Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Toshshahartranshizmat plans to purchase 300 large-capacity electric buses and charging stations in 2021-2023.

The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan has published for discussion a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on the program of renewal of the rolling stock of enterprises of Toshshahartranshizmat in 2021-2023.

The draft resolution notes that large-capacity electric buses produced in Belarus and China in 2019-2020 were successfully tested in Tashkent.

According to the document, for Toshshahartranshizmat in 2021-2023, it is proposed to annually purchase 100 large-capacity electric buses and charging stations. The supplier is proposed to be determined through a tender.

The total cost of the project will amount to 1 trillion. soums. In particular, it is planned to spend 325.5 billion soums annually for the purchase of 100 electric buses and about 30.5 billion soums for the purchase of charging stations.

The project is expected to be financed with a loan from Uzpromstroybank. The loan will be allocated for a period of 7 years at the refinancing rate of the Central Bank (currently 14%), with a margin of no more than 0.5%.

The document proposes to allocate funds from the state budget to repay the loan and interest.