The official opening of a part of the new e-buses from the Chariot Motors – Higer consortium took place today in the city of Sofia. The Deputy Mayor in the transport sector of the Sofia Municipality, Kristiyan Krastev, attended the opening, and stated that the renovation of the rolling stock of public transport in Sofia…
The latest Chariot ultracapacitor electric bus has finished development and is ready for service. The new fast-charging articulated 18m vehicle is produced by the Higer Bus Company and powered by an Aowei 108kWh ultracapacitor. The modern, sustainable vehicle houses its ultracapacitor at the rear and on the roof. Charge time is 10 minutes, after which…
A total of 122 electric articulated and single buses are set to be delivered to Gothenburg, Malmö, and Hässleholm in southern Sweden by 2022/2023. The public transport operator has ordered 84 electric buses to start operating in Gothenburg in the summer of 2022/2023, 29 e-buses are being delivered to Malmö and 9 will be delivered to Hässleholm at the end…
Chariot electric bus and an electric heave duty truck are wirelessly charged from ElectReon’s electric road on the Swedish island of Gotland. ElectReon implanted 1.2-metre-long coils fist-deep into a 4.1km road linking Visby airport and town center on Gotland Island. The project then equipped a Chariot electric bus with three underfloor receivers picking up charge…
This summer 30 brand new Chariot-Higer electric buses will ply the streets of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. Operated by Stolichen Elektrotransport, they will replace diesel buses in the city. Alongside the 15 e-buses already delivered by Chariot to Sofia, the new e-buses will further improve the city’s air quality. They produce no NOx, CO2, or particulate…
The Chariot Motors company has run a Green Future initiative in the woods at Malo Buchino, near Sofia. The message of the initiative was Plant a Tree for а Better Future! Chariot employees planted 60 coniferous saplings across 1000 square metres. The EcoCommunity foundation partnered Chariot Motors. Chariot Procurator Mr Milen Milev said of the…
Chariot Motors have begun development of a new 18m articulated fast charging ultracapacitor e-bus. The vehicle will have 108kWh UC (12 modules x 9 kWh each) located in the rear compartment and on the roof. Expected charge time will be 10 minutes, after which the e-bus will travel 40 km. Capacity is 130 seated and…
The city of Gabrovo put three new Chariot 40kWh ultracapacitor e-buses into operation. Route termini in Nedevtsi, Rusevtsi, and Palauzovo, have 350kW stations for five-to-seven-minute charges. Gabrovo’s first ultracapacitor e-buses should consume just 1.1kWh per kilometre. The routes officially launched on 10 March 2021. Chariot Motors’ representatives Milen Milev and Ilko Ivanov handed over symbolic…
In February a consortium of Serbia’s DAT Holding and Bulgaria’s Chariot Motors won a tender for ten solo, ultracapacitor electric buses to Serbian capital Belgrade public transport operator GSP. The consortium’s offer involved ten UC e-buses, four electric chargers, diagnostics tools, and staff training. The key criterion pursuant to which the company won the tender…
In the year of Covid-19, the West European battery electric bus market expanded 22 percent. Trolleybuses apart, 2062 new e-buses sold there in 2020. The 1685 sales in the same market made 2019 a notable record year, figures tripling on 2018. The market had taken 5087 e-buses since 2012. Nearly three quarters of them have…