e-DRIVE 2026 programme: up to 30.000 € for the company electric vehicle.
The state covers the price excluding VAT of a new electric passenger car, up to 30.000 €, or of a minibus, up to 130.000 €, replacing the company's old vehicle. The application requires an opportunity analysis. We prepare it within 5 business days, and if you wish we prepare and submit the whole application, so you enter on the first day of the call. The prices are written below.
Analysis1.990 lei + VATAfter eligibility is confirmedFiling the application6.000 lei + VATAdded on top of the analysisSuccess fee5% of the project valueOnly after approvalThe applicant guides for Measure 1 and Measure 2 are in public consultation from 3 to 18 November 2026. The call opens within 30 days of the final guide being published in the Official Gazette (Monitorul Oficial). An application prepared now can be submitted on the first day of the call.
Notify me when it opens →What e-DRIVE is
and who receives the funding.
e-DRIVE is a state aid and de minimis scheme financed by the Modernisation Fund and administered by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. It funds companies for replacing internal-combustion vehicles with new 100% battery-electric vehicles. The budget is 56,9 million €: 15 million € for SMEs under Measure 1 and 41,9 million € for passenger transport operators under Measure 2.
Under Measure 1, you receive the vehicle price excluding VAT, up to 30.000 € for a passenger car and 130.000 € for a minibus, while a single undertaking may accumulate 300.000 € over 3 years. The key condition is that the company has owned the vehicle being replaced for at least one year, scraps it within 60 days, and keeps the electric vehicle for 5 years.
The scheme was extended to the fleets of all enterprises by OMTI no. 742/2026, published on 11 August 2026, and is valid until 31 December 2028. The applicant guides for both measures are in public consultation until 18 November 2026, and the submission schedule follows their approval.
Measure 1 for SMEs,
Measure 2 for transport operators.
| Criterion | Measure 1 · SME | Measure 2 · Passenger transport |
|---|---|---|
| Who applies | Microenterprises and SMEs with legal personality, in any sector, with the de minimis exceptions | Road passenger transport operators, CAEN 4931, 4932, 4933, including large enterprises |
| Vehicles | New, 100% electric passenger cars (M1) and minibuses (M2); the new car keeps the body type of the one replaced | New, 100% electric passenger cars, minibuses and buses (M1, M2, M3), with a separate procedure for each category |
| How much you receive | The vehicle price excluding VAT, up to 30.000 € per passenger car and 130.000 € per minibus | The cost difference against an equivalent internal-combustion vehicle, up to 100%; for passenger cars, at most 30.000 € |
| Ceiling | 300.000 € per single undertaking, over 3 years (de minimis rule) | 4.000.000 € per beneficiary, across all procedures |
| How it is scored | Microenterprises get 80 points, small companies 70, medium-sized ones 65; final assembly in the EU brings 20. Ties go to EU assembly, then to submission time | Competitive bidding: the aid requested per vehicle weighs 70%, kilometres driven in Romania 10%, final assembly in the EU 20% |
| How you apply | Call for projects in MySMIS 2021, ranked by score until the budget runs out | Competitive bidding procedures in MySMIS 2021, each with its own budget |
| Budget | 15 million € | 41,9 million € |
Six rules that
we check before starting.
The old car, at least one year on the company
You replace an M1 or M2 vehicle owned for at least 12 months. RCA (third-party insurance) and ITP (roadworthiness test) are valid at submission and over the 12 months before the month the call opens, with at most 7 days of interruption. You scrap it within 60 days of accepting the electric one.
The same body type
The electric passenger car falls in the same category and the same body-type group as the car replaced, or an equivalent one: an estate replaces an estate, a saloon replaces a saloon. The groups are those of Regulation (EU) 2018/858.
The order comes after submission
Project activities may start on the day the application is submitted. A firm order or a contract signed before that makes the expenditure ineligible. Price quotations can be requested at any time.
