February 2024 - THE ROAD AHEAD FOR PRIVATE ELECTRIC BUSES IN INDIA:

The authors would also like to express their gratitude for the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for commissioning the Council on Energy, Environment and Water as part of the Cleaner Air and Better Health (CABH) Project. [...] Under the modelled condition, charging Source: Author’s Analysis systems (chargers and the bus battery) are We find that for any given e-bus, the providing a rate of charge which achieves TCO varies according to the route length 95% SoC from 20% SoC in under 40 However, one of the issues with the We estimate the charging time needed on and vehicle utilisation, as they have a minutes for a 150 kWh. [...] The operational of e-buses on hilly routes and the impact routes across plains When the current 12m diesel bus models expenditure for the Mofussil route of terrain. [...] The high capital cost of the 95 per cent of the values diesel buses of the same size. [...] We find that charging cost has a Our analysis of the ownership model the tune of INR 0.5 - 2 crore over a 12-year lease model can effectively address the linear relationship with the total cost of shows that the down payment of an e-bus life of the bus; while fixing the operator's challenges of an ownership model.