High demand at eMove Austria: Funding for single-track e-vehicles increased Minister of Mobility Peter Hanke: "Massive expansion of charging infrastructure strengthens trust in e-mobility"
It was only in October 2025 that the Ministry of Mobility announced the extension of grants for single-track e-vehicles. Initially, 1.5 million euros were made available via the Climate and Energy Fund. Just a few weeks later, the fund is exhausted: 690 two-wheelers have been applied for, with an additional 620 registrations pending. To enable as many private individuals as possible to switch to emissions-free mobility, funds will now be increased by half a million euros. E-mopeds of classes L1 and L3 are supported.
In July 2025, Minister of Mobility Peter Hanke launched the "eMove Austria" program with the aim of advancing e-mobility in Austria. The high demand for funding indicates that Austrians are increasingly switching to emissions-free mobility.
Minister Peter Hanke is pleased with the great interest: "The high requests for funding are, for me, a sign that e-mobility has arrived in the heart of society. Of course, we still have a long way to go, but the increasing number of e-two-wheelers and the already 250,000 e-cars in Austria speak for themselves. Austrians are open to e-mobility, and it is our duty as the federal government to accompany this transition to emissions-free drives with the right measures."
The current inventory shows how dynamically the market is developing: There are now already over 250,000 battery electric vehicles on Austria's roads, plus around 17,000 light commercial vehicles, over 500 heavy electric trucks, as well as soon 500 electric buses.
Massive growth in charging infrastructure – Ultra-fast charging points doubled
At the same time, the expansion of charging infrastructure has been massively advanced. Austria currently has more than 34,700 publicly accessible charging points, of which over 3,600 are ultra-fast charging points with more than 150 kilowatts of power. In comparison: In May 2025, there were still around 28,000 charging points across the country. Each federal state now has at least 100 high-performance charging (HPC) points available; the HPC network was doubled within just one year and now ranks among the most powerful in Europe. The total output of public charging infrastructure now stands at around two gigawatts, covering all relevant uses from private use to long-distance travel.
For Minister of Mobility Hanke, the expansion of charging infrastructure in Austria is crucial: "This massive expansion of charging infrastructure strengthens trust in e-mobility. The doubling of ultra-fast charging points in just one year is particularly astonishing. At the same time, we see that e-vehicles are becoming cheaper and have greater range. We will continue to advance this path with our eMove Austria program, because in the end, the mobility transition must be everyone's goal."
As part of this year's funding offers, 14 major projects were submitted, in which at least 1,500 charging points in the public and private sectors will be established. Furthermore, in the one-stage funding programs, more than 1,500 charging points for private households have been applied for, and additionally around 2,700 registrations have been made. In the corporate sector, 350 charging points have already been firmly applied for, and a further nearly 2,900 charging points have already been registered for funding. This underscores the continually strong interest of Austrians in the electrification of their locations and vehicle fleets.
European and domestic programs make Austria fit for e-cars
Another growth driver is strong European support in the field of charging infrastructure for heavy traffic. In the second funding round of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (CEF AFIF), more than 600 million euros are flowing across Europe into the expansion of high-performance charging and fueling offers along the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN- V). Austria plays a key role in this. Several international consortia are investing in the coming years in state-of-the-art charging parks with charging capacities up into the megawatt range.
To the funding applications for single-track e-vehicles (klimafonds,at)
"The eMove Austria program clearly shows that funding policy in Austria works. With targeted programs for private individuals, enterprises and municipalities, as well as through the close inclusion of European funding resources, Austria is today among the pioneers of electromobility. The rapid expansion of infrastructure, the increasing vehicle fleet, and the successful major projects in heavy traffic show that the path to emissions-free mobility is being tackled consistently and effectively", concludes Hanke.