Tata Motors has launched a fully electric bus and a hybrid one with prices ranging from Rs 1.60 million and Rs 20.0 million. The company, which is leader in the commercial vehicles space in the country with a market share of around 45 per cent is also producing the vehicle in LNG as fuel. The company also has plans to produce a bus with fuel cell technology and electric versions of its light commercial vehicles SuperAce, Magic and Magic Iris.
The company has already received order for 25 units of Starbus Hybrid buses from MMRDA Mumbai and deliveries would commence in first quarter of 2017-18. The company currently designs, develops and manufactures buses in Pune, Dharwad, Pantnagar and Lucknow. It also has a joint venture with Marcopolo of Brazil for fully built bus solutions. It also has an partnership with ACGL of Goa for bus bodies.
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