>>1538802Pensa, Rybinsk, Wolgograd (aka Stalingrad).
https://varlamov.ru/3963835.htmlhttps://varlamov.ru/3927983.htmlhttps://varlamov.ru/3988498.htmlIt comes down to the image of the transport being defined by morally and technologically dated older trolley buses (see picture, btw the model was being produced until 2010!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZiU-9#ZiU-682G-016,_017_and_018Coupled with rather poor maintenance. So, local authorities don't always like trolley buses - and it's not not like they are ever using it themselves, lol. And they now also have the example of Moscow and the new buzzword "electrobus".
95% of all Moscow units (as of now they still count 647) were built between 2008 and 2012, with only 43 units built in 2017. So, not exactly your definition of "new". To top it off, maintainance was rather meh during the last 7 years.
There is also a speculation that receiving "free trolley buses" from Moscow can torpedo new trolley buses's production and ordering, eventually leading to problems, but we have yet to see.
