Egged will opperate 10 electric busses in Jerusalem by Aug 10th

Egged will complete the charging infrastructure for electric buses in Jerusalem in the coming weeks, and from August 10, BYD will operate in the city.
The buses arrived in Israel a few months ago and until the completion of the charging infrastructure for them, they are operated in Haifa, along with 25 electric buses Egged operates in the city. Electric buses are already being operated in small numbers in Tel Aviv, Modi'in and Kfar Saba, in a plan to subsidize their purchase by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the JNF Nir Landau, director of Egged's purchasing department: "The electric buses have a range of 200 kilometers, They deal well with increases. "
The buses will operate on route 15 in the capital, from Binyanei Ha'uma to Talpiot. They will be loaded in a temporary lot in the Ramot neighborhood, ahead of the completion of the bus terminal in northern Jerusalem, which are being built by the Ministry of Transport and the Transportation Master Plan team in the capital. Asi Shmeltzer, Chairman of Shlomo Group, importer of BYD: "This is a milestone in the transition to green transportation."