First electric bus serves passengers in Tbilisi
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Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is continuing to modernise its public bus fleet by introducing the first electric bus which will serve passengers in testing regime for a while.
As Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze promised, over the next few years more electric buses will be set to work in Tbilisi.
Today we introduced one electric bus, which we want to test drive on different routes over the next month. This will enable us to know how to arrange infrastructure in the future”, Kaladze said.
...developed countries are going to switch to electric buses starting from [about] 2023. Tbilisi will not be an exception. We will import more electric buses in the coming years. We are also working on building a factory for producing buses”, he added.
Charging electric buses takes about three hours which enables the bus to drive 250 km.
At the first stage the new electric bus will begin circulating on route 61 and 88, which travels through Tbilisi’s two central streets – Rustaveli Ave and Chavchavadze Ave.
100 new buses will be added to the public bus fleet in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi, announces Tbilisi City Hall. Tbilisi will soon have a bus restructuring route plan, which will be one of the main documents for the development of public transportation for the capital city.
The Japanese government and the corporation Mitsubishi have gifted 96 hybrid and electric cars to Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. In his speech delivered today at a special ceremony in Tbilisi, Kvirikashvili thanked the Japanese government, the Embassy of Japan to Georgia and the Mitsubishi corporation for the "very significant” gift.
City welcomes first charging station
Electric cars are the way of the future and Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is leading the nation in developing infrastructure to encourage more people to buy and use electric vehicles.
Tbilisi City Hall’s Transport Service announced the two charging points would be at Europe Square near Rike Park in Old Town and in the city’s Vake district.
Tbilisi residents owning electromobiles may soon enjoy free chargers in the vicinity of their homes.
Georgia will start producing electric cars that will be appear on local as well as EU markets starting in 2020, announced the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze.
Georgia is striving to become a leader in terms of green economy and replace its “environmentally unsafe” car fleet with new electric cars in the next 10 years, says Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava at the presentation of an electric car manufacturing factory in the western Georgian city of Kutaisi.