Electric Bus In Bangalore - All You Need To Know

Kaustubh Katdare · 2013-12-05T20:36:27+00:00

Bangalore's traffic may soon become more bearable with lesser pollution, because zero emission electric buses will soon have their own share in Bangalore's traffic. BMTC aka Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation is currently testing 'Made In China' electric buses. BYD (Build Your Dreams) K9 bus is currently waiting for an approval for road test from the officials in a bus depot. TheNewIndianExpress reports that BMTC officials will test run the K9 buses for a period of 3 months before making a decision to purchase these buses in bulk. BYD, the Chinese company manufactures K9 electric buses. The bus can cover ~250 km on a single charge under typical city driving conditions. The weight of the bus is about 18 tons and houses four Ferrous batteries, each with a capacity of 540 volts. The batteries take about 6 hours to go from zero to 100% charge, so that can be charged overnight. There are several advantages of the electric buses. The K9 will operate at Rs. 4 per km on city roads and are typically zero maintenance. These buses are low noise buses and are designed for comfort. One of our main complaints about buses made in India is that they don't even consider disabled people. The K9 buses have a special wheelchair ramp for those who need it and are fully air conditioned. We learn that there's solar charging option available but couldn't locate detailed information about it. Do let us know your opinion about electric buses. Do you think electric buses will make people use public transport more over their own vehicles? Source: #-Link-Snipped-#

Electric Bus In Bangalore - All You Need To Know

Kaustubh Katdare

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Updated: Oct 19, 2024

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Bangalore's traffic may soon become more bearable with lesser pollution, because zero emission electric buses will soon have their own share in Bangalore's traffic. BMTC aka Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation is currently testing 'Made In China' electric buses. BYD (Build Your Dreams) K9 bus is currently waiting for an approval for road test from the officials in a bus depot. TheNewIndianExpress reports that BMTC officials will test run the K9 buses for a period of 3 months before making a decision to purchase these buses in bulk.

BYD, the Chinese company manufactures K9 electric buses. The bus can cover ~250 km on a single charge under typical city driving conditions. The weight of the bus is about 18 tons and houses four Ferrous batteries, each with a capacity of 540 volts. The batteries take about 6 hours to go from zero to 100% charge, so that can be charged overnight.

There are several advantages of the electric buses. The K9 will operate at Rs. 4 per km on city roads and are typically zero maintenance. These buses are low noise buses and are designed for comfort. One of our main complaints about buses made in India is that they don't even consider disabled people. The K9 buses have a special wheelchair ramp for those who need it and are fully air conditioned. We learn that there's solar charging option available but couldn't locate detailed information about it.

Do let us know your opinion about electric buses. Do you think electric buses will make people use public transport more over their own vehicles?

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Vikram S Bargah

Member • Feb 27, 2014

Good News for Bangalore People!!!!
Now Bangalore will run on environment friendly bus.
BMTC has launched its first ELECTRIC BUS yesterday. Inaugurated by Hon'ble Minister for Transport Sh. Ramalinga Reddy.

Silent Features of E Bus are:

Present Operating Route: Kempe Gowda bus depot to Kadugodi
Passenger Seating Capacity: 31 Seats - Air conditioned Coach
Facility of Wheel Chair Bound passangers
Can run upto 250km on Full Battery Charge.
On case of emergency small hammer are attached next to the windows of every row
Two sliding doors, Two Roof Hatches, Two CCTV Cameras
Fire Detection System.
Manufactured by : BYD Auto

BMTC said that it'll use the electric bus on free trial basis for first three months and, based on the success of the operations, it will be expanding the services.

This shows that the government bodies has started working on eco friendly technologies.

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Ankita Katdare

Administrator • Feb 27, 2014

This is really great. 👍
I think that a range of 250 km is quite practical for buses. When it comes to electric vehicles, the major challenge faced is what they call 'Range anxiety'.
Most public transport buses are out on the road for twelve hours or sometimes even more in a day. India does not have charging station facilities either.

BYD (Build Your Dreams) Auto - the company that's manufacturing electric buses worldwide must have done its official entry in India through Bangalore.

I wonder if any Indian companies are considering to manufacture such vehicles. ☕

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Feb 27, 2014

Update:

The first bus has officially been commissioned to run on Bangalore Roads. The fare for travel from Majestic to Kadugodi is Rs. 80. The charging point for the bus is at Majestic and it's expected that the BMTC will launch a few more buses covering the airport route as well.

As we wrote in our article earlier - the bus will do about 250 km once the battery is fully charged - making it ideal to run on city roads. The battery takes about 6 hours to charge.

The cost of the bus itself is Rs. 2.7 crore; but note that this is one of its kind and the first one in India. BMTC might sign up the deal with BYD - the Chinese makers of this bus for bulk purchase.

If you happen to travel in any of these buses; do share the photos of bus interiors 😀

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Feb 27, 2014

Merged all the similar discussions.

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Vikram S Bargah

Member • Feb 27, 2014

Kaustubh Katdare
Update:

The cost of the bus itself is Rs. 2.7 crore;
The price difference between the BYD Coaches & Volvo Coaches is b/w 80 Lacs - 1 Cr but, the running cost of e buses would be somewhere between Rs.7-8 /Km as compared to Rs 14/Km for Diesel Vehicles. This will Surely gonna reduce the cost per passenger for BMTC.

Source: BMTC MD's Interview.

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Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

Member • Feb 28, 2014

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Do let us know your opinion about electric buses. Do you think electric buses will make people use public transport more over their own vehicles?

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Specs looks great but can this type of buses run on rural roads without any probs. @#-Link-Snipped-# What iis the top speed and if avilable please post us tech specs of K9 bus

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Vikram S Bargah

Member • Feb 28, 2014

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Specs looks great but can this type of buses run on rural roads without any probs. @#-Link-Snipped-# What iis the top speed and if avilable please post us tech specs of K9 bus
According to BMTC this vehicle is on trial basis for first three months. During which it will be tested on actual ground & will be checking its feasibility.
Well as far as speed it is concerned it is very much similar to its VOLVO Counterparts.

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Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

Member • Mar 1, 2014

Vikram S Bargah
According to BMTC this vehicle is on trial basis for first three months. During which it will be tested on actual ground & will be checking its feasibility.
Well as far as speed it is concerned it is very much similar to its VOLVO Counterparts.
Thanks for info

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