The electric bus manufacturer Olectra Greentech (OGL) and its sister company Evey Trans (EVEY) have received a letter of award from the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal for 350 electric buses.
The order is under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) Scheme for supply of 350 electric buses on gross cost contract (GCC)/OPEX model basis for a period of 12 years.
Evey Trans will procure these 350 electric buses from Olectra Greentech which will be delivered over a period of seven months.
The maintenance of these buses will also be undertaken by the company during the contract period.
With these, total electric buses to be delivered by OGL against the above and earlier orders are over 1,250.
OGL is already operating 150 buses in Pune, Maharashtra and with this new order, the fleet size will be 650 electric buses, which is the highest in the country.