How this company aims to change the face of public transport in India with its E-bus
3 years, 2 months ago

How this company aims to change the face of public transport in India with its E-bus

India TV News  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has repeatedly stressed the need for 'green projects'. From building green express highways to electric vehicles, Gadkari, the Road Transport and Highways Minister, is encouraging the use of environment-friendly technologies for development. Taking a cue from the Centre's push for sustainable development via green projects, Navrattan Group has taken up several projects ensuring minimum depletion of natural resources with an aim to preserve for the coming generations. "Giving back to nature and Mother Earth with cleaner and greener means of development is the only way of positive progression,"Himash Verma, Chairman, founder of Navrattan Group said. The E-Bus would be launched on Indian roads soon and the company aims to change the face of public transport in the country with it.

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Nitin Gadkari’s pilot project for Nagpur: ‘Air-plane like seating, bus hostess’
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Nitin Gadkari’s pilot project for Nagpur: ‘Air-plane like seating, bus hostess’

Hindustan Times  

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, announced on Tuesday that a pilot project is underway in Maharashtra's Nagpur involving a 132-seater bus with airplane-like seating and a “bus hostess”. Union minister Nitin Gadkari In an interview with NDTV, Gadkari expressed the government's ambition for India to transition from being a net energy importer to becoming a net …

Urban agenda | The nuts and bolts of e-bus rollout in India's smaller cities
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Urban agenda | The nuts and bolts of e-bus rollout in India's smaller cities

Hindustan Times  

With half of India’s population projected to live in cities by 2050, policy experts have been advocating increased investment in public transport for sustainable urbanisation. In a bid to fill this void, the Union government announced the PM-eBus Sewa scheme to provide 10,000 air-conditioned electric buses for tier-II and tier-III cities in a public-private partnership model. While the scheme may …

Electric buses will fuel India’s climate action
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Electric buses will fuel India’s climate action

Hindustan Times  

The Local Climate Action Summit held during COP28 has turned the spotlight on cities for accelerating progress on emission reduction. The scheme PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme puts into perspective the rising criticality of improving public transport infrastructure at the state level to make India a net zero economy by 2070. This e-bus scheme plans to add over 10,000 buses to …

Prepare for the future with a green mindset
1 year, 1 month ago

Prepare for the future with a green mindset

Hindustan Times  

Every time I see a green number plate on a vehicle around me in Maharashtra, I feel a sense of joy and pride like none other. The National Clean Air Programme to urban agglomerations, the 15th Finance Commission fund and the EV Policy helped urban local bodies across Maharashtra place large orders for electric buses to encourage rapid transition. As …

Cabinet decision to deploy 10,000 e-buses a pioneering step, say automakers
1 year, 4 months ago

Cabinet decision to deploy 10,000 e-buses a pioneering step, say automakers

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet’s decision to allocate ₹57,613 crore for deployment of 10,000 electric buses across major cities and Union Territories, hill states and the northeast region would take e-buses across India, companies manufacturing electric buses said. By embracing sustainable mobility, India reinforces its commitment to environmental stewardship, climate change mitigation, and the well-being of its people, illustrating that a greener …

Gadkari shares an update on work done on Telangana-Andhra highway. Details here
2 years, 9 months ago

Gadkari shares an update on work done on Telangana-Andhra highway. Details here

Live Mint  

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari shared an update on the progress of the work done on the National Highway which connects the ports of Andhra Pradesh with Telangana. “This 59 km stretch is crucial to provide seamless connectivity and boost export of products from Telangana through the ports in Andhra Pradesh,” Nitin Gadkari wrote on Twitter. …

India Looking For Mass Electric Vehicle Technology to Build in the Country: Gadkari
2 years, 9 months ago

India Looking For Mass Electric Vehicle Technology to Build in the Country: Gadkari

News 18  

India is looking for an electricity-based technology for mass rapid transportation that is cost-effective and such as can be made in the country, Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said. Some of the US companies have also approached him with the technology, he said in his address on Rebuilding Infrastructure for India 2.0', a part of Reimagining India 2.0 series'. We …

‘More electric vehicles than conventional ones by 2050’: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 4 months ago

‘More electric vehicles than conventional ones by 2050’: Nitin Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

By 2050, there will likely be more electric vehicles than conventional ones in India, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday, expecting advances in technology and gains from the government’s efforts to build up a domestic renewable automotive industry to begin paying off. Gadkari said batteries were the most important component of an electric vehicle and …

Ashok Leyland and Hitachi ABB Power Grids Team up with IIT Madras for e-Bus Pilot Run
4 years ago

Ashok Leyland and Hitachi ABB Power Grids Team up with IIT Madras for e-Bus Pilot Run

News 18  

Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Ashok Leyland and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras for an e-mobility pilot. The e-bus, which will incorporate Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ flash-charging technology – Grid-eMotionTM Flash, will be provided by India’s largest bus manufacturer, Ashok Leyland. “We need to have all hands on …

India Can Become Largest EV Market in World, Reduce Cost to Increase Sales: Nitin Gadkari to OEMs
4 years, 1 month ago

India Can Become Largest EV Market in World, Reduce Cost to Increase Sales: Nitin Gadkari to OEMs

News 18  

Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways & MSME, Govt of India, today said that the government is working towards making India a global automobile manufacturing hub in the next five years. Addressing the virtual ‘Electric Mobility Conference 2020’, organized by FICCI Karnataka State Council, Gadkari said, “The future is very bright and India has the potential to become …

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