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PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Ashok Leyland (via Switch Mobility)
and VECV, have also consolidated
their position in e-buses.
In calendar year 2023, the
number of e-buses stood at 2,676
representing an EV penetration
of 4.3%. Despite increasing e-bus
registrations, EV penetration
wise numbers have reduced
from 6.7% in 2021 to 4.3% with APART FROM DIRECT
demand recovery of buses across CARBON REDUCTIONS
private and public sector. In terms AND SAVING ON FUEL
he Central Government, of overall fleet sizes of SRTUs, at RELATED OPEX, E-BUSES
nodal agencies like CESL the end of FY’19, the fleet was
and state road transport ~0.15 million units, which has ARE INHERENTLY
units (SRTUs) have been remained roughly the same, of DESIGNED FOR BETTER
active at various levels which ~0.13 million units are INTEGRATION INTO
Tin modernising and still diesel vehicles, indicating the
electrifying their fleet. ‘PM E-bus extent of scope for electrification AN INTELLIGENT
Seva’ approved in 2023 at the for the public fleet alone. If the TRANSPORT SYSTEM
central level is another initiative numbers of private bus fleets are WHICH WOULD ADD
with the aim to deploy 10,000 considered the fleet size reaches
~2.3-million-units, majority of VALUE BY OPTIMISING
e-buses within 2025-26 to reach
a target of 50,000 e-buses by which are still diesel operated. SCHEDULING, TRACKING
2030. In terms of OEM focusing One of the barriers to penetration AND REAL TIME INFO TO
on e-buses, Tata Motors stands of EV buses is acquisition cost END-CONSUMERS
out be the dominant player in which can turn to 2-2.5X with a
delivering e-buses in 2023 with 12m e-Bus costing more than ten
49%, while PMI and Olectra were million INR and a diesel equivalent
leaders in 2022 with 33% and 26% costing ~0.4 Million INR. For state
share which fell to 11% and 13% road transport units, the adoption
respectively. Other dominant OEM of Gross Cost Contract model
players in commercial vehicles, like adopted while tendering the
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