Two electric-engine commuter buses with 130-passenger capacity imported from Russia by Rus-Afro Trading Bus Plc enjoy a welcome ceremony at Meskel Square on October 20. The arrival of the two electric buses, originating from a Russian city 700km outside of Moscow, took over a month. Before the new buses will be operational, the Addis Abeba City Transport Authority must first run electric cables along routes yet to be determined. It is not known as to when the electric buses would be seen in the city going into operational. “As soon as we are given the go-ahead from government and the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has wired the electric cables, we will be able to commence operation,” Getachew Eshete, general manager of the company, told Fortune.  In an effort to assess the traffic flow in the city and the way the electric cable would be wired, Surgey Gulanove, a Russian expert, has taken over a month overseeing and studying before he left for Russia yesterday. Construction is underway to erect an assembly plant in Debre Marcos town, 299km north of Addis Abeba in the Amhara Regional State. When the assembly plant is operational, 50 electric commuter buses will be assembled in the near future. Each of these buses would have the capacity to carry 400 passengers.