Portugal estimates savings of 0.5 Mtoe/year of primary energy supply, 4 Mt C02 eq/year of GHG emissions and EUR 2 billion/year on oil imports by 2020. It is estimated that the development of industrial clusters linked to the electric vehicles and the network will create about 3 000 new jobs and EUR 500 million of value added. The savings were achieved at an overall cost to the government budget of about EUR 325 million in two years, of which one-third in tax incentives. This is much higher than the amount initially foreseen.