MOSCOW, March 21 A center for research and development in the field of electric vehicles will be created in Moscow, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced on his Telegram channel.
He noted that Moscow is the first in Europe in terms of the number of electric buses. They travel on 79 routes and carry 430,000 passengers daily. Other types of electric transport are also developing.
«We decided to create a Research and Development Center in the field of electric vehicles. It will focus on creating a universal platform for electric vehicles using domestic components, determine the requirements for the model range of the platform and design. Together with the MosTransProject Research Institute, the Center will develop and implement an unmanned transport in the city,» Sobyanin said.
According to him, the opening of such a center in Moscow is an important step towards achieving technological sovereignty in the field of electric vehicles.
«We already have sites where developments in this area are underway. On the basis of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ, we have created an electric vehicle manufacturing cluster, which includes more than 40 companies. The enterprises produce cars and trucks electric vehicles, special equipment and battery batteries,» the mayor added. .html» data-title=»In Moscow, the territory of 160 schools and kindergartens will be landscaped by September 1″>