The first electric taxi in Russia was launched in Nizhny Novgorod
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On January 31, a pilot electric taxi project was launched in Nizhny Novgorod. Now, when ordering a car through the Yandex.Taxi application at the Comfort and Comfort Plus tariffs, an electric taxi of the Russian brand Evolute can come to the passenger. These cars are produced by the Motorinvest Lipetsk plant based on the Chinese Dongfeng car.
Since June 2022, Electric Movement Operator LLC (part of Rosnano) has been creating infrastructure for electric transport under an agreement with the government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The company purchased 180 electric cars to launch the project and plans to purchase another 100 cars during 2023. The total cost of the electric taxi organization project amounted to 750 million rubles. The investor plans to recoup his costs for infrastructure creation within four years.
The investor company also installed 44 charging stations, increasing their total number in Nizhny Novgorod to 62. When creating the infrastructure, specialists tried to create a continuous coverage of the city so that a car enthusiast could get to the charging station in 5-10 minutes from anywhere. Built-in charging stations with a capacity of 150 kilowatts charge electric vehicles for about 40 minutes. “Now let’s see how this charging infrastructure will be operated in the next three to four months, we will analyze where residents lack charging infrastructure, and we will develop it,” said Alexei Tikhonov, director of the Electric Movement Operator.
It’s too early to talk about a separate tariff for electric taxis, there are too few of them in the total mass of cars, Yury Sidelev, head of special projects for interaction with state authorities at Yandex.Taxi, explained to reporters. “When our partners bring their “fleet” to the optimal number, it will become clearer,” he explained. “There will be no separate requirements for drivers of electric cars, they will be selected in accordance with the already existing requirements for the “comfort” tariff.”
Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin said that the region is betting on sustainable development by participating in state programs to subsidize the construction of charging infrastructure and the purchase of electric vehicles through the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
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