{"id":22819,"date":"2022-12-15T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=22819"},"modified":"2023-06-28T16:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T14:44:40","slug":"twenty-five-years-of-skoda-streetcars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/trolleybus-tramway\/twenty-five-years-of-skoda-streetcars\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-five years of Skoda streetcars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Skoda <\/strong>crosses an important milestone and celebrates the<strong> 25th anniversary of the first streetcar<\/strong> to come out of the company&#8217;s plant in <strong>Pilsen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lo and behold, Skoda&#8217;s history actually has more distant roots, going back to the early twentieth century, as several streetcar models that plied the streets of many cities in the Czech Republic were made with Skoda-branded components; to be exact, these were the traction motors and systems to keep the car&#8217;s power under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after 140 years of existence, <strong>electric streetcars<\/strong> are still very popular worldwide, and their demand is increasing due to the trend toward green technologies. 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