According to the Russian media Kommersant, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade has revised the requirements for fast charging facilities for electric vehicles, stipulating that charging stations must meet the Chinese standard GB/T, while the European standard CCS2 and the Japanese standard CHAdeMO are listed as optional.
According to the new regulations, charging stations should be equipped with three charging ports, at least one of which meets the Chinese GB/T standard. Manufacturers can also choose to install a CCS2 or CHAdeMO standard charging interface.
The ZETTA electric car launched by the Russian start-up car company REMC is priced at about HK$48,000.
According to market sources, all Chinese cars in Russia currently use the European version of the charging interface. They believe that due to the closure of the EU’s exports to Russia, Russia is pinning its hopes on China to set up factories locally to produce or import electric vehicles from other Asian countries.
Andrei Gurenov, CEO of Sitronics Electro, said that the Chinese GB/T standard is essentially replacing the CHAdeMO and CCS2 standards. CHAdeMO is obsolete and CCS2 will lose its market position due to the EU export ban. He predicts that in a few years, 70% of Russian electric vehicles will be equipped with Chinese charging ports, and electric vehicles produced in Russia will also be equipped with Chinese charging ports.
Chery Automobile recently planned to export electric vehicles to Russia. The company is said to have started tweaking the car to start the CCS standard certification process. However, now that the Russian government has stipulated that electric vehicle charging stations should be switched to Chinese standards, Chery said that it may revise the original plan and then return to the Russian market.
According to reports, a total of 545 electric vehicle charging stations will be operating in Russia in 2021.
A subsidy program of 8.1 billion rubles will be implemented in 2022-2024, and 2,900 fast-charging stations are planned to be installed. The maximum subsidy is 60% of the cost of the charging station, but does not exceed 1.86 million rubles. The subsidy for the technical connection of the charging station to the grid is 30% of the cost, but not higher than 900,000 rubles.