e-Buses
In 2020 the Bulgarian capital Sofia has completed the tender for 30 electric buses and ten charging stations. The procurement winner was announced to be the Bulgarian-Chinese bidding consortium of Chariot Motors and Higer Bus. The second place took the Polish Solaris company. Technology from German company Siemens is also be used in the vehicles marketed as the Chariot bus - fully electric zero emission non-polluting bus. In 2021 in the capital Sofia is expected to have in operation a total of 45 ultra capacitor electric buses. The master transportation plan of the capital aims to turn most or all of the urban bus fleet into zero emission. E-buses were tested in the last six years. Some used traditional battery charging and others had fast charging ultracapacitors. Fast charging is practical in cities with relatively short bus routes and easy power access from tram, trolleybus, or subway networks.
e-Charging stations
There are currently 204 charging stations in Bulgaria.
Dieselor is the first Bulgarian chain of gas stations to install a charging station for electric cars at its site. Dieselor currently has only five gas stations in the country. With this Diesel joins the infrastructure for electric cars of www.Elektromobili.bg . Users of such vehicles can quickly and easily find charging locations using the convenient online locator and mobile application – www.vsichkotok.bg
e-toll system
In the beginning of 2019 Bulgaria introduced the e-toll system for heavy vehicles and trucks (over 3.5 t). Revenues from electronic vignettes and toll fees from the introduction of the electronic system on January 1, 2019 to December 8, 2020 are a total of USD 467,258,970.
Currently, the Road Infrastructure Agency fulfills its legally defined role to collect tolls through the electronic toll system, which was designed, built and put into operation in implementation of the 2018 contract between RIA and the leading contractor – the Austrian company Kapsch Traffic Solutions consortium.
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