Cyprus’s EV charging network and the 85,000 target

Cyprus has set itself a target of 85,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2030. The figure today is around 8,200 across all categories, and battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars together account for 0.77 per cent of the national fleet — the lowest share in the European Union. Reaching the target would mean something close to a tenfold increase in four and a half years, at a rate of roughly 15,000 registrations a year. Most of the public argument has been about whether buyers can be persuaded...