The Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani flagged-off Olectra Electric bus trial run on Saturday, 12th December.
The company supplied 150 9-Meter Air-Conditioned buses to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in a phased manner. Olectra is also going to supply 25 buses to Silvasa.
The trial run of these buses is scheduled next week.
Olectra Greentech has an order book of 775 buses under FAME-II from various states. These buses are to be supplied in a phased manner.
Olectra has delivered over 280 buses to various states as of now. Electric buses have completed over two crore Kms on Indian roads and have reduced CO2 emissions of around 13000 tonnes till now, which would have required one lakh trees instead.
Olectra bus has a record of travelling high hill terrain, Manali to Rohtang pass, and enters the Limca Book of Records.
Olectra Greentech limited is the major player in the sector and grabbed about 20 per cent of the sanctioned 5595 buses under FAME-II, said the company in a statement.