“The division has been preparing to set up charging stations at various depots and a tender process in this regard has also been initiated. While a station with the capacity of five charging points will be set up in Mangaluru depot at Bejai, another with 15 points will be opened at Kuntikana,” he said.
A recent study in Ahmedabad reveals a growing concern about particulate matter inside public electric and diesel buses. Electric buses have higher concentration of particulate matter, especially during evening rush hour. The study measured the level of particulate matter on different routes and found that electric buses had limited air exchange and ventilation compared to diesel buses.
The addition of 5,150 electric buses to the MSRTC fleet marks a significant step towards modernisation and environmental sustainability, he said, while reiterating the importance of transitioning from diesel to LNG buses to reduce pollution.
This article looks at the five key transformation steps needed to ensure the well-designed scheme for promotion of electric buses in India does not suffer on implementation.
The e-buses will ply within the city limits providing the visiting public and pilgrims sustainable and comfortable public transport complementing the green transport mission at Ayodhya.
Some of the models that the Authority is likely to explore are ‘CapEx’, where the company handles both procurement of the buses and their operations. The gross cost contract model is another option, where a private agency handles procurement, maintenance and operations on a kilometre basis. The third model is viability gap funding, where the firm is responsible for procurement, maintenance, operations and revenue collection as well.
According to officials, two companies -- Aaveg and Gati -- have submitted applications while talks with a renowned cab aggregator are also at an advanced stage. Officials said there have been a couple of meetings with the three firms and they are likely to be on board soon. "Once the license is granted they would be able to start the service with a minimum of 25 buses each," an official said.
Under this MoU, EKA Mobility will supply GreenCell Mobility 1000 intercity electric buses in 12-meter and 13.5-meter category, in the next few years.
The state government had earlier dedicated 100 CNG buses to people, and the introduction of e-buses reflects its commitment towards green public transport, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said at the launch programme here.
A total of 2,11,18,340 Tata Motors equity shares worth INR 1,655.5 crore changed hands so far. Meanwhile, the rally in the stock was also led by the government's plan to replace 800,000 diesel buses, more than a third of all buses on the road, with electric ones over the next seven years.
Designed to electrify the country's public transport systems, the plan is likely to replace the third leg of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) incentive programme and pitch India as a global manufacturing hub for EVs.
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