The European Investment Bank (EIB) said on Tuesday that it signed a 35-million-euro ($41 million) loan agreement with Estonian electric vehicle charging (EVC) network operator Eleport to deploy over 250 new ultra?fast EVC hubs in Croatia and Slovenia, as well as Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia.
Each new station will feature as many as 12 charging plugs with power of up to 400 kilowatts (kW) per plug, the EIB said in a press release. Eleport expects to complete the project by 2028.
“This EIB loan is an important step in expanding reliable, high-quality charging infrastructure across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),” Eleport CEO Jakub Miler said.
The loan is backed by the InvestEU programme, which aims to finance companies' green transition, competitiveness, innovation and sustainable infrastructure.
Eleport operates more than 400 fast charging points in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, and Croatia and plans to deploy an additional 1,000 EVC hubs by 2028, according to company information.
(SeeNews, January 20?2026)
