𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐢 flagged off 200 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐁𝐌 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 under the 𝐏𝐌 𝐞-𝐁𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐰𝐚 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞, marking 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 in India’s public mobility transition. The rollout allocates 100 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢, 50 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐫, and 50 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐮𝐫, taking JBM’s operational electric bus 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 3,200 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞.
The 9-metre low-floor AC buses are designed for intra-city mobility and include 𝐂𝐂𝐓𝐕 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲-𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬. Charging and depot infrastructure is being developed across the three cities to support operations, while the scheme itself forms part of India’s broader objective to electrify public transport and reduce urban emissions
𝐇𝐄𝐕’𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬:
This deployment highlights how India’s EV narrative is shifting from pilot-scale experimentation to network-level electrification. The PM e-Bus Sewa Scheme aims to bring electric mobility to cities that historically lacked organised bus services, making electrification as much a public infrastructure story as a technology story.
