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Bulgarian Finance Minister, Asen Vassilev: “We will buy electric buses for the whole country with money from the European Investment Bank”

Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva March 1, 2024

Bulgaria is holding negotiations with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance a project for replacing the buses used in the country’s urban transport with electric buses. This was announced by Finance Minister Asen Vasilev, who attended the Bank’s Bulgarian annual results presentation, as reported by the Bulgarian National Television (BNT). According to him, if…

50% of the city buses registered in Europe in 2023 were zero-emission vehicles

Chariot Motors News, Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva February 21, 2024

The European electric bus market recorded a 53% growth in registrations during 2023. 6,354 electric busеs were registered in the EU, including Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland. 43% of the city buses were battery, hydrogen, or ultracapacitor-powered e-buses. Overall, 13,466 buses with alternative drivelines were registered, marking a 41% increase as compared with the previous year,…

At least 34% of new buses in Bulgaria must be environmentally clean by 2026

Chariot Motors News, Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva January 10, 2024

By the end of 2025, 34% of the buses purchased for the Bulgarian public transport must be sustainable. This is envisaged in the Council of Ministers’ draft decree, as proposed by the Minister of Transport. The decree sets out the requirements for vehicles when procured by the public sector operators. A vehicle’s sustainability is determined…

Azure 9 e-bus has been launched at the Busworld by Chariot Motors’ partner Higer

Chariot Motors News, Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva October 16, 2023

Chariot Motors’ partner Higer Bus Company, the bus leader in bus and coach manufacturing, launched this October at Busworld the electric battery-powered, nine-meter-long bus Azure as a mid-sized product specifically developed for the European market. The e-bus Azure 9 is equipped with a new CATL battery, high efficiency motor, and intelligent electronic control system. The…

Busworld Europe 2023 will take place in Brussels, 7-12 October

Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva September 25, 2023

Busworld Conference & Exhibition is scheduled in Brussels from 7 to 12 October, it’ll be hosting over 500 exhibitors with the aim of gathering 40,000 visitors. Chariot Motors’ partners, which are among the modern giants in world e-bus manufacturing (the Shanghai Aowei Technology Development Company, developer of fast-charging capacitors, and the Higer Bus Company), will be…

45% growth of zero emissions bus market in Europe in the first half of 2023

Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva August 25, 2023

With 2,567 battery-electric buses registered in the first half of 2023, the European e-bus market saw growth of 45%. Over a third of the city bus market (37.5%), on an European level, is covered by zero-emission buses (battery-electric and fuel cell buses). The focus is on the fuel cell bus market. Volumes of fuel cell…

In the second quarter of 2023 six EU countries exclusively registered zero-emission buses

Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva August 3, 2023

The share of zero-emission buses is growing in the European city bus market. In the second quarter of 2023 it was 40%, up from 30% of the first quarter of the year (same share for the entire 2022). The sales figures were shared by Eamonn Mulholland, Associate Researcher at The International Council. Six European Member…

Sofia has a high score in the Clean Cities Campaign’s ranking for electromobility

Chariot Motors News, Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva July 16, 2023

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…

Electreon to set longest electric car trip record

Chariot Motors News, Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva May 30, 2023

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,…

Sofia public transport: now 70 percent electric

Chariot Motors News, Global NewsBy Natalia Yaneva May 1, 2023

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…

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