Electric car licence plates by country
Several countries mark electric cars on the plate, with green characters, a letter E or a dedicated series. Often the plate comes with parking or toll benefits.
9 countries · 9 formats
- AustriaElectricSince 2017W 123AB
Since 1 April 2017 battery-electric and hydrogen vehicles can get green letters on white on request. The format is the same as a standard plate. Some cities exempted these vehicles from parking charges, and some have since ended the exemption (Innsbruck in 2018).
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Make this plate → - BelarusElectricCurrentE123 AB-7
Electric cars: green characters, the letter E and three digits, two series letters and the region digit. Electric trucks and buses use AB E123-7.
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Make this plate → - BulgariaElectricSince 2022EA 1234 AB
Electric vehicles since 17 November 2022, with dark green characters. EA for cars and EM for motorcycles replace the province code, so the plate does not show where the vehicle was registered.
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Make this plate → - CzechiaElectricSince 2020EL-123-AB
Electric vehicles, since 2020 (EL, then five digits or letters, issued as three digits and two letters). The plate carries no region. Electric cars get benefits such as exemption from motorway tolls and free parking.
black on white
Make this plate → - LithuaniaElectricCurrentEV 1234
Series for electric vehicles since 1 July 2016 (the letter E, another letter and four digits), starting with EV. Plug-in hybrids may use it too since April 2018.
black on white
Make this plate → - NorwayElectricCurrentEL 12345
Battery-electric vehicles (not hybrids) have E and a second letter (EL, EK, EV, EB, EC, ED, EE, EF, EH, EJ, EN, EP, ER, EA, EU, ES, ET, EX, EY, EZ) from a national series, so the letters do not show where the vehicle was registered. The prefix makes the privileges of zero-emission vehicles easy to enforce.
black on white
Make this plate → - SlovakiaElectricSince 2023EL 123AB
Electric vehicles from 2023 start with EL or EV, in green letters on white. Before that, electric cars could get a green plate on request with the normal district code.
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Make this plate → - UkraineElectricSince 2022AA 1234 YA
Electric cars registered since May 2022 get a series that starts with the Latin letter Y (for Ukraine) and green characters; the regional prefix and digits are as on regular plates. Earlier electric plates used a series with Z.
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UkraineOlder formats
No longer issued, but still seen on the road.
- GermanyElectric2015–2026M-EV 123E
E for battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids with enough electric range. Issuing these ends on 31 December 2026 under FZV section 79(9), unless the law changes.
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