Minister to reveal cost of charging electric cars in Egypt in January

CAIRO - 25 December 2021: Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Dr. Mohamed Shaker stated that he will reveal the expected electricity selling prices for electric cars that are set to be applied as of January.

 

He said that the price of kilowatt-hours for electric cars that will be charged from home will be the same as the segments of the domestic use of power.

 

Shaker explained, in exclusive statements to Youm7 newspaper, that charging electric cars up to 22 kilowatt hours will be at a cost of 169 piasters per kilowatt hour, for places where shipping companies are exempted from paying to use the place.

 

In places where shipping companies are obligated to pay for the use of the place, the price will be 186 piasters per kilowatt hour.

 

The minister pointed out that the cost of charging an electric car up to 50 kilowatt hours of continuous current is 375 piasters per kilowatt hour, noting that charging electric cars from home will be the same as the prices of the announced segments of the home sector, according to the plan to lift the subsidy until July 2025.