Following Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting on 25 June 2025, Transport, Communications and Works Minister Alexis Vafeades announced a new electric mobility enhancement scheme for Cyprus, approved by the Council of Ministers and aimed at strengthening the market for fully electric and hybrid vehicles through state resources.
He explained that electric mobility constituted one of the basic priorities of government policy, as the transition to clean forms of transport was necessary to achieve Cyprus’s environmental goals.
Under the new scheme, the Transport, Communications and Works Ministry aims to strengthen the electric vehicle market by providing grants and incentives for purchasing new and used vehicles, making electric mobility accessible to more citizens.
Remaining grants to be redistributed
Before implementing the new scheme, Vafeades said 97 vehicle grants and 18 motorcycle grants would be redistributed under the 3rd call of Cyprus’s electric mobility promotion scheme. These grants became available from applications that were not linked to orders or were cancelled.
He noted that once these grants were exhausted, the launch of the new state-funded electric mobility enhancement scheme would be announced.
€2.5m allocation approved
The minister said €2.5 million from the state budget had been allocated for the new scheme, with grant amounts identical to those of the previous scheme, totalling 260 grants for purchasing fully electric and hybrid vehicles.
He clarified that citizens who had ordered cars after the previous scheme expired could also claim grants.
Vafeades said there were approximately 100 unused grants from the previous expired scheme. “These grants will be made available to the public again and when they are exhausted, then the next scheme of €2.5 million will run,” he explained.
Continuity assured
Therefore, he noted, “there is continuity which will exhaust whatever was not given in the Recovery and Resilience Plan and then the next €2.5 million scheme will continue”.
He also said the scheme would continue operating with the priority order of applications.
Finally, he stated that an announcement regarding allocation to various grant categories, their availability date, and scheme terms would be posted on the Road Transport Department website.
