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…
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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…