Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport

Mumbai: BEST Starts AC Electric Bus Service Between World Trade Center And CBD Belapur. (Photo: BESTpedia)BEST is all set to start two pairs of premium service buses on Bus Route No. S-145 connecting World Trade Center and Konkan Bhavan, CBD Belapur via Atal Setu.The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking is all set to start two pairs of premium service buses in a major development visioned to improve urban transportation.The service is being rolled out with air-conditioned buses on Bus Route No.…

Within a month of introducing the first air-conditioned electric double decker bus (e-bus), the civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has started plying second such vehicle in the city, but the passengers, enthusiasts and staffers said they were left disappointed as the issues they had flagged in the first bus remained unaddressed in the latest service.The first electric double decker bus was introduced in the city on February 21.The second such bus, registered at the Vashi Regional Transport Office…

Startup Nunam Technologies, which makes energy storage devices, will partner with Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport to run a pilot for the implementation of a battery prognostics and health management system for e-buses, accelerator programme organiser WRI India said. Nunam Technologies and a software company specialising in commercial fleet electrification Microgrid Labs have been selected by the electric bus Better e-Bus Challenge accelerator programme of World Resources Institute India (WRI India). The…

Mumbai's first electric air-conditioned double-decker bus would be launched in the first week of August. The inaugural ceremony for the buses will be held on August 7, which will coincide with the foundation day of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). Last October, Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said that every bus that would be added to the BEST fleet will be electric and that the whole fleet will be converted to electric buses by 2028. BEST general manager Lokesh Chandra said that the…

Causis E-Mobility Pvt Ltd, a UK-based electric vehicle firm, was recently denied ad-interim relief in its appeal against its rejection from the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) bidding process for 1,400 electric buses for allegedly straying from tender criteria. The UK company has set up a 75-acre facility in Talegaon, Pune and said that it will be making electric buses at the plant that will be rolled out in the first week of November this year. However, the petitioner alleged that the BEST incorrectly…