Ashok Leyland subsidiary Optare PLC has received order for 31 units of Optare Metrodecker EV double-decker buses from Transport for London (TfL). The order is to be bought by Metroline which will be added to London’s fleet by next summer.
“Double-decker buses in London have been iconic and is a matter of prestige for the city. It is a moment of great pride not only for us but… Continue reading
One fine day Mr Gadkari, Indian Transport minister woke up from his slumber in August 2015 and decided that running electric buses would be cost effective and set about with the Indian Space Research Organization to deploy 15 buses on a pilot project. Possibly he believes that electric vehicles are rocket science and after the Agni Missile Programme, Moon Mission, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) , Mars Orbiter Mission the mission of making an electric Bus for the people of India should be the next biggest task assigned to India’s biggest Organization.
Now a Pilot project is a small scale preliminary study conducted in order to evaluate feasibility, time, cost, adverse events, and statistical variability in an attempt to study the design and its function prior to implementation of the Technology.
The problem is that the technology in question is 15 years old and…
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