Switch Mobility — the EV arm of Ashok Leyland — is expecting e-bus volumes in the country to triple next year from current levels as various state transport undertakings (STUs), road transport corporations and private bus operators look to take the electric mobility route, a senior company official said.
On Thursday, the UK-based step-down subsidiary of the company launched the country’s first electric double-decker bus EiV22 in Mumbai. It can ferry nearly twice the number of seated passengers as a comparable single-decker bus with just 18 per cent increase in kerb weight. Depending on the battery and vehicle specifications, each EiV22 will cost at least Rs 2 crore.
