The 500th electric bus entered service in Moscow on 8 October 2020.

There are over 1,600 electric buses operating in Moscow.[1] Mosgortrans operate the largest electric bus fleet in Europe ahead of London's fleet.[2] As of January 2024, electric buses serve around 120 routes and since the beginning of their work, they have carried over 400 million passengers.[3]

History

The first battery electric bus entered the streets of Moscow in the end of 2018. Under the terms of the contracts, in 2018–2019, domestic manufacturers GAZ and KAMAZ supplied 300 electric buses to Moscow. Another 700 electric buses were delivered to Moscow in 2020 and 2021.[4] Thus, Moscow's electric bus fleet reached 1,000, and became the largest in Europe, in just 3 years.[5] A further 450 to 500 buses were expected to be delivered in 2022.[6] Mosgortrans noted that the entire bus fleet would be zero-emission by 2030, with the use of electric and hydrogen fuel cell powered buses.[5]

Most of the batteries and propulsion equipment for the Moscow electric buses are made by Drive Electro, which has manufactured and supplied components for 600 of the city's electric vehicles.[7] Moscow plans to completely replace all its diesel and CNG buses with electric buses by 2030, and no more diesel buses will be ordered from 2021 onwards.[8]

In 2022, it was announced that KAMAZ hydrogen fuel cell buses would be piloted in the city.[8] In January 2023, Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin noted that around 1,000 additional buses would be delivered by 2024.[9] By April 2024, over 1,600 electric buses were in service on around 120 routes.[1][10]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Электробусы продолжают покорять сердца москвичей и дороги столицы!". Mosgortrans (in Russian). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024. Максим Ликсутов рассказал, что в городе уже более 1 600 электробусов российского производства. [Maxim Liksutov said that the city already has more than 1,600 Russian-made electric buses.]
  2. ^ "Bus fleet audit—31 March 2023" (PDF). Transport for London. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ^ "400 млн поездок пассажиры совершили на московских электробусах более чем за 5 лет!" [Passengers made 400 million trips on Moscow electric buses in more than 5 years!]. Mosgortrans (in Russian).
  4. ^ Morris, Charles (15 December 2020). "Europe's largest electric bus fleet adds its 500th vehicle". ChargeDevs. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Moscow has proved its leadership in electric buses development: the 1000th electric bus hits the streets of the city" (PDF). UITP. Mosgortrans. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 7 Feb 2024.
  6. ^ "Sergei Sobyanin approves 2022 transport infrastructure development plans / News / Moscow City Web Site". Moscow City Web Site. Retrieved 2022-10-28. This year, the Moscow transport system also expects 450-500 electric buses
  7. ^ "ГУП «Мосгортранс»: В город вышел юбилейный 1000-й электробус". mosgortrans.ru. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  8. ^ a b "Kamaz hydrogen bus on a pilot in Moscow in 2022". Sustainable Bus. 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  9. ^ "Sergei Sobyanin: Moscow's electric bus fleet became one of the largest in the world in four years". Government of Moscow. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023. "In 2023–2024, we are to supply about 1,000 electric buses, which is roughly 500 per year. Thus, the electric bus fleet will grow almost two times," the Moscow Mayor says.
  10. ^ "Urban Electric Transit Vehicle Statistics: Moscow, Electric Bus". 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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