Negotiations on the supply of electric buses for test operation in 2022 are underway between Turkmenistan and PJSC «Kamaz», the website nangs.org reports, citing the company's CEO Sergei Kogogin.

"We are planning to supply Turkmenistan for tests, since there will be the construction of the modern city of Ashgabat City," he said.

Arab countries are also showing great interest in «Kamaz» electric buses, Kogogin said. At this time, the supply of this equipment to the countries of the Persian Gulf is also being discussed.

The bus is equipped with two asynchronous electric motors located in a ZF electric portal bridge. The maximum speed is 70 km / h. Equipped with three route indicators in the front, starboard and rear parts of the electric bus. The electric bus is two-axle, the rear wheels are leading. The front suspension is independent, pneumatic with an electronic control system and a body tilt function. The rear suspension is dependent, pneumatic. The brake system is mechanical, disc, auxiliary braking is coupled with an electric motor and is equipped with an energy recovery system in the TAB.

The electric bus has three doors for picking up and dropping off passengers. The cabin has 33 seats. Anti-vandal plastic seats. A place for disabled people is provided in the storage area; a hinged ramp is installed on the middle door. The glazing of the electric bus is tinted, the windshield is panoramic, glued in. The driver's seat is adjustable, pneumatic.

The largest Russian company "Kamaz" is one of the twenty leading world manufacturers of trucks. The company produces trucks, trailers, buses, engines and power units.

During the period of cooperation with Turkmenistan, more than 11 000 «KAMAZ» vehicles have been delivered to the country, including 2 000 over the past three years.

It should be reminded that the «KAMAZ» training and service center was opened in Turkmenbashi in November.