Electric car for Portuguese prime minister

Portugal received delivery of the first 10 electric vehicles in Europe from Nissan as recognition of the country’s pioneering work in electric mobility with the MOBI.E Programme.

The Prime Minister José Socrates is one of the 10 recipients and will now travel exclusively by electric car for his official travels around the capital city. With this Portugal becomes the first country in the world to have a head of state using an electric car for official matters.

The other cars will be purchased by nine companies of the technological consortium that developed the MOBI.E solution as a clear sign of the need for a transition to electric mobility.

Portugal is the first country in the world to implement an electric vehicle charging network at a national scale.

The MOBI.E network, which currently spreads over 25 municipalities throughout the country, displays over 50 charging points already installed, growing to more than 1,300 normal charging points and 50 quick charging stations by mid-2011.