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The INR57,613 crore, PM-eBus Sewa scheme puts top priority on cities having no organised bus services. With this, Indias tier 2 and tier 3 cities could leapfrog from having no buses to electric bus commutes. Major e-bus manufacturers are scaling up and states are looking to decarbonise public transport. How are finance and charging infra issues being tackled?

All remaining AC double-decker buses are expected to be delivered by March 2024. These buses will operate from the 12 depots managed by BEST, further improving public transport service in Mumbai.

The size of the intercity bus transport market is over $15-20 Bn in India and with investments in highway expansion is growing at a 10% CAGR.

The 12-metre electric buses ordered by the Delhi Government will be equipped with CCTV cameras, panic buttons and GPS devices.

Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot told PTI that the 12-metre buses would start arriving within four to six months.

Mumbais iconic red double-decker buses retire after 86 years, leaving passengers with cherished memories of a bygone era.

Ashok Leyland, the Hinduja Groups flagship company, has signed an agreement with the Uttar Pradesh Government to set up a greenfield plant for manufacturing electric buses. The company will invest Rs1000 crore into the facility, which will have the capacity to produce 2500 buses per year initially and can be scaled up to 5000 vehicles per year in the next decade. The government of Uttar Pradesh has committed to facilitating the sale of electric buses for its own fleet and other stakeholders for ...

Switch Mobility is a key player in the private sector for which it is supplying single and double decker buses. “The Market of e-bus with the new PME bus Seva scheme is going to take off. JSW Steel Vijaynagar employee transport is done by our electric buses. We have tied up with Chalo. We have 20 luxury buses running in Mumbai. We have just signed a contract to supply 80 buses to Indore transport along with Chalo.”

Mahesh Babu: Switch Mobility is a key player in the private sector for which it is supplying single and double decker buses. “The Market of e-bus with the new PME bus Seva scheme is going to take off. JSW Steel Vijaynagar employee transport is done by our electric buses. We have tied up with Cello. We have 20 luxury buses running in Mumbai. We have just signed a contract to supply 80 buses to Indore transport along with Cello.”

BEST said the double-decker buses will not be discontinued under any circumstances.