Resident of the SEZ Technopolis Moscow equipped with batteries another 200 metropolitan electric buses

Drive Electro, a company from SEZ Technopolis Moscow supplied 200 sets of traction equipment and batteries for Moscow electric buses as informed by Alexander Prokhorov, Head of the Department for Investment and Industrial policy of Moscow. “A new batch of components has been handed over to the metropolitan electric bus assembly company, so soon 600 electric buses will be equipped with batteries and traction equipment from Drive Electro. The SEZ company will provide full service of these components, which will ensure the operability and safety of this type of urban transport”, said Alexander Prokhorov. Drive Electro localizes its production at the site of the capital's special economic zone in Alabushevo reminded Gennady Degtev, CEO of SEZ Technopolis Moscow. “The company plans to open its own plant for the production of batteries for electric buses and serial production of electric trucks in Alabushevo. Placement in the Moscow SEZ will allow Drive Electro to increase its production capabilities and effectively implement the investment project. The annual maximum capacity of the plant will be one thousand sets of storage batteries and 500 electric trucks. Investment in production will reach 375 million rubles”, said Gennady Degtev. The resident status of the capital’s special economic zone enables the company to significantly save on taxes and other mandatory payments. This allows the company to invest additional funds in the development of service maintenance for the supplied equipment. Considering the growing pace of transport electrification we can speak of the formation of an electric transport production industry in Russia, primarily commercial pointed out Sergey Ivanov, CEO of Drive Electro. “A significant contribution to this process was made by domestic developers and manufacturers, who are suppliers of individual components for electric buses. A tandem of state and private Russian companies creates and develops innovative production leading to additional tax revenues, new jobs, better environment and the emergence of a competitive electric transport market. Such support of private production by state-owned companies makes it possible to create high-tech transport and provide Moscow with the largest fleet of electric buses in Europe”, underlined Sergey Ivanov. For electric buses in the capital, the company produces lithium-titanate batteries making cars travel from 40 to 50 kilometers on a single charge with only 6 to 10 minutes to recharge. Moreover, such vehicles can operate at record low and high temperatures. ---------------------- Press service of the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" Phone: +7 916 516-15-46 Mail: pr@technomoscow.ru [ mailto:pr@technomoscow.ru ] Subscribe to the SEZ "Technopolis Moscow" in social networks, follow the main news of the SEZ in telegram-channel [ https://t.me/technopolismoscow ]  and receive all the most important news delivered to your mail in our weekly newsletter [ http://events.technomoscow.ru/subscribe/?utm_source=site_technomoscow ] .