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Photo: Alexander Dennis Seattle will become the first in the US to deploy double-decker electric buses with inductive wireless charging technology. Sound Transit, Seattle’s public transit agency, has ordered 33 Alexander Dennis Enviro500EV double-decker electric buses and 15 60-foot articulated electric buses. They’ll be powered by 13 300 kW in-ground inductive chargers made by King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based wireless EV charging company InductEV. The double-decker buses, which will…

Last Updated: February 14, 2023, 09:32 ISTMumbai Electric Double Decker AC Bus (Photo: Switch Mobility Ltd)The all-electric SWITCH EiV 22 is touted as India’s first electric double decker air-conditioned bus designed, developed, and manufactured in IndiaMumbai has received the first lot of electric double decker AC buses. Switch Mobility Ltd. handed over the first set of SWITCH EiV 22 AC double decker buses to Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). Switch will deliver 200 electric double decker buses to BEST…

Last Updated: December 04, 2022, 12:55 ISTBEST Electric Double-decker AC Bus (Photo: Kailash Korde Twitter)People can book these cabs through Chalo app, which is currently being used for ticketing and live tracking of its busesThe Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) will launch its premium e-bus service this month and roll out double-decker e-buses in January 2023, an official said.The approvals for double-decker e-buses are in the final stages and will be completed soon, BEST general manager Lokesh…

Remember the iconic double-decker BEST buses from Mumbai? Many of us have fond memories of the double-decker buses. Switch Mobility, an all-electric subsidiary of Ashok Leyland, is set to make us relive those memories. In a recent development, Switch Mobility has launched the new EiV 22 double-decker bus in India. What’s more interesting is that Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST), through its subsidiary OHM Mobility, has already placed an order for 200 EiV 22 double-decker buses for public transport in…

Lighting up Kickstarter this week is the Geminos X, a fresh and very tidy approach to multi-screen monitor setups. Two 24-inch monitors unfold vertically on an ergonomic stand, with a built-in webcam, a sound system, and a single cable to your PC. Why? Well, extra screen real estate without destroying your desk real estate, for one. The Geminos X sits flat on your desk when you want it to, and unfolds to give you two stacked screens in the desk footprint of a single monitor. You can open them both out flat, or run the…

Switch Mobility, the electric vehicle division of Hinduja Group's flagship Ashok Leyland, unveiled the country's first electric double-decker air-conditioned bus. These buses will replace the existing double-decker fleet of the BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport) undertaking. As of now, Switch is operating its twin-floor electric AC buses in the United Kingdom. Switch India has already secured an order of 200 electric double-decker buses in Mumbai and is looking at a dominant space in the electric…

Two new electric buses, including the first air-conditioned double-decker bus in the country, will join the fleet of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking here on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday. A single-decker electric bus for app-based premium bus service and a double-decker air-conditioned bus will be launched at a function to be held at NCPA in south Mumbai. Union minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis and other…

Centre and State government in India are taking initiatives to promote the use of electric vehicles. To make them more popular among buyers, many states are currently offering incentives. Some of states have already introduced electric vehicles in public transport network. Mumbai is also planning to introduce more electric buses for public use. The authorities are not planning for a regular electric bus. It would be India’s first double decker electric bus. The bus was recently spotted on the road before its inaugural…