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Mumbai is the second city in the state to where electric buses run after Nagpur. The BEST wants to shift from compressed natural gas (CNG) to electric to go green in the long run even as the move would reduce the CNG expenses. An electric bus can run for 200 km.”Mumbai is the second city in the state to where electric buses run after Nagpur.” He further added, “So you will have a bus from Goregoan station to Aarey Colony and further down to Andheri station.
The Nagpur mid drive electric bike manufacturers venture was backed by Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who hails from the city.The total fleet of the undertaking is has diminished from 4,500 to a little over 3,200, but depending on the success of the SoBo buses, the BEST plans to make the shift to feeder routes from the stations further into Mumbai.Addition to best’s fleet An electric bus can run for 200 kmIt can run for 40 hours once chargedThe electric buses won’t have air-condition facilityTwo more electric buses will be added next month.
The buses will run on ring routes such as CST-Nariman Point and the 138 Ferry Wharf end-of best, nitin gadkari. Mumbai: If the electric buses prove successful, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) will consider buying more buses and use them in the suburbs too, which are usually on feeder routes that connect localities to railway stations. An official said, “Since the bus is new and it has only one charging centre at Back Bay, it is limited; but the eventual plan is to run these buses through all the 26 depots in the city
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