Petersburg received electric buses that do not need to be charged during the day

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2024: Petersburg received electric buses that do not need to be charged during the day

Petersburg received electric buses that do not need to be charged during the day. The press service of KamAZ (vehicle supplier) announced this in early March 2024.

We are talking about an ONC KAMAZ-6282 model that can be charged at night. The charge received during this time will be enough for a whole working day of operation of the electric bus. The range is declared at 330 km. The machine uses lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) batteries with a capacity of 499 kWh.

source = KamAZ PJSC Telegram channel

KAMAZ-6282 ONC received a synchronous electric motor with permanent magnets as part of an electric portal bridge, a power of 2x180 kW. The bus can accommodate 85 people, it has 35 seats.

The electric bus is endowed with a climate control system, chargers, validators and has a 100% low floor for the convenience of people with limited mobility. The transport is adapted for a temperature range from minus 40 to plus 40, the manufacturer says. For the comfort of passengers, the cabin has USB connectors for charging phones, and the doors are equipped with an address opening function.

The night-charging electric bus KAMAZ-6282 ONC retained all the advantages of the "classic" KAMAZ-6282 model, but charges at night, after hours, at cheap electricity rates. This zero-emission ecological mode of transport does not waste time charging during the day. The novelty is distinguished by a lower cost of charging infrastructure, since it does not require ultra-fast charging stations on the routes, the KamAZ Telegram channel says.

By the beginning of March 2024, the ONC KAMAZ-6282 is a serial model that will be tested in St. Petersburg for a month. The first 28 cars have already been ordered, by the end of 2024 the city plans to purchase another batch of electric buses.^[1]

2023

Petersburg buys electric buses for 1 billion rubles

In December 2023, the St. Petersburg State Unitary Enterprise Passazhiravtotrans announced a tender for the purchase of electric buses. We are talking about the purchase of 22 vehicles worth more than 1 billion rubles. They must be delivered to St. Petersburg by August 2024.

According to RBC, for Passazhiravtotrans this is the third auction for the purchase of electric buses, and the company decided to change the conditions for the purchase. The competition will be held according to the 223-FZ instead of a "stricter" 44-FZ. This will give greater freedom in choosing the method of purchase and the opportunity to conclude a contract with a single supplier. At the same time, the state-owned enterprise is ready to purchase only 22 units of transport instead of 49, as previously assumed. Also, the class of electric buses was changed from especially large to large, which will allow you to choose between a large number of potential participants in the competition.

State Unitary Enterprise "Passazhiravtotrans" announced a tender for the purchase of electric buses for 1 billion rubles

Initially, the organization planned to pay 4.2 billion rubles for 40 low-floor two-section large-class electric buses on a financial lease basis. Subsequently, the company abandoned such a scheme, explaining this by the economic inexpediency of leasing in the current conditions.

The state procurement announced in December 2023 states that the supplied electric buses should be single-section, two-axle, three-door, low floor for strollers. The capacity of such models is 85 people, while the cabin provides seats for 26-30 people. The Supplier shall provide a guarantee for the uninterrupted operation of electric buses for 2 years.

The auction will be held in the format of direct procurement, leasing as an alternative to Passazhiravtotrans is not considered.

For electric buses in St. Petersburg, they began to build a park designed for 400 units, in 2024 they promise to purchase the first 100 cars.^[2]

Tender for the purchase of 40 electric buses for 4.2 billion rubles

In early November 2023, St. Petersburg Passazhiravtotrans announced a tender for the purchase of 40 electric buses in the amount of 4.2 billion rubles. We are talking about the supply of so-called "accordions" - two-section vehicles.

It is assumed that electric buses produced as part of the announced auction will arrive in St. Petersburg in batches in July and October 2024. Electric buses with a capacity of at least 105 passengers will be purchased using a leasing mechanism. The main advantages of the financial leasing program include reducing the one-time financial burden on the budget and the ability to significantly update the fleet of rolling stock, specified in Passazhiravtotrans.

Passazhiravtotrans announced a tender for the purchase of 40 electric buses "accordions"

Passazhiravtotrans is the only St. Petersburg carrier operating two-section buses (by November 2023). The new rolling stock will be located in the park of electric buses on Rzhevka, the construction of which was launched in October 2023 by the Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov. Innovative equipment will improve transport services for residents of Krasnogvardeisky, Vyborgsky, Primorsky and other districts, the company emphasized.

The park itself in Rzhevka is planned to be built in several stages, the last of which is scheduled for the end of 2026. According to local authorities, it will hold about 400 units of transport. The project will take 11.38 billion rubles.

The first two electric buses-harmonics in St. Petersburg - Orion from Trans-Alpha JSC and E433 Vitovt Max Electro from the Belarusian company BKM Holding - were presented earlier in 2023, and then put into test operation by the State Unitary Enterprise Passazhiravtotrans.

In October 2023, it became known that Passazhiravtotrans will replenish its fleet with three hundred more new electric buses, which are supposed to be leased for 9 billion rubles.^[3]

A contract was signed for the construction of a fleet of electric buses in St. Petersburg for 11.4 billion rubles

In August 2023, the St. Petersburg authorities identified a contractor who will build a fleet for electric buses in the Rzhevka industrial zone in the Krasnogvardeisky district of the city. The contract for more than 11.38 billion rubles was received by the Geoisol group of companies.

As Fontanka writes with reference to the public procurement portal, two companies expected to receive the contract. One of them reduced the initial price of 11.56 billion rubles by 1.5% to 11.38 billion rubles, the other offered 11.44 billion rubles, which is 1% lower than the maximum contract price.

"Geoisol" will be engaged in the construction of a fleet for electric buses in the industrial zone "Rzhevka"

Fontanka calls Geoisol a major contractor of the Russian Defense Ministry. In St. Petersburg, the company, among other things, was engaged in the construction of a new building of the Nakhimov School, reconstructing the Kronshlot fort, a cable shop with a water tower of the Red Nail Worker plant, where an office center and an educational building of the North-Western Institute of Management on Kamennoostrovsky should appear.

According to the terms of reference, the contractor will have to develop working documentation for the future fleet, prepare the territory, install washing complexes, transformer substations, depots and other facilities.

The construction of the facility is provided for by the Targeted Investment Program of St. Petersburg for 2022 and for the planning period of 2023 and 2024 and the state program "Development of the Transport System of St. Petersburg."

In early August 2023, the St. Petersburg State Order Committee announced an auction to find a contractor who will develop working documentation and build a bus fleet for electric buses in the Rzhevka production zone. They want to place about 400 electric buses in the new park. Work under the contract, including landscaping, must be completed no later than December 2026.^[4]

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