In Czechia, 1163 new buses were registered last year, 40 of them electric

Last year, 1163 new buses were registered in Czechia. Despite the EU’s gradual push towards low- or zero-emission transport, 92 percent of them ran on diesel. Transport operators’ earlier large-scale purchases of buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) are a thing of the past due to high gas prices. Forty electric buses, which are suitable for urban operations, were registered last year, compared with just two the year before, said Lukáš Kadula of the Transport Research Centre in a press release.

Last year’s purchases of electric buses represented a substantial increase in the total number registered. At the end of the year, 144 were in operation in Czechia, including 60 in the Moravian-Silesian Region, 24 in the Hradec Králové Region and 19 in Prague. Just under half (67) were made by Czech manufacturer SOR Libchavy, while another 41 buses were made by Škoda and 24 by Poland’s Solaris. Among the Visegrad Four countries, Czechia has the largest number of electric buses in operation relative to its population. Poland, which is four times larger, has 162, while Slovakia has just one.