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Mumbai: BEST unveils plan to procure 2,100 e-buses
Updated On: 11 March, 2023 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
Will phase out gas guzzlers, seeks to obtain new vehicles over next one-and-a-half year
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The city’s only AC double-decker e-bus at the BMC headquarters on February 22. File Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
Around 2,100 electric buses will eventually join the BEST fleet. The undertaking has started a tender process for this, which will be completed by September 2023. After
that, the buses will be inducted into the fleet over one and a half year. According to a BEST official, currently, there are around 1,700 e-buses in the BEST fleet. Recently, an air-conditioned double-decker was pressed into service by the undertaking.
The undertaking has decided to replace all of its 1,200 conventional buses with electric vehicles (EVs). After their lives end, they will be replaced with electric models,” the official said. The cost of procuring 2,100 e-buses is Rs 4,000 crore. During the meeting at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters held by Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr Sanjeev Kumar on Wednesday, BEST officials revealed their plan to create an electric fleet.
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