Two quotations, direct purchase
The application requires at least two quotations with the same technical specifications. The vehicle is bought outright and paid by bank transfer; purchase through leasing is excluded.
Own contribution and solvency
The company covers the VAT and the part above the ceiling, from capital, reinvested profit, an intra-group loan or a bank loan. Total debt to equity must be positive and below 7,5; otherwise the guide asks for a bank comfort letter.
Five years with the vehicle in the company
The vehicle stays owned by the company and in use for at least 5 years after the project is completed. In exceptional cases it can be replaced with an equivalent or better one, with the Ministry's prior approval.
Three payments,
each at its own moment.
The rates apply to a standard Measure 1 project with electric passenger cars. We write them here, before the first phone call, so you know from the start what you pay and when. For fleets and Measure 2 we send a written quotation within 24 hours.
Opportunity analysis
The technical-economic document required for the application, on the guide's template, delivered in 5 business days. Fixed price, whatever the vehicle value.
Filing the application
The funding application in MySMIS 2021, the single declaration, the de minimis and DNSH declarations, the budget, the annexes and the submission on the first day of the call.
Success fee
It covers the implementation of the project after approval. If the funding is not approved, no fee is due.
The analysis and the filing of the application. The success fee appears only after the funding is approved.
On a 30.000 € project (one electric passenger car, at the scheme ceiling), the fee is 1.500 €.
If the company's budget does not cover these costs, you can prepare the application yourself with the document checklist below. The eligibility check stays free.
e-DRIVE opportunity analysis,
ready for submission.
The funding application is submitted together with a technical-economic document justifying the investment. The guide put to consultation gives it a template, Annex 4, with seven chapters, and sets the emission factors: 2,65 kg CO2 per litre of diesel, 2,37 per litre of petrol, 0,5885 kg CO2 per kWh. Cost-effectiveness is written in euro of aid per kilogram of CO2 avoided each year. Without the analysis, the application does not reach scoring.
We prepare it using your company data: kilometres over the last full year, actual consumption, and prices from the quotations received. Each calculation includes its source so the evaluator can reproduce it.
- General data: the applicant, the CAEN code, where the vehicles operate and the team implementing the project
- Current situation: the fleet to be replaced, the use and age of each vehicle, the reason for replacement
- Proposed investment: category M1 or M2, body type, number of vehicles, price excluding VAT and the aid requested
- Options analysed, without and with the project, justifying the number of vehicles and the cost from the quotations
- Fuel or energy use and CO2 emissions before and after, calculated with the emission factors set by the guide
- Cost-effectiveness: euro of aid per kilogram of CO2 avoided each year, the figure the evaluator reads
- Implementation and durability: order, delivery, acceptance, scrapping within 60 days, the 5 years of keeping the vehicle
- Total cost of ownership over 5 years and annual savings, on the company's real mileage, as the basis of the conclusion
Searchable PDF, as the guide requires, plus the editable Word version. Structured on the 7 chapters of Annex 4, with the source of every calculation.
Funding application, de minimis and DNSH declarations, annexes and submission: 6.000 lei + VAT, on top of the analysis. Implementation after approval is paid through the 5% success fee on the project value, due only on approval. See the three payments.
Is your company eligible
for e-DRIVE?
Seven questions based on the scheme and the guide put to consultation. You receive an immediate assessment and estimated funding, then you leave your details and we start the analysis. Whatever the final guide changes, we confirm on the day it is published.
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Response on the same business day
From eligibility check
to submission, in four steps.
You choose the vehicle and request quotations. We prepare the document, verify the conditions and keep you informed about every order published by the ministry.
You send the data
You complete the check below: company, old car, kilometres per year, the electric vehicle you want. We confirm eligibility the same day.
You receive the analysis
Within 5 business days you have the opportunity analysis on the guide's template, with CO2 emissions, cost-effectiveness and total cost of ownership calculated on your figures.
You complete the application
The funding application, the single declaration, the de minimis and DNSH declarations, the budget, the price quotations, the documents of the old car. You prepare them with our checklist, or we prepare them for you, for 6.000 lei + VAT.
