In the future, electric vehicles in Tajikistan will be required to have "green plates," although it is not yet clear if this requirement applies to all types of electric transport or just passenger electric vehicles.
An official source within the Interior Ministry Traffic Police Directorate says that based on the current regulations by the Agency for Standardization, Metrology, Certification, and Trade Inspection, beginning on April 2, 2024, green plates are issued during the state registration of electric vehicles, regardless of the type of ownership.
Currently, these plates are being issued to passenger electric vehicles. However, it is planned that all electric vehicles in the country will eventually be equipped with green plates.
Mr. Nusratullo Mahmoudzada, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told Asia-Plus that the mandatory issuance of green plates is currently only for passenger electric vehicles. Private electric vehicle owners can also obtain these plates, but it is not yet clear if it will be mandatory in the future.
The decision to issue green plates for passenger electric vehicles was made under the National Program for the Development of Electric Transport in Tajikistan designed for 2023-2028 and the Concept for Transition to an Electric Passenger Transport System in the Capital designed for 2023-2026.
Official prices for green plates have not yet been announced. Asia-Plus intends to clarify this matter at an upcoming news press conference of the Interior Ministry.
The upcoming news conference is expected to provide more precise information regarding these new regulations and their financial implications for electric vehicle owners.
However, some taxi drivers have reported that the price for “green plates” varies between 2500 and 3000 somonis.
One taxi driver mentioned that the “green plates” have only been issued to drivers of the new Eco Taxi 9090 company, and others have not yet been able to obtain them.
As it had been reported earlier, the Eco Taxi 9090 Company is currently using 400 electric cars Aion Y to improve sustainability in transportation services. The company plans to increase its fleet to 2000 electric cars.
By Dushanbe mayor’s decree all taxi companies operating in the city are required to shift completely to electric vehicles by September 1, 2025.
An official source within the Dushanbe Administration told Asia-Plus in late June that more than 4350 taxi cabs, with 2,450 of them being electric cars, have plied on Dushanbe streets as of June 1, 2024.\
Earlier it had been reported that about 230 million somonis will be allocated within the next five years for development of electric transport in the country. Of this amount, 1.4 million somonis will be allocated from the national budget, 6.2 million somonis will be provided by development partners, and more than 221 million somonis will be provided by the private sector
