Electric Buses In Moscow

Mosgortrans operate the largest electric bus fleet in Europe ahead of London's fleet. As of January 2024^[update], electric buses serve around 120 routes and since the beginning of their work, they have carried over 400 million passengers.

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. Thus, Moscow's electric bus fleet reached 1,000, and became the largest in Europe, in just 3 years. A further 450 to 500 buses were expected to be delivered in 2022. Mosgortrans noted that the entire bus fleet would be zero-emission by 2030, with the use of electric and hydrogen fuel cell powered buses.

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. 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.

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

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  Electric buses replenish their energy reserves within 6 to 10 minutes using ultra-fast charging stations at terminal stops.
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  LiAZ-6274 operating on line T47

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