Amul celebrates India’s first electric double-decker bus

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Dairy brand Amul always plays a significant role, as a way to celebrate or pay tribute to people, occasions, events and achievements. As India propelled its first-ever Double-Decker electric bus, the country’s oldest dairy firm celebrated this proud moment through the famous ‘utterly-butterfly girl cartoon. In a portrait shared on Amul’s official Twitter page, the logo of Amul is a girl who can be seen with an electrified sandwich in front of a double-decker bus.

In response to Twitter, Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray acknowledged the Dairy brand. He wrote, ”Thank you Amul_Coop for this wonderful one on the double-decker electric bus we brought to Mumbai’s BestBuy,”. With a subaquatic metro rail in Kolkata, a sea-plane craft service in Ahmedabad and now it’s the time for the first electric double-decker bus in Mumbai, the Indian transportation sector is reaching new summits.

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Thursday, inaugurated India’s first AC double-decker electric bus in Mumbai. Gadkari, grabbed his Twitter page to write about Ushering Sustainable Revolution, in which he said that it gives him immense pleasure to launch the Ashok Leyland’s Electric Double-Decker Bus in Mumbai today.” The minister also added saying that the ingenuity will give an energetic boost to the defensible transport sector.

Gadkari added that the government’s vision and strategies are reassuring towards EV adoption with growing consumer demand for greener solutions. The electric double-decker, Manufactured by Switch Mobility Ltd has more capacity and can carry nearly twice the number of seated travellers as matched single-decker buses.

The electric bus has a fashionable design with feel-good interiors and exteriors. With wide front and rear doors, two staircases and an emergency door, the bus boats of the latest safety standards. It is also said that the fully air-conditioned bus can hold 65 passengers.

A 231-kWh capacity battery will charge the electric double-decker bus equipped with a dual gun charging system. Travellers can book seats using the BEST Chalo App and regular passengers can also get scheduled passes. The service will have a smaller number of stops during peak hours to ensure a suave and hassle-free ride for customers.

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