The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash has offered St Petersburg (Russia) its electric buses for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Belkommunmash Director General Vladimir Korol reported.
“An agreement has been reached with St Petersburg on a trial operation of our electric buses. St Petersburg is interested in it, as the city is gearing up to host the FIFA World Cup”, Vladimir Korol said.
According to him, the company plans to develop another novelty within the next six months.
“It will be a modern electrobus, a hybrid with on-board accumulators”, he explained. Such vehicles will secure comfortable transportation of passengers and help improve environmental situation in cities.
“The products we offer are a new solution developed taking into account the concepts on the world market of electric transport”, the director said. (BelTA/Business World Magazine)