Tag: kerala state road transport corporation

As part of the government’s green initiative, the union ministry to encourage electric vehicles on roads. It was announced by Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Road Transport in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha. Electric bus introduced by KSRTC The ministry also plan to grand driving license to children in the age group of 16-18 years, mainly school/ tuition students, to drive gearless E-scooters/ Bikes up to 4.0 KW. A policy on charging infrastructure has been issued by Ministry of Power which clarifies that charging electric vehicles will be a service, not a sale of electricity. ... Read more

Photo courtesy: Syed Shiyaz Mirza The first electric bus of KSRTC will be launched on 18th June 2018. The trial run will be at Trivandrum for 15 days. Later it will be extended to Kochi and Calicut. Gold Stone Infratech Ltd, Secunderabad is the manufactures of the bus. Their BYD K9 model of the e-bus is opted by KSRTC. It is a 40 seater bus with modern amenities like CCTV camera, GPS and other entertainment facilities. These buses have already been in the fleet of Andhara Pradesh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana public transports. Buses are manufactured with the technological ... Read more