Polish producer Solaris will deliver 16 electric buses to the city of Craiova, in southern Romania, for a price of RON 57.5 million (nearly EUR 12 mln), VAT excluded, Economica.net reported.

The contract also includes the installation of 16 slow-charging stations and four fast-charging stations for them, as well as the traffic lights and the inclusion in the current traffic management system of 5 intersections on the bus routes.

The contract is financed under the European Union's Motric-1 program. The first prototype bus will arrive in Craiova in January 2021, and the remaining units will be supplied monthly, from February 2021.

"These are state-of-the-art buses with air conditioning heating and cooling system, Wi-Fi equipment, traffic management system, passenger audio-video information system, passenger counting system, 7-camera video surveillance system, USB sockets for charging various devices. The buses will serve three routes in the city, which have already been established," said Craiova mayor Mihail Genoiu.

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