OREANDA-NEWS. "GAZ Group" in the exhibition "ExpoCityTrans 2016" introduced a new generation of electric buses of brand GAZ, developed on the basis of urban low-floor bus of a large class LiAZ 5292. A new development is transferred in test operation of GUP "Mosgortrans", informed the press service of "GAZ Group".

Electric bus is designed to carry up to 90 passengers and it has 27 seats with the possibility of securing three seats for passengers with disabilities. The vehicle complies with the international environmental standard Zero Emission, which is characterized by the complete absence of harmful emissions into the atmosphere. Electric bus has a metal body of the wagon-setting with improved characteristics for corrosion resistance, obtained due to the use of cataphoresis priming technology.

Electric bus is equipped with lithium-manganese batteries that have high energy and increased resources - up to 5000 charge / discharge cycles, which permits to increase the daily mileage of the car up to 200 km with the using of modular solutions for charging. The implementation of this decision involves a long night charging of electric bus and two or three short recharging for 20-30 minutes on the electric bus route endpoints.