The world’s top football players received tsunami-like adulation as they rode the roaring streets draped in Argentine motifs and Argentina Champion titles. Their open-top victory double-decker was made by Higer! The iconic vehicle was one of over 6000 Higer buses serving the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. This was one of the largest orders…
The Chariot 18m ultracapacitor electric bus will ply routes in Croatian capital Zagreb for an experimental two week period. Public transport operator ZET will run the trial. The innovative vehicle has an ultracapacitor rated at 108kWh. It draws about 1.3 kWh per kilometre when the vehicle total load is 4.5 tonnes in optimal conditions. When…
An article in Italy’s Autobusweb site reviews green and sustainable e-bus technologies on offer to public transport operators. Italian public transport companies are facing a wholesale replacement of city buses financed by the NRRP National Recovery and Resilience Plan with a view to supporting fully green and sustainable mobility. The sting is that the NRRP…
Focused on clean buses and public transport sustainability, Sustainable Bus announced Chariot Motors’ new product: the 18m Ultracapacitor e-bus. This innovative and sustainable vehicle plied the streets of two European capitals last months: Sofia and Belgrade. Read the Sustainable Bus article of Chariot-Higer electric bus. The 18 UC electric bus is going to continue its…
The 22, 8.5m Chariot battery e-buses ordered for Sofia have now arrived in Bulgaria. They are part of the order for 52 under an EU Environment Programme project to improve air quality in the capital. The Chariot Motors company sold the innovative, sustainable battery buses to the Stolichen Avtotransport operator in April. The deal also…
Serbian capital Belgrade followed the example of Sofia, testing the operational opportunities and amenities offered by the 18m Chariot-Higer articulated UC e-bus in early October. Trials of the Chariot-Higer 18m UC articulated electric bus begun on 1 October at the GSP Beograd public transport company. The vehicle has an ultracapacitor rated at 108kWh and it…
Chinese bus maker Higer, part of the group that manufactures King Long and Golden Dragon brands, continues to demonstrate great ambition in the electrification of Latin American public transport. Last November Brazil witnessed the official presentation of the Higer Azure 12BR electric standard in an event chaired by the Mayor of São Paulo. The 12.2…
Chariot Motors’ latest product, the 18m UC e-bus, has been road tested in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. The new articulated 18m UC electric bus is a joint effort by Israeli-Bulgarian company Chariot Motors, China’s largest bus manufacturer Higer, and world-leading ultracapacitor maker Aowei. Cutting edge ultracapacitor technology enables these vehicles to reuse brake energy using what…
13 July 2022: Electric bus and charger pioneer Chariot Motors, supplier of Ultracapacitor (UC) e-buses to Sofia operator Stolichen Elektrotransport, won a tender and signed a contract for delivery of four more UC e-buses. Announced in May, the contest was for fast-charging, low-floor buses plus three electric chargers. Chariot 12-metre-long UC e-buses are produced by…
Israeli company Electreon has announced it is planning to build the United States’ first road stretch with built-in electric vehicle wireless charging. The pilot project is set to be finished next year in Detroit, Michigan. Initially it will be a mile long. The road will have a sub-surface network of charging coils connected to the…