May 28 (SeeNews) - Romanian oil and gas group OMV Petrom [BSE:SNP] said on Thursday that together with Bulgaria's Eldrive, it will install 30 fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in OMV-branded filling stations in Romania and Bulgaria.
"We are pleased to offer our customers the opportunity to quickly charge electric vehicles while receiving other services offered in our filling stations", Radu Caprau, member of OMV Petrom's executive board responsible for downstream oil, said in a statement.
"This partnership is a crucial step for the development of our charging network, as well as for the electric mobility in the region," Stefan Spassov, CEO of Eldrive, said.
Eldrive, which will subsequently operate the charging stations, is expected to install them within a two-year period. The first two stations of this project have already been installed in Bulgaria - one on Struma motorway and one near the city of Plovdiv.
OMV Petrom is present on the fuel distribution market in Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria and Serbia, operating a network of 800 filling stations under the OMV and Petrom brands.
There were approximately 400 charging stations for electric cars in Romania at the end of last year, while the number of new registered electric and hybrid vehicles in the first four months of 2020 represented 2.75% of the total new registered vehicles, according to OMV Petrom.
The Eldrive network has more than 210 charging points in Bulgaria and Romania.
As at 9:45 CET on Thursday, OMV Petrom shares traded 0.29% higher at 0.3405 lei ($0.077/0.070 euro) on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
(1 euro = 4.84 lei)
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