TNPSC Thervupettagam

Private Maintained e-buses

October 6 , 2019 1866 days 1336 0
  • All 525 electric buses to be soon operated in Tamil Nadu will be owned and run by a private bidder.
  • They will not be operated by State Transport Corporations (STC).
  • There will be no outright bus purchase by the state government.
  • Instead a gross cost contract (GCC) will be signed between STCs and the successful bidder.
  • FAME-II (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) mandates a GCC to be signed between the respective state transport corporation and the operator (successful bidder).
  • Tamil Nadu has eight STCs, including MTC, Chennai.
  • The cost of maintenance for electric buses is much lower than diesel ones. Energy consumption cost is `25/km for diesel buses and `7/km for e-buses.

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