• The tender was launched under the government's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' initiative to run 100% electric buses and envisage reducing operational costs for cities
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Power and Heavy Industries, Krishan Pal Gurjar on Monday released India's largest electric bus tender case study, 'The Grand Challenges for Electric Bus Deployment: Outcomes and Lessons for Future' at India Energy Week 2023.
The case study highlights key learnings from the largest and most comprehensive electric bus program ever undertaken, and was undertaken jointly by CESL, WRI India, the World Bank and others.
“The tender was launched under the government's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' initiative to envision 100% electric buses to run and reduce operational costs for cities. Evolving as a platform for city bus modernisation, the Grand Challenges also removed barriers to procurement of e-buses by State Transport Undertakings (STUs), established best in class practices and operational standards, and enabled operational and passenger capacity," CESL said in a statement.
Following the success of the Grand Challenge, CESL partnered with the think tank to prepare a roadmap for launching the National Electric Bus Program - a nationwide rollout program to deploy 50,000 electric buses. The company said that NEBP aims to bring about a paradigm shift in public fleet management of STUs.
Vishal Kapoor, MD & CEO, CESL, said, “This Grand Challenge tender is the result of efforts by multiple agencies including STUs, OEMs, financiers, NITI Aayog, Ministries and Transport Departments.”
Kapoor said it is one of the largest eBus schemes in the world, built on an innovative asset-light model that enables STUs to be deployed on a large scale and at a low cost. "This landmark event will contribute to the Prime Minister's goal of making India a global leader in the fight against climate change and encourage a rapid shift to green mobility across the country."
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