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Russia’s Electric Car Strategy to Cost $8 Billion Through 2030

  • Russia aims to have at least 25,000 EVs by 2024: strategy
  • Government will offer buyers incentives to boost EV demand

An electric automobile charges at a vehicle charging point in Moscow.

Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Russia, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers, has a plan to bring more electric vehicles to its roads over the next three years and to build a market for battery-powered cars.