Guides
Charging an Electric Car in Portugal
How public charging works in Portugal: the MOBI.E network, how to pay, what a charge costs, and charging at home or in an apartment building.
Driving
Guides
Paying Tolls and Using Via Verde in Portugal
How Portuguese motorway tolls work, which roads are now free, what Via Verde costs, how to pay with foreign plates, and what to do if you missed a toll.
Road Safety
GNR Logs 4,752 Criminal Drunk-Driving Cases and 127 Road Deaths in the First 16 Weeks of 2026 — Speeding Stays the Single Biggest Violation at 30,336 Tickets
The Guarda Nacional Republicana published its 1 January–22 April 2026 enforcement bulletin on Friday, and the headline numbers are sobering. In the first sixteen weeks of the year, the rural-and-highway police force registered 8,064 road crimes , of...
Guides
Paying or Contesting a Traffic Fine in Portugal
How to pay a Portuguese traffic fine at the minimum, contest it, name the real driver, or pay in instalments, and what happens with a driving ban.
Guides
Importing a Car to Portugal
How to put your foreign car on Portuguese plates: the vehicle tax (ISV), the tax free change of residence exemption, the deadlines, the steps, and the fees.
News
145 Road Deaths in 14 Weeks: Portugal to Reactivate GNR Traffic Brigade Nearly Two Decades After It Was Scrapped
Road fatalities are up roughly 40 per cent on last year, 20 people died over Easter alone, and the GNR's old Traffic Brigade — disbanded in 2007 — is being stood up again. Minister Luís Neves unveiled a new Highway Code, unannounced STOP operations and more average-speed radars.
News
IUC Overhaul: Car Tax Moves Off the Matrícula Anniversary to Fixed April, July and October Dates From 2028
The IUC motor tax will no longer fall in the month of a car's registration. Parliament's specialty committee approved a new schedule on 15 April: a transitional calendar in 2027 and, from 2028, fixed April, July and October payment dates depending on the size of the bill.