India’s First Electric Double Decker AC e-Bus Introduced In Mumbai
The all-electric SWITCH EiV 22 is launched as India’s first electric double-decker air-conditioning e-Bus in Mumbai. The e-bus is 100% made in India. The nation’s first double-decker electric bus with air conditioning was on Monday added to BEST, the civic transportation organization in Mumbai , after a delay of many months, according to officials. Before it is made available to the general public, the wet-leased e-bus will be certified with the Regional Transport Office. This bus will probably travel the same suburban routes as the existing diesel-powered, conventional double-decker buses. According to Lokesh Chandra, general manager of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Organisation, 20 of these double-decker, air-conditioned buses from Switch Mobility, an Ashok Leyland subsidiary, are expected to arrive before the end of March. By the end of this year, there will be 200 double-decker electric buses, he continued. “It’s a historic day right now....