Accelerating Green Growth through Electric Mobility in Europe and Central Asia

Project Summary:

The transport sector is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in ECA, and the region's geographic position between the EU and China presents a strategic opportunity to integrate into global EV and battery supply chains. Despite this potential, EV uptake in most ECA countries remains at the pilot stage, constrained by limited financing and small market sizes.

This grant focuses on accelerating electric vehicle (EV) adoption and production across the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region as a means of decarbonizing transport and driving green economic growth. It aims to expand World Bank lending in the e-mobility space and inform the design of new national and regional projects.

The project is structured around two activities intended to build the evidence base and policy frameworks needed to unlock larger-scale financing:

• Country-Specific E-Mobility Scale-Up -- focuses on three countries: Uzbekistan (e-buses, private operation and capital mobilization), Türkiye (national e-mobility strategy guidelines), and Poland (e-truck subsidy financing). It will produce three country-specific technical notes, one consolidated policy note with broader ECA recommendations on electrifying high-utilization vehicles, and a study tour to Korea to expose ECA officials to best practices in e-bus deployment.
• ECA Regional E-Mobility Roadmap: will develop a region-wide roadmap covering five countries — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Poland, Serbia, and Türkiye — with country-level economic analyses to assess EV scale-up viability, identify priority investment areas, and propose strategic policy actions to attract private sector investment.