Astana, 11 November. By order No. 831 of 3 November 2026, the Interior Minister approved special licence plates for electric vehicles: the region field will be green, while the background stays white and the digits, letters and “KZ” sign stay black, Zakon.kz reports from the order.
The order supplements the existing plate forms and samples governed by Interior Ministry order No. 1040 of 19 December 2015. Type 1E is provided for passenger electric vehicles of legal entities, 1AE for those of individuals, 2E and 2AE for electric trucks and buses, and 3E for electric motorcycles and scooters, Finratings lists. Separate samples are approved for electric vehicles and electric motor transport of the interior agencies: their plates will have a blue background and white characters, Azattyq Ruhy writes. The order also approves samples for official and private electric vehicles of diplomatic and consular missions of foreign states, and of foreign citizens and organisations.
Only a small part of the plate will turn green: the field that shows the region.
The order takes effect on 1 January 2027. Some provisions take effect earlier, ten calendar days after the first official publication. Retellings of the order differ on which ones: some name separate series of plates, others the rules for State Security Service vehicles, cars of foreigners and companies with foreign participation, and trailers, which are restated in the new version.
Special plates for electric vehicles are provided for by a law signed by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: the amendments were part of a package on road traffic, digitalisation, personal data protection and advanced technologies. Deputy Interior Minister Sanzhar Adilov referred in the debate on the law in parliament to world practice: such plates are painted green. At the start of 2026 more than 24,000 electric vehicles were registered in the country, Finratings cites the Bureau of National Statistics.
What it means: The order defines only what the plates will look like, not how to get them. According to Finratings’ retelling, it does not say that electric-vehicle owners must replace plates before 2027. The procedure for issuing them, the technical requirements and other documents are yet to be approved separately once the law takes effect.
