Riding on the first electric buses in regular use in the urban transport of Sofia - Yutong E12LF. 20 buses from this type were delivered in the end of 2018. Unfortunately, the Chinese quality is visible to every one of them. There are a lot of creaking plates, seats and doors as you will see in the video, which I think isn't normal for a brand new bus. Also, the capacity of the batteries looks like is not enough. The drivers are afraid of turning on the heating inside, because the battery will goes down very quickly. I'm afraid that we will have the same situation in the hot summer days with the air conditioning system. Of course, these buses are cheaper than their equivalents from Europe, but as people are saying - The cheap always comes out more expensive. I'm not sure that these buses can survive for more than 6-7 years in Sofia. In my opinion the better choice was to buy 25-30 CNG solo buses.
