Greencell receives $55 mn sanction and $5.2 mn grant for safer e-buses in India

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)  and Clean Technology Fund (CTF) signed a $55 million financing package with GreenCell Express Private Limited (GEPL) to develop 255 electric battery-powered buses (e-buses) to serve 5 million people a year on 56 intercity routes in India and enhance the safety of passengers, especially women, […]

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Ashok Leyland and IIT Madras jointly develop hybrid EVs using turbine technology

Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja group and India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, and Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers at National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) collaborated for development and commercialization of ‘Swirl Mesh Lean Direct Injection (LDI) system’ technology for developing a series of hybrid Electrical Vehicles using this turbine technology. IIT […]

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Switch Mobility unveils India’s first and unique electric double-decker bus – Switch EiV 22

Switch Mobility Ltd (‘Switch’), the next-generation, carbon neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicle company unveiled India’s first and unique electric double decker air-conditioned bus – Switch EiV 22. Designed, developed and manufactured in India and utilising Switch’s global electric bus experience, Switch EiV 22 is equipped with the latest technology, ultra-modern design, highest safety […]

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Tata Motors wins order for 921 electric buses from BMTC

Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer announced that the company has won an order of 921 electric buses from Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). Under the larger tender by Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), Tata Motors will supply, operate and maintain 12-metre electric buses for a period 12 years, as per the contract. Tata Starbus is an […]

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Tata Motors joins hands with Endress+Hauser Flowtec to offer electric mobility for employee transportation

Tata Motors has announced its association with Endress+Hauser Flowtec (India) Pvt. Ltd, a global leader in measurement instrumentation, services and solutions for industrial process engineering, for deployment of electric buses for employee transportation. The association marks a unique contract of electric buses by a corporate in India. Tata Motors has delivered two units of 9-metre […]

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