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100 electric buses to hit Jaipur roads by January

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2019

Here is good news for the commuters traveling within the city limits of Jaipur. The Jaipur City Transport Servies Limited (JCTSL) is all set to replace 100 of buses, including 70 buses which are in poor condition, with electric buses. As the financial bid for the buses is...

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Plan to introduce electric buses in Andhra Pradesh dropped

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 20, 2019

The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has dropped the move to introduce 350 electric buses. On the directions of the state Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the APSRTC cancelled its tender floated in September seeking to deploy the electric buses....

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Electric chargers to be developed to drive EV wave in India

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 19, 2019

Fuji Electric India is looking at develop electric chargers for electric vehicles (EV) to be in a sweet spot when EV penetration picks up, said Sriram Ramakrishan, Managing Director of the company at an event held to unveil its India 2.0 plan to expand business operations in...

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China's Foton aims to sell 200,000 new energy CVs by 2025

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2019

Daimler's Chinese truck venture partner Beiqi Foton Motor aims to sell 200,000 new energy commercial vehicles by 2025, its chairman, Zhang Xiyong, told a conference on Saturday. Foton, a BAIC Group unit, will develop battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell and gasoline-electric...

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Pune: PMPML e-bus fleet swells, charging points remain few

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 18, 2019

The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) has added 26 more electric buses to its fleet, taking the total number of such buses to 96. However, a source in the transport body said there is an immediate need to arrange charging points at more depots to correspond...

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150 new e-buses to ply on city roads by early 2021

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2019

According top priority to its plan of replacing the existing fleet of mass transport vehicles with electric buses, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has floated tenders for procurement of 150 e-buses. By replacing the present diesel-run fleet with e-buses, SMC hopes to...

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Plan to develop electric bus depot approved by UP govt

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 11, 2019

The state government, under the Agra smart city project, has approved a plan to develop an electric bus depot on 6.67 acres of land at Runkata. Besides, the process for purchase of 100 battery-operated buses has been initiated. It has been proposed by the Agra- Mathura city...

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Foton PMI to invest Rs 500 cr to set up electric bus manufacturing unit in Pune

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 8, 2019

PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Pvt Ltd (PEMSPL) on Thursday said it plans to invest Rs 500 crore along with its Chinese partner Beiqi Foton Motor Co (Foton) for setting up an electric bus manufacturing plant at Pune in the next two to three years. PEMSPL, which holds 70 per...

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BYD-Olectra, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland in fray to supply, operate 1,200 e-buses

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 7, 2019

BYD-Olectra, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and PMI Electro Mobility Solutions are among manufacturers in the fray to supply and operate about 1,200 electric buses for different state departments, people aware of the development have said. State transport utilities have floated,...

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Karnataka govt to cut BMTC fares, add 6,000 buses

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 7, 2019

Setting up a new a Bengaluru Mobility Management Authority (BMMA) and reducing bus fares to popularise public transport are among the measures the government has planned to reduce congestion in the city. By identifying high traffic density roads with the help of the traffic...

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