2/7/2019
PUNE: The
public sector Kerala Automobiles Limited’s (KAL) plant at Aralumoodu, near
Neyyattinkara, here will commence manufacture of electric buses for the Kerala
State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) in nine months.The e-buses are being manufactured by entering into an
agreement with Swiss e-bus manufacturer HESS.
MoU
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the ‘Evolve:
Kerala mobility conference and expo’ in the presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan in Kochi on June 29.
“The plan is to manufacture the e-buses initially needed for
the KSRTC. The State transport undertaking needs 3,000 e-buses,” Chairman of
KAL Karamana Hari and Managing Director A. Shajahan told a press conference.
It
is the first time that the State PSU is venturing into the manufacture of
e-buses with tie-up with a European company. The aim of stepping into production of e-vehicles with the
commercial production of electric three-wheeler was to migrate as automobile
manufacturer of the new era, he said. The Chief Minister will kick off the
commercial production of ‘Kerala Neem G,’ the three-seater environmental
friendly autorickshaw being manufactured by KAL, on July 10.
Vijayan will also inaugurate the modernised machine shop that
has been set up on the KAL premises at ₹7 crore. KAL has secured the nod from
Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) for the three-wheeler
e-auto. The KAL chairman and Managing Director says 8,000 e-autos will be
rolled out from the Aralumoodu plant.
The running cost per km
will come to 50 paise, lower than the Rs 1.30- Rs.1.40 a km for petrol/diesel-powered vehicles.e months. The e-buses are being manufactured by entering into an
agreement with Swiss e-bus manufacturer HESS.
MoU
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the ‘Evolve:
Kerala mobility conference and expo’ in the presence of Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan in Kochi on June 29.
“The plan is to manufacture the e-buses initially needed for
the KSRTC. The State transport undertaking needs 3,000 e-buses,” Chairman of
KAL Karamana Hari and Managing Director A. Shajahan told a press conference. It
is the first time that the State PSU is venturing into the manufacture of
e-buses with tie-up with a European company.
The aim of stepping into production of e-vehicles with the
commercial production of electric three-wheeler was to migrate as automobile
manufacturer of the new era, he said. The Chief Minister will kick off the
commercial production of ‘Kerala Neem G,’ the three-seater environmental
friendly autorickshaw being manufactured by KAL, on July 10.
Vijayan will also inaugurate the modernised machine shop that
has been set up on the KAL premises at ₹7 crore. KAL has secured the nod from
Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) for the three-wheeler
e-auto. The KAL chairman and Managing Director says 8,000 e-autos will be
rolled out from the Aralumoodu plant.
The running cost per km
will come to 50 paise, lower than the Rs 1.30- Rs.1.40 a km for petrol/diesel-powered vehicles.
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