DTEK, the nation’s largest privately held electricity company, plans to gradually shift its car fleet to electric

DTEK, the nation’s largest privately held electricity company, plans to gradually shift its car fleet to electric, Igor Kovalev, DTEK’s director of infrastructure development, said Thursday at the Petroleum X conference in Kyiv. He said that a test with seven electric cars saved 85% of fuel costs through August, compared to gasoline or diesel equivalents. “This is interesting and profitable — we will continue to transfer our fleet to electric cars,” he said. In June, DTEK invested $500,000 to open 10 electric charging stations in Kyiv, operating under the Strum brand.