GreenCell Mobility to deploy the first intercity e-bus for MSRTC on 1st June – EQ Mag Pro
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50 buses will be deployed soon on four Intercity routes under MSRTC
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3,743 tons of CO2 zero tailpipe emissions avoided over lifetime of these buses
Starting June 1st, these electric buses, dubbed ‘Shivai’ will be introduced across the state in stages. GreenCell Mobility, offering electric mobility as service platform, would run the first intercity e-bus for Maharashtra Regional State Transport (MSRTC) from the city. Marking the commemoration day of MSRTC’s foundation, the bus would be running on the Pune- Ahmednagar route.
GreenCell Mobility would be deploying 50 such electric buses for intercity travel across Maharashtra for MSRTC in the cities of Pune, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Nasik and Solapur soon. GreenCell Mobility will create ‘green routes’ with Twelve-meter buses in the state; over time 10 buses will ply between Pune and Aurangabad as an extension of the Pune- Ahmednagar route; while 12 buses will run on the Pune – Kolhapur route; 18 buses will operate between Pune – Nasik and 10 buses between Pune- Solapur.
Ashok Agarwal, MD& CEO, GreenCell Mobility, on the occasion said,” With these e-bus the aim is to promote green and sustainable public transport in the state. We are very happy to partner MSRTC in this effort and look forward to providing passengers with a comfortable, safer, and greener way of travel.”