The most populous city in Turkey In Istanbul in the field of land transport metrobus plays an important role. As part of the work to modernize the metrobus system, tests have begun on the electric metrobuses that the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality plans to add to its fleet.

Electric metro buses have a length of forty meters and can be operated without a driver if necessary. The passenger capacity of the new vehicles is stated to be 420 people. Test drive with new metro buses, İETT General Manager İrfan Demet’s It was also shared from his personal X account.

Here are the new electric metro buses

İrfan Demet included the following statements in his message:

The electric metro buses that will be used in the project carried out in collaboration with IETT and Metro Istanbul will be cheaper than diesel metro buses. Fuel savings of 60 percent will provide. In addition, exhaust emissions will be zero. Metrobuses every 100 thousand kilometers 2.5 million lira will result in fuel savings.

The metro bus line stretching from Beylikdüzü to Kadıköy 52 kilometers finds it. It is said that the metro buses, which can travel 50 km in 20 minutes of charging, have a range of 80 kilometers when fully charged. Models currently in use include electric metro buses with a capacity of 420 people. 50% more It can carry passengers.