Taipei City Government

Under the witness of dignitaries from both the central government and municipal government, Shin-Shin Bus Company and RAC Electric Vehicles Inc. inked a contract for the purchase of a fleet of electric buses on May 22.  
 
The signing of the contract signifies one step closer to achieving the city’s ambition to make public transportation eco-friendly.
 
Under the contract, RAC Electric Vehicles Inc. will deliver 12 low-floor electric buses, which are expected to hit the road in October. They will run on the following bus route: Taipei Zoo – National Cheng Chi University – Xinyi Expressway – precincts of the Taipei City Hall – Songshan Railway Station.
 
The electrification and operation of the bus route was reviewed and received approval in December 2017. Shin-Shin Bus – the operator of the route – will receive subsidies from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for the acquisition of the 12 electric buses.
 
The electric bus service will run at an interval of 20 minutes during peak hours and 60 minutes during off-peak periods. The schedule may be adjusted to meet actual conditions.
 
According to the Public Transportation Office, a promotion program has been planned, aiming to put 400 more electric buses on the city’s roads over a span of four years. For incentives, the promotion program will offer operators a mileage-based subsidy scheme (NT$ 5 per km per vehicle), instead of the existing one-off subsidy for fleet purchases (NT$1.5 million per new vehicle).