Chariot Motors have begun development of a new 18m articulated fast charging ultracapacitor e-bus. The vehicle will have 108kWh UC (12 modules x 9 kWh each) located in the rear compartment and on the roof. Expected charge time will be 10 minutes, after which the e-bus will travel 40 km. Capacity is 130 seated and…
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The city of Gabrovo put three new Chariot 40kWh ultracapacitor e-buses into operation. Route termini in Nedevtsi, Rusevtsi, and Palauzovo, have 350kW stations for five-to-seven-minute charges. Gabrovo’s first ultracapacitor e-buses should consume just 1.1kWh per kilometre. The routes officially launched on 10 March 2021. Chariot Motors’ representatives Milen Milev and Ilko Ivanov handed over symbolic…
In February a consortium of Serbia’s DAT Holding and Bulgaria’s Chariot Motors won a tender for ten solo, ultracapacitor electric buses to Serbian capital Belgrade public transport operator GSP. The consortium’s offer involved ten UC e-buses, four electric chargers, diagnostics tools, and staff training. The key criterion pursuant to which the company won the tender…
In the year of Covid-19, the West European battery electric bus market expanded 22 percent. Trolleybuses apart, 2062 new e-buses sold there in 2020. The 1685 sales in the same market made 2019 a notable record year, figures tripling on 2018. The market had taken 5087 e-buses since 2012. Nearly three quarters of them have…
Chariot Motors is now part of the Norwegian-Bulgarian Business Group. A non-profit organisation, the Group promotes members’ business interests and helps with knowledge, networking, and knowhow. As the name suggests, it works to strengthen Norwegian-Bulgarian business relations. Chariot Motors is looking for Norwegian partners in electromobility, public, and urban transport. See our company profile on…