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There are cool electric buses running in the streets of Minsk, Belarus since a couple of years. IIRC, they have nikel-iron batteries with have limited capacity
by lowry 8y ago
There are cool electric buses running in the streets of Minsk, Belarus since a couple of years. IIRC, they have nikel-iron batteries with have limited capacity but good lifetime, and they recharge quickly. An electric bus runs for 30-40 min from terminus to terminus, then charges for 10 min from trolley power lines.
Pretty neat, especially considering that nickel and iron are extracted in nearby Russia and are much cheaper than lithium.
- tim333 8y agoI came across this Minsk bus article while looking for a photo https://euroradio.fm/en/electric-buses-enter-service-minsk https://euroradio.fm/en/electric-buses-enter-service-minsk Interesting for this one it says: buses will be equipped with Chinese supercondensers that proved to operate very well in Bulgaria and China. Re-charging will not take more than 7 minutes.