Olectra Greentech's E-buses
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off 150 electric buses on Sunday for public transport in Pune.
PM Modi also inaugurated a state-of-the-art electric bus depot and charging station in Pune’s Baner locality in Maharashtra. The buses have been manufactured by Hyderabad-based e-buses company Olectra Green.
The company said in a statement that it currently operates 150 e-buses in the city for the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML).
Apart from Pune, Olectra Green, which is a part of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, has operations in Surat, Mumbai, Silvassa, Goa, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Dehradun.
The statement said that transport orgainsations were willing to add to their fleet of electric buses as the response from commuters in multiple cities was high-spirited.
K V Pradeep, Chairman and Managing Director of Olectra Greentech Ltd said, “Olectra is proud to add another 150 fleet of electric buses in Pune city to the current fleet of 150 buses. Olectra is committed to reduce carbon emissions through an efficient electric public transport system.”
The buses have a seating capacity for 33 passengers and are air-conditioned. Measuring 12 meters in length, the buses also have CCTV cameras for security of commuters. They also have an emergency button and USB sockets for each seat.
The buses also have a regenerative braking system which allows it to recover part of the kinetic energy lost in braking.
The Lithium-ion battery run buses can run for about 200 kilometers on a single charge, the company said. The data was based on traffic and passenger load conditions, it said.
The high power AC and DC charging system enables the battery to fully recharge in three to four hours, it added.
Notably, PM Modi also inaugurated a 12 km stretch of the Pune Metro Rail Project in the city, earlier in the day.
