Adani Enterprises, EKA, JBM, others in race to supply and run 4,588 E-buses
Adani Enterprises, EKA Mobility, JBM Ecolife, Greencell Mobility and Chartered Speed are among the frontrunners in the latest tender floated by state-run Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) for supplying, operating and maintaining electric buses under the Pradhan Mantri e-Bus Sewa Scheme.
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As many as 10 companies including four vehicle makers and half a dozen operators and aggregators bid for the tender for 4,588 buses, pegged at ₹8,000 crore, said people with knowledge of the matter.
The tender is the first of several scheduled to be floated by the government to deploy 10,000 electric buses under the PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme and support their operations over the coming decade. The total cost of the scheme is estimated at ₹57,613 crore.
The bids were opened on Thursday and will be awarded after due evaluation, said a senior official. «Financial bids have opened this week. They are being assessed,» the official told ET.
EKA, Greencell, JBM, Switch Mobility, Chartered Speed and PMI Electro Mobility didn't respond to queries.
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