Electric bus: 350 kilometers on one charge!

The Dhaka Times Desk We know that transportation costs for fuel-powered vehicles are high. So now electric bus is going to come. Once charged, 350 kilometers will go!

This time, electric buses are coming to save energy. This car will also not pollute the environment. To solve this problem, research has been going on for a long time on environmentally friendly alternative fuel powered transport. Electric powered private cars, motorcycles, autorickshaws etc. have already been developed. Even solar and electric airplanes have already been invented. But this time electric bus came.

A startup company named Proterra is working to create the world's first electric bus. They have already developed a prototype electric bus. The model of this car is Catalyst E2 series. This bus will run for 350 km on a single charge.

Although earlier, the technology manufacturing company Tesla produced electric cars. However, Tesla's car can run a maximum of 300 kilometers on a single charge.

This year's Proterra Electric Catalyst E2 bus has two batteries. This battery is capable of producing 660 kilowatts of power.

The price of this lightweight car is estimated at 7 lakh 99 thousand dollars. Proterra is trying to produce electric buses commercially. This car is expected to be available in the market by 2017.