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Russia plans to produce at least 150,000 electric cars per year by 2030,
the Russian Economic Development Ministry’s department director Maksim Kolesnikov said on June1. "We expect production to reach at least 150,000 electric cars per year by 2030," he said as cited by Tass, adding the share of electric cars may reach 10% of the total production of transport vehicles in Russia by then. "We believe that the implementation of the concept [for development of production and use of electric transport in Russia - TASS] will allow creating a new technological sector in the country and producing electric cars with the share of at least 10% of the total production of transport vehicles by 2030," he said. The ministry has drafted and submitted for approval the concept for development of production and use of electric transport in the country, Kolesnikov said, adding that the concept is estimated at RUB850bn ($11.5bn).
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