In a pilot project, the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo, ElectReon, and the Dan Bus Company, are installing wireless electric road charging for public transport. In an Israeli first, the route stretches the two kilometres between Tel Aviv University Railway Station and the Klatzkin Terminal in Ramat Aviv and includes 600 metres of electric road. The…
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Adoption of electric buses into public transport urban fleets is growing worldwide. The transition began in China and is now spreading. European electric bus sales marked a definitive jump in 2019. Some 4000 electric buses are now running in the Old Continent. This includes battery electric buses, plugin hybrids, trolleybus in motion charging, and fuel…
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia will rank among European capitals with sustainable public transport. It gets its first electric buses with ultracapacitors. Route 123 is being stretched by six stops, three new electric buses serving it from 17 January. Metropolitan mayor Yordanka Fandakova announced the route will connect the Simeonovo cable car station to Slatina. Read more…
On 7 January 2020, Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandakova launched the new 123 bus route, served entirely by e-buses. A first for Bulgaria, the route enters operation on 17 January. By March, 15 new electric buses will arrive in Sofia from the Higer-Aowei consortium. They shall also serve routes 84 and 184, including the Sofia airport.…
On 4 December 2019 Bulgaria’s Gabrovo Municipality signed a leva 2.7 million/euro 1.4 million contract with Chariot Motors for three Chariot ultracapacitor e-buses. The e-buses are equipped with 40kWh ultracapacitors. The routes have termini with three AC/DC charging stations and e-buses’ charging time of seven minutes. The project gets EU Regions in Growth Operational Programme…
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