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Russia’s Penza Oblast interested in MAZ trolleybuses

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MINSK, 1 August (BelTA) – Russia’s Penza Oblast is interested in trolleybuses made by Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ), BelTA has learned.

A delegation from Penza led by Deputy Prime Minister of the Penza Oblast government Aleksei Kostin visited MAZ. The purpose of the visit is to get familiar with the assembly enterprise and conduct commercial negotiations on establishing cooperation between the Russian region and the Belarusian enterprise.

The Russian official noted: “We’ve determined a priority for ourselves: the development of electric transport. And we would like to switch some urban lines to trolleybuses. Our city is quite hilly and it is impossible to build overhead power lines everywhere. This is why trolleybuses with autonomous range can simplify the situation.”

Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) is one of Belarus' largest mechanical engineering companies. It specializes in making heavy-duty trucks, special-purpose vehicles, buses, trolleybuses, and trailing units. MAZ vehicles are compliant with the environmental standards Euro-3, 4, 5, and 6. The company makes a total of over 500 models and 3,000 modifications of tractor units, dropside trucks, and chassis for mounting various kinds of equipment.

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