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Brasov orders 25 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses

Green Car Congress

The main purpose of the project co-financed by the EU is to reduce pollutant emissions in the centre of the city. Due to fitting the vehicles with batteries they will be able to cover a certain distance of the route without a connection to the traction line. The models ordered by Brasov will be equipped with a 240 kW electric motor.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants?

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