New Delhi: India’s surface mobility brand, Zingbus, has partnered with the National Highways for Electric Vehicles (NHEV) an EoDB pilot initiative, for a joint e-mobility project aiming to help the private diesel bus operators convert to accepting and working with electric vehicles.
Zingbus, places a comparison exercise between electric buses and diesel buses. By deploying a successful pilot, Zingbus expects the vehicles’ to be more profitable with a 15-20% decrease in the running cost.
NHEV and Zingbus together will build the confidence of private operators to accelerate their transition to buying electric buses with enablers like Roadside Assistance (RSA), Battery-as-a-Subscription(BaaS), 30% Lesser upfront cost and Minimum Guaranteed(MG) bookings from the tourism industry.
Speaking on this joint initiative, Prashant Kumar, CEO and Co-Founder, Zingbus, highlighted – “The transportation industry is undergoing a major revolution, driven by the need to transition towards a cleaner and more sustainable future. Electric mobility has emerged as a promising solution, particularly for the public transportation sector. Today, the biggest segment of the intercity bus travel domain is the diesel bus fleet owned by private players. Their confidence towards electric buses is way lower; henceforth, Zingbus has deployed this operational pilot to turn them towards accepting the affordability and profitability of EVs.
Abhijeet Sinha, National Project Director, NHEV, reflecting on the project, stated – “This partnership with NHEV will enable Zingbus to bring diesel bus owners into electric bus operations by taking away operational uncertainties and providing opportunities to buy electric buses at 30% lesser upfront cost as buses are delivered with batteries on a subscription model, owned by its operator. NHEV will off-take charging infrastructure setup and operation costs from its Bus fleet operators, a major hurdle today, and proven to be an additional capital cost for private bus owners who wish to buy E-busses.”
He added that this partnership will bring ease of doing business for diesel bus owners to switch to electric and translate its actual lower running cost to passenger tickets with higher amenities and encourage customers to use global standard clean public transport.
