The first Ukrainian bus was built on the chassis of the American White truck. It developed 30 km / h and was able to carry up to 14 passengers.
Few people know that the Ukrainian auto industry will soon celebrate its 100th anniversary. At the beginning of the 20s, buses were collected in our country. Kamienec.livejournal.com writes about it.
For the first time in Ukraine, bus production was established in Podolia. First, in 1922, truck repair shops were opened in Vinnitsa, Kamenets-Podolsky and Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky), which had been in operation since the First World War.
Later it was planned to open a bus route in Podolia, but it turned out that there were no wagons for it in the entire district. Then they decided to create their own bus in Kamyanets-Podilskyi on the chassis of the American White truck.
Engineers developed the model in just four months. The first Ukrainian bus was assembled in the fall of 1923 and called it “Kamenetsky Motor”. It had 14 seats, as in modern minibuses: 12 in the cabin and two more in the cabin next to the driver. 30 hp engine. with. Allowed to accelerate to 30 km / h.
Ukrainian buses were traveling along the route Kamenetz-Podolsky – Proskurov – Vinnitsa. The road took nine hours, but another two hours was spent on a technical stop to service the equipment and give the driver a rest. The exact number of buses produced is unknown, but they were produced in small batches.
Previously Focus He mentioned the first passenger car assembled in Ukraine – it was a Ford licensed in 1932.
We also wrote that the Chernihiv bus factory, which was destroyed by the Russian bombardment, restarted production and prepared new models.
Source: Focus
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