Calls for more support to buy electric vehicles

The state must do more to assist the public in transitioning to electric vehicles, with an advisory body warning on Tuesday that the shift has to be fair and inclusive.

The Cyprus Economic and Competitiveness Council (Soak) warned that by 2035 all new vehicles sold in the EU must be zero emissions – meaning that there is no avoiding what is coming.

“It must be ensured that this transition is fair and inclusive, the public will be impacted when they must purchase these new vehicles...