Russian electric vehicles may get the right to free passage on toll roads back. It was in effect as part of an experiment from March 1 to December 31, 2023 - and was not extended for 2024.
Since January 1 of this year, electric vehicle owners have been paying for trips on highways on a common basis. But, according to Kommersant, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Transport and the Avtodor Group are already considering the possibility and parameters for providing free passage for them on toll sections of highways in 2024.
The experiment proved successful: toll roads were used more than 306 thousand times on preferential travel. The most popular were the toll sections of the M-11 Moscow-Solnechnogorsk highway from 15 to 58 kilometers and the Northern Bypass of Odintsovo. They were traveled by electric vehicles more than 200 thousand times.
