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India's entertainment capital is expanding its fleet of red London-style double-decker buses almost a century after their debut - this time as electric
MUMBAI (AFP) – India’s entertainment capital is expanding its fleet of London-style red double-decker buses nearly a century after they made their debut – this time as electric vehicles (EVs). The first of 200 new buses are expected to start service on Mumbai’s busy roads from December, joining nearly 400 single-floor EVs already in operation. […]
Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari will unveil the vehicle on Thursday morning
In Mumbai, Switch India has already received an order for 200 electric double-decker buses.
The bus is the world's first - standard floor, air conditioned, electric double decker with wider door on rear overhang and a rear staircase. The double decker has a lightweight aluminium body construction, which offers higher passenger to weight ratio and a competitive cost per km, per passenger.