Goldstone Infratech Limited (GIL), manufacturing 100 per cent electric buses and listed on Indian stock exchanges, has announced the completion of 1,00,000 km run on its fully Electric Buses in India. The company has completed 50,000 kms of commercial run on Indian roads, in Mumbai and Himachal, and additional 50,000 kms under trial run in various cities including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Goa, Rajkot, Chandigarh and Delhi.
“We are delighted to complete this milestone and would like to thank the State Governments in adopting this clean new energy, 100% electric buses in their fleet. We see a lot of excitement among state governments to embrace electrical buses for public transportation and are confident of crossing the next 1,00,000-km milestone within the first few months of 2018”, said Mr. N K Rawal, MD, GIL.
With this announcement, GIL becomes the first company to have achieved this milestone of crossing 1,00,000 km run for electric buses in the country. As per estimates, every 10,000 km run of electric vehicles reduces 10.2 tonne of tail-pipe carbon (CO2) emission in the environment, in addition to substantial saving of Rs 19 per km (on net basis) in fuel cost.
“GIL’s fully Electric buses are successfully plying commercially on the Himachal Roadway’s route of Manali-Rohtangpass and on busy local routes by BEST. The company has also completed trials of its electrical buses in various states including Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Rajkot and Chandigarh and we are keen to serve in the fleets of State Transport Units and participate in the Smart Cities program announced by the government”, said Mr. Rawal.
GIL is the first company to have bagged orders of 31 buses and successfully delivered 100 per cent electric buses to two state transport units (STUs), Himachal Roadways and Transport Corporation (HRTC) and to BrihanMumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST). The company has successfully completed over 22,000 km commercial run in the Himachal sector including the Manali-Rohtangpass route at an altitude of 13,000 ft which is the steepest gradient for any electrical bus to operate in the World and 28,000 km run on busy local routes in Mumbai.
The company has two range of buses, eBuzz K7 (9 mtr) and eBuzz K9 (12 mtr), and is adding a range of other buses in its portfolio based on customer requirements. All GIL buses are manufactured in India in technical collaboration with BYD of China. BYD is the World’s largest electrical vehicle manufacturer and has a large range of Electrical buses, cars and trucks that are successfully operating in many countries across the globe.
GIL buses are 100% electrical, zero emission, capable of seating 31 passengers in eBuzz K7 and 39 passengers in eBuzz K9 and covers up to 250 km @70 kmph on a single complete charge that takes about 4 hours. GIL is the first Company to receive Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) certification for its Electric Buses in the country.