The vehicle manufacturer Etalon Corporation already has a configuration base for the production of 300 buses by 2024, which will allow them to maintain their production almost at the level of 2023, said the president of the corporation, Volodymyr Butko.
The market for new buses in Ukraine (except minibuses) in 2023 grew by 62%, or by 360 units, compared to 2022, up to 940 units, said Vadym Shkarupin, director of Etalon Auto Trading House.
Purchases of school buses under the state program in 2023 increased to 675 units compared to 487 units in 2022, but in 2024 they will decrease, taking into account the fact that the amount of the subvention from the state budget remained the same - UAH 1 billion, and bus prices could increase by up to 20%, said Vadym Shkarupin, director of Etalon Auto Trading House.
Etalon Corporation has identified the production of electric transport (trolleybuses, electric buses, trams) as a priority direction for further development, taking into account European trends in the significant growth in sales of this type of passenger transport, said the president of the corporation, Volodymyr Butko.
On Wednesday, December 27, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference of Etalon Corporation entitled "Results of 2023 for Etalon Corporation's manufacturers of vehicles and automotive components."