Shanghai to Green Public Transport through Introduction of Electric Buses
Zhou Minhao, deputy director of Shanghai’s economics and information commission, said Shanghai aims to build 400 roadside charging points and seven to 10 large charging stations by year-end. The new charging stations were specifically designed for electric buses rather than private vehicles which require further preparation before market introduction. To date, Shanghai has more than 200,000 buses on the streets, but only less than 100 use new energy technologies. The city’s electric bus fleet does not include the 1,000 vehicles running at the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, which are powered by pure electric, supercapacitors or fuel cells. Shanghai intends to add 4,000 new energy vehicles in its fleet by 2012. The city became one of the first in China to promote the use of electric vehicles under a national campaign launched in 2008. Read the full EcoSeed article at http://ow.ly/1Krd7
