Karnataka Transport minister B Sriramulu Thursday unveiled Bengaluru’s first electric bus which will run as a feeder service at Namma Metro stations and resolve last-mile connectivity problems faced by Metro passengers.
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) received the e-bus from Uttar Pradesh-based JBM Auto Limited. The nine-meter non-AC bus has a capacity of operating 120 km per single charge. Each e-bus will have a carrying capacity of 33 passengers.
The minister unveiled the first of the 90 electric buses to be leased by the National Thermal Power Corporation Vypar Vidyut Nigam. Sriramulu announced that the process to procure an additional 300 buses will be sped up in the coming days.
