In the electromobility ranking prepared by the Clean Cities Campaign, which unites over 80 European civic organizations, Sofia is placed at the top of the list compared to other European cities due to its investment in ecological urban transport and Spark’s shared e-cars. The capital scored well on certain indicators in the report and was even cited…
The international Green Transition 2023 conference this week brought together politicians, ministers, European commissioners, MEPs and businesses including Chariot Motors AD. The event addressed current challenges in the green transition to a low carbon economy. Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Bulgarian National Assembly Chair Rosen Zhelyazkov, Deputy European Commission President Maroš Šefčovič, and European Investment Bank…
Electreon Wireless is set to achieve a significant milestone by completing a four-day 1500 kilometre/900 mile electric car trip without charging. This will be thanks to the company’s proprietary in-road charging strips. The record-setting drive began on Sunday at Electreon’s headquarters in Beit Yanai, Israel. It is set to end on Wednesday. Throughout the journey,…
Four new Chariot Motors low-floor ultracapacitor electric buses are put into operation in Sofia today. Local public transport operator Stolichen Elektrotransport put them into use along route 73, due to extend to the Mladost Edno residential estate. Chariot UC electric buses don’t need overnight charging. The last fast charge from the previous day is sufficient…
At last week’s Energy for a Green Future conference, Sofia Mayor Ms Yordanka Fandakova reported on advances towards metropolitan city public transport electrification. The aim is to replace 100 percent of trolleybuses, 90 percent of buses and 50 percent of trams, and to purchase 120 additional zero-emission electric buses. “These are huge advances that have…
Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova and Deputy Mayor Doncho Barbalov inspected 22 new Chariot Motors battery electric buses today. Metropolitan operator Stolichen Avtotransport will put ten of them into operation Monday 3 April. Plying routes 23, 82, 100 and 101, they will feed the metropolis’ other electric transport modes: the metro and trams. All 22 should…
Four new Chariot Motors low-floor ultracapacitor electric buses arrived in Sofia today. Local public transport operator Stolichen Elektrotransport shall put them into use along route 73, due to extend to the Mladost Edno residential estate. Sofia Mayor Mrs Yordanka Fandakova wrote in Facebook, “In 2021, we managed to obtain 30 electric buses secured by funds…
The project involves laying an Electric Road System (ERS) and static charging stations along a functioning bus route with stops. The first phase will be 400 metres long and have two charging stations. The second extends this to 1000 metres. Electreon, leading provider of wireless and in-road electric vehicle chargers, will provide static and dynamic…
An influential report forecasts that the world electric bus market should grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.9 percent a year until 2030. The report analyses each bus market segment to 2030, with 2021 as the base year. Electric traction has now proven itself as a solution to curbing the enormous pollution…
The Chariot-Higer 18m ultracapacitor electric bus plied the routes in Slovenian capital Ljubljana for an experimental one-week period. Public transport operator LPP Ljubljana ran the trial and was satisfied with the results. The 18m articulated UC e-bus is the most efficient zero-emission city transport electric bus on the market. It recharges automatically in 10 to…
