Bac Ninh province uses 100% electric buses by 2030

05/03/2025 16:00

(BNP) - This is the goal set out in Decision No. 139/QD-UBND of the Provincial People’s Committee on promulgating the Plan to convert from diesel-fueled buses to electric buses by 2030 in the province.


By 2030, the rate of electric buses will reach 100%.

According to the plan, from 2025, 100% of new buses and buses in the province will use electric energy. By 2030, the rate of buses using electricity will reach 100% (according to Decision 876/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, it is 50%).

The total number of vehicles expected to be converted is 72 electric buses according to the roadmap: by 2027, 18 new electric buses will be invested in; in 2028, 11 new buses will be invested in; and in 2029, 43 new buses will be invested in.

The total cost to convert vehicles to electric buses is VND 73.2 billion, including VND 50.9 billion in subsidy costs and the remainder is interest support for vehicle purchases (VND 20.4 billion) and investment in charging station infrastructure (VND 1.9 billion).

As of January 2025, the province has 06 intra-provincial bus routes, which are subsidized bus routes with 45 buses, all of which meet Euro IV emission standards or higher.