The Adani Group Will Electrify Intra-City Transport With E-bus Supplies

Adani Enterprises has entered the electric mass mobility market, bidding on the current tender issued by state-owned Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) for 3,600 electric buses.

Adani Enterprises, EKA Mobility, and CESL did not respond to ET’s inquiries by press time Thursday.

According to people familiar with the matter, Adani Enterprises is the principal partner in the consortium that has bid to supply electric buses for intra-city operations.

According to the individual, the Centre is mulling incentives of INR 24-27 per kilometre for electric buses under this plan.

The government plans to deploy 10,000 electric buses worth INR 57,613 crore across 169 cities using a public-private partnership model under the PM e-bus Sewa Scheme,

According to industry estimates, INR 1.2-1.5 lakh crore of capital will be required to deploy 100,000 electric buses on the country’s roads.