Convergence Energy Services floats biggest ever tender for electric buses
Convergence Energy Services (CESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), on Thursday announced the floating of a request for proposal for the biggest-ever demand for electric buses (e-buses) under the Grand Challenge scheme.
Through the Rs 5,450-crore tender, CESL aims to deploy 5,450 single-decker buses and 130 double-decker buses. It will include a set of homogenised demand for e-buses aggregated across five major cities.
From working on financing electric vehicles (EVs) and setting up a charging infrastructure (infra) to floating tenders for EVs, the EESL subsidiary has been playing a pivotal role in pushing electrification in the public transport space. EESL recently closed a tender for 150,000 electric three-wheelers, at prices 18-20 per cent lower than the retail price.
