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…
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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…