took part in the forum.
During the event there were discussed such topics as a forecast of the development of the electric transport market and the charging infrastructure in Belarus taking into account the forthcoming launch of the Belarusian nuclear power plant, the industrial potential for manufacturing Belarusian electric vehicles, R&D products in the area of electric transport, electric vehicles and a healthier urban environment.
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