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Starting this year, Moscow will only buy electric buses

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The city of Moscow, Russia is halting the purchase of diesel buses for its passenger transport fleet. Starting this year, by the decision of the Mayor of Moscow, we will not buy diesel buses, except for transportation in a special mode. By 2023, 372 more charging stations for electric buses will be installed in Moscow; in just 2.5

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Merchants Fleet to buy 5,400 new BrightDrop EV410s

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The announcement underscores Merchants’ fleet electrification leadership position, as BrightDrop’s first and largest FMC customer, with the highest intent to buy electric vehicles to date. For Merchants clients such as Staples, guidance and support are key to making the transition to EV.

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Austin’s Capital Metro to buy 26 Proterra electric buses, with option for 126 more

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Capital Metro in Austin, Texas has approved a plan to purchase 26 40-foot Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit buses, featuring a total of more than 17 megawatt hours of battery storage capacity. The new purchase agreement is Capital Metro’s third and largest procurement of Proterra battery-electric transit buses.

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Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips

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However, these annual costs don’t take into account the purchase cost of the vehicle itself and are purely the ‘running’ costs annually. When the purchase cost of each type of vehicle is factored in, average gasoline vehicles are $1,454 per year cheaper to run. per mile.

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Moscow plans to buy 500 more electric buses in 2022

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This year the Government of Moscow plans to buy 500 additional electric buses. Most of them will be purchased with the funds from the green bonds. The funds received from the placement of green bonds were earlier used to purchase 400 electric buses. Next year Moscow plans to purchase 500 more eco-friendly buses.

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Moscow deploys its 1,000th electric bus; targeting 2,200 by end of 2023

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This electric bus has become the 400 th vehicle purchased with the funds from the green bonds. Moscow is now actively developing charging infrastructure. There are more than 168 charging structures in the city. In 2021, Moscow stopped buying diesel buses for the major surface public transport operator.

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Fort Worth buying four New Flyer electric buses for new zero-emission route

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The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (Trinity Metro) has awarded New Flyer a contract for four heavy-duty, thirty-five-foot Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric buses. Trinity Metro’s first Xcelsior CHARGE was unveiled in Fort Worth during a May 2019 event, which previewed The Dash service.