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. Only electric buses. We will also install about 200 electric charging spots a year for the development of personal electric transport. —Makim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport Moscow is already a leader among European capitals in having an eco-friendly surface transport fleet. By the end of 2021 there will be 1000 electric buses on duty. The use of electric buses on urban routes reduced the emissions of pollutants into the air of Moscow by 40 thousand tons in 2020. Replacing one diesel bus with an electric bus reduces CO 2 emissions into the environment by 60.7 tons per year. For every 5 Muscovites the electric bus […]