Under the Ányos Jedlik Programme, the Government promotes electrically-powered vehicles and the export of related Hungarian products, Minister of State for Economic Regulation Béla Glattfelder said at a press conference in Budapest.
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At the event, Evopro Holding Ltd presented their product, the first composite-structure electric bus. The development of the product has cost some EUR 1 million, of which EUR 400 thousand was provided as EU funding. Compared to traditional bodies, that of Evopro’s bus weighs two tons less and it is made of a non-corroding material for which the company gives a 30-year warranty. The engine can be purely electricity-powered or complemented by a diesel- or gas engine.
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As President-Owner of the company Csaba Mészáros pointed out, the first prototype has already received a commissioning license and the manufacturing of the first 25 standardized buses has been started. The owner did not reveal the selling price of the bus, but he said that such vehicles cost EUR 400-500 thousand on international markets.
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Béla Glattfelder stressed that the accumulator-powered electric bus the company has presented can transport 64 passengers and it consumes 60kWh energy per 100 kilometres, which is equal to the energy demand of an Opel Astra. As the Minister of State added, these days crude oil sells for some USD 110 per barrel, but experts are prognosticating that this price will double in ten years. Electricity, however, can be generated in various ways, among them by nuclear power from the Paks power plant.
(Ministry for National Economy)