You submit on day one
The call opens in MySMIS 2021 within 30 days of the final guide being published. On equal scores, submission time decides, so your application goes in on day one.
Written price,
verifiable calculations.
See the team and the financing instruments we work with every week.
The full cost, written before the first phone call
The analysis costs 1.990 lei + VAT, filing the application 6.000 lei + VAT, and the 5% success fee on the project value is paid only after approval. Each payment has its own moment, set in advance.
Calculations on your company's figures
The emissions, the cost-effectiveness and the total cost of ownership start from your real kilometres, consumption and prices, with the guide's emission factors written in the document. The evaluator can redo every calculation.
Funding applications, every week
We prepare technical documentation for funding applications under 12 active programmes, from the Modernisation Fund to PNRR. We know what an evaluation committee looks for in a technical-economic document.
You can find us, call us, see us
The team has names and faces on the team page, the office is in the Tehnopolis Science Park in Iași, and the phone gets answered. You have one contact person throughout the application.
What to prepare
now.
The list follows the mandatory documents at submission in the guide put to consultation. They can be collected within a few days, so it is worth starting before the call opens.
- 01Certificate from the Trade Register, issued at most 30 days before submission (for Measure 2: CAEN 4931, 4932 or 4933)
- 02Registration certificate and vehicle identity card of the old car, plus the fixed-asset record from the accounts
- 03RCA policies and ITP proof covering the last 12 months and valid at submission, with at most 7 days of interruption
- 04Kilometres driven and real consumption over the last full year: the basis of the CO2 calculation in the analysis
- 05Two price quotations for the electric vehicle, with the same technical specifications, without a firm order
- 06De minimis aid received by the company group in the last 3 years (the 300.000 € ceiling)
- 07Latest balance sheet, for the solvency test (debt / equity below 7,5), and the source of the own contribution
- 08Single declaration, de minimis declaration, DNSH declaration and self-assessment, project budget (Annexes 3, 3.a, 6, 9, 9.1 and 10)
- 09The opportunity analysis on the Annex 4 template, as a searchable PDF: you order it here and receive it in 5 business days
About e-DRIVE
and the opportunity analysis.
e-DRIVE is a state aid and de minimis scheme funded from the Modernisation Fund and managed by the Romanian Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. It pays companies to replace internal-combustion vehicles with new, 100% electric vehicles. The budget is 56,9 million euro: 15 million for SMEs (Measure 1) and 41,9 million for passenger transport operators (Measure 2).
The figures on this page come from MTI orders published in the Official Gazette and from the applicant guides put to consultation on 3 November 2026, verified on 12 November 2026. We update the page after every new order and when the final guide is published.
- OMTI no. 2291/2025 · MO 14/2026 · approval of the scheme
- OMTI no. 100/2026 · MO 119/2026 · first amendment
- OMTI no. 742/2026 · MO 655/2026 · extension to company fleets, 11 August 2026
- OMTI no. 817/2026 · MO 739/2026 · third amendment, 2 September 2026
- Ministry of Transport press release of 11 August 2026: update of the e-DRIVE, e-Mobility RO and e-MOVE RO schemes (in Romanian)
- e-DRIVE scheme page at the General Directorate for European Transport Programmes, with the orders and the Official Gazette (in Romanian)
- Official e-DRIVE applicant guide section on fonduri.mt.ro, where the final guide will appear (in Romanian)
- Ministry of Transport press release of 3 November 2026: public consultation on the Measure 1 and Measure 2 guides (in Romanian)
- The e-DRIVE applicant guides in consultation, Measure 1 and Measure 2, with all annexes (ZIP archive, mt.ro, in Romanian)
The Measure 1 budget covers around 500 passenger cars.
Make sure yours is ready first.
Send the company details and the old vehicle details. We confirm eligibility on the same day and deliver the opportunity analysis within 5 business days, at 1.990 lei + VAT.
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next project together.
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