An agreement which should lead to the setting up, in Malta, of the required infrastructure for the introduction of modern electrical vehicles on the market has been signed with Portugal.

The signing, in Lison, should lead to the setting up of a network of charging points for electrical vehicles.

During a bilateral meeting Rural Affairs Minister George Pullicino had with the Portuguese Secretary of State for Energy and Innovation Carlos Zorrinho, the importance of generating more energy from clean sources was discussed.

Malta wante dto have 5,000 electrical vehicles by 2020 as part of its emission reduction plan. It was calculated that 16 per cent of emissions in Malta were caused by cars.

It was accepted that electric cars did not produce exhaust and only contributed a third of the carbon dioxide produced by conventional cars.