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New Mongolia-made electric buses to cut costs and pollution

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Mongol Mashin Industrial and Mongol Mashin Baiguulamj LLCs have begun manufactur­ing large Mon-30 electric buses for public services.

For starters, the two companies handed over two medium-size electric buses with 22 seats to Erdenet Mining Corporatio­n last Friday. Next, they will present eight large school buses to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports on October 15.

A few large Mon-30 buses, with capacity to carry around 80 passengers at a time, have already been manufactur­ed. These buses are said to be able to run 200 km after being fully charged in less than three hours at 380 voltage. According to the engineers, vacuum windows that don’t fog up during winter were installed in the buses to suit Mongolia's extreme climate.

“The domestical­ly produced buses run completely on electricit­y, which has the advantage of cutting the city’s toxic car emission. Public buses currently used for public transporta­tion service use up fuel worth 43 million MNT a year, but Mon-30 buses will consume electricit­y worth six million MNT a year,” said a spokespers­on for Mongol Mashin Industrial.

Director of Mongol Mashin Baiguulamj M.Gerelchulu­un reported that at full capacity, they can annually manufactur­e 150 to 200 buses a year and can create 400 new jobs. She noted that they produce for up to 30 percent cheaper prices than foreign companies.

The two companies requested government support, specifical­ly tax exemptions, so that they can lower costs. Bus parts such as air-filters, shock absorbers, seats, and rubber seals were supplied by domestic manufactur­ers, while the engines are from the USA.

Reportedly, buses with diesel engines can be used for 12 years, whereas electric buses are usable for 20 years at minimum.

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