After scooters, electric buses are India’s next big focus when it comes to accelerating the country’s slow shift to cleaner transport.
Auto manufacturers are getting on board. Ashok Leyland Ltd., the flagship company of conglomerate Hinduja Group, broke ground last month on a manufacturing plant for electric commercial vehicles in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The Chennai-based firm says the facility will have an initial capacity of 2,500 vehicles with production climbing to 5,000 annually over the next decade. It should be ready to start operations by the end of 2025.
