Moscow buys dozens of ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses for 713 million rubles

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2022: Moscow buys dozens of ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses for 713 million rubles

In December 2022, Mosgortrans announced a tender for the purchase of 64 ultra-fast charging stations for |electric buses. The contract value will be 713 million rubles.

As Kommersant writes with reference to the procurement materials, the winner of the tender will have to supply 400-volt devices in "monoblock design" and "mast mounts of the current transmitting device" within 300 days from the date of the contract, which would have worked for at least 15 years at a temperature from -40 ° C to + 40 ° C (with a five-year warranty period). Stations must fully charge 160-kilowatt batteries of electric buses in no more than 55 minutes.

Moscow buys dozens of ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses for 713 million rubles

As of mid-2022, 202 ultra-fast charging stations for electric buses were installed at the terminal stations of routes and in bus parks in Moscow (they are able to charge it in six to ten minutes). In March 2022, Mosgortrans purchased 127 ultra-fast devices worth 1.6 billion rubles.

The head of the Moscow Department of Transport Maxim Liksutov previously announced Moscow's plans to install about 200 stations for ultra-fast charging of electric buses in 2023. He also stated that he does not expect problems with the supply of components for such equipment, since there are "a fairly large number of manufacturers" in Asia.

This is not a story where we depend heavily on unfriendly countries. The issue of delivery from China is solvable, - agrees Mikhail Burmistrov, General Director of Infoline Analytics.

According to him, ultra-fast charging for electric buses "cannot be completely domestic." The expert also noted that electric motors for such equipment do not fall under sanctions, and he does not expect "fundamental risks" with their supplies from China.^[1]

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