Three electric buses complete 1,600-kilometre Ethiopia-Kenya journey
Three Golden Dragon PIVOT E12 battery-electric buses completed a 1,600-kilometre trip from Addis Ababa to the Ethiopia-Kenya border. The journey tested electric bus operation beyond urban routes.
Three Golden Dragon PIVOT E12 battery-electric buses have completed a 1,600-kilometre road journey between Addis Ababa and the Ethiopia-Kenya border, according to Bus-News.
The trip was described as a test of electric bus operation beyond urban routes. The buses normally operate on fixed routes in Addis Ababa.
Bus-News said the vehicles typically cover between 100 and 200 kilometres per day before returning to a depot for overnight charging.
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