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London-based Causis Group Ltd’s (CGL) electric buses will soon zoom on the roads of Kalyan-Dombivali towns in the Thane district, officials said here on Tuesday. The Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has awarded a contract to CGL to procure 107 e-buses on a wet lease for a period of 12 years. The CGL will provide 9-meter fully electric air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned buses with drivers and allied electrical and civil infrastructure and maintenance on a per/km basis, to the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal…

With over 777 electric buses running across the country, PMI Electro Mobility, India’s leading electric bus manufacturer and operator, on Friday announced that it is now the second largest electric bus brand in the country. PMI Electro made this announcement on the heels of its foray into Surat where it delivered 25 electric buses as part of a larger order to supply 150 electric buses to the Surat Municipal Corporation. “We are elated to emerge as the second largest electric bus manufacturer in India in just five years of…

Karnataka Transport Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesday said the state government aims to convert all 35,000 buses into electric vehicles by 2030. The Minister was responding to a question raised by Congress MLA Tanveer Sait in the legislative assembly, during the question hour. “There are about 35,000 buses, there is demand to make all buses electric, keeping in mind environment and pollution related concerns. With diesel prices increasing, we are incurring losses. We want all our buses to become electric and we start…

Road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that he has asked officials of his department to look for a uniform charging system for electric buses manufactured by different companies. Gadkari said that states are facing problems as electric buses of different companies have different charging systems. “Himachal Pradesh transport minister told me about the problem of different charging systems for electric buses made by different companies. I have asked my officers to look for a solution as there…

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said 80 percent of the over 10,000 buses plying in the capital by 2025 will be electric, making Delhi the city with the highest number of e-buses in the country. While asserting the AAP government has developed world-class education and healthcare models in Delhi, he noted that it is now time to transform Delhi’s transport sector into a model for the world to reckon with. Kejriwal flagged off 97 high-tech electric buses from the Rajghat Depot here and announced that 8,000…

Switch Mobility has unveiled the electric double decker air-conditioned bus, the Switch EiV 22, for public transportation in Mumbai. Being designed, developed and manufactured in India, it brings back the memories of the iconic double decker buses which used to be a part of Mumbai’s local transportation several years back. As claimed by the company, Switch EiV 22 is the world’s first semi low floor, air conditioned, electric double decker with wider door on rear overhang and a rear staircase. It sits on a lightweight…

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…

According to company officials, the buses would be available in two variants EiV 12 low floor and EiV 12 standard buses that would offer best in reliability, range and comfort.Switch Mobility, the electric vehicle division of Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland, unveiled electric bus -- EiV12 --, eyeing to garner a major chunk of the electric vehicle industry, equipped with a host of customer-friendly features. With the launch, the company aims to serve inter-city, intra-city, staff transportation, school segment among…

Just a few hours after the launch of 150 electric buses in Delhi, one of the buses broke down mid-way near Rohini Depot because of high vehicle temperature beyond the specified limit, DTC said on Wednesday. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 150 new electric buses from Indraprastha Depot on Tuesday. However, one of them broke down after the temperature of the vehicle rose beyond the specified limit. The DTC, however, said the bus stopped because of an in-built security feature and was put back on the road…

Olectra Greentech Limited has bagged a Rs 3,675 crore order of 2,100 electric buses from the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport (BEST). This is claimed to be the biggest order (Letter of Award) in Indian electric mobility history. Evey Trans Private Limited (EVEY) has received the Letter of Award (LoA) from BEST. Earlier it has been declared as an L1 (Least Quoted) bidder, Olectra said in a statement. This order is to supply 2,100 electric buses on the Gross Cost Contract (GCC)/Opex model for a period of 12…