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Romania orders 123 Solaris electric buses

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All the Urbino 12 electric buses will be designed for both pantograph and plug-in recharging. This will encompass a total of 123 40 kW plug-in chargers and 36 300 kW pantograph chargers. Solaris is already very well-known in Romania. rilor Publice, Dezvolt?rii i Administra?iei),

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Craiova, Romania orders 16 Solaris articulated electric buses

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Throughout the day the Urbino electric buses will recharge their batteries by means of 4 pantograph chargers, whereas at night the recharging will be conducted using sixteen plug connectors. The articulated vehicles will make it to Craiova in the first half of 2021. The contract value amounts to about €12 million.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid.

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