Electric Vehicles adoption gets a major boost on ‘World Environment Day’

The Zero Emission electric bus was unveiled by Ananth Geete, Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.

With a distinction of being the 1st Electric Feeder Bus in the country, the 18-seater Goldstone-BYD eBuzz K6 zero emission electric vehicle are manufactured in India by Goldstone Infratech Ltd in a strategic tie-up with BYD Auto Industry Co. Ltd – world’s largest electric vehicle company. First five of these eBuzz K6 buses shall be exported to Nepal before being introduced in India and later will be exported to other neighbouring countries. These electric buses will serve Lumbini tourism lines.

Naga Satyam, Executive Director – Goldstone Infratech Ltd said, “Goldstone-BYD has been spearheading the electric vehicle adoption in the country. Our focus has not only been to ‘Make in India’ but also ‘Made for India’ to meet the requirements of our diversity in the landscapes and terrains of the country. We have covered significant ground in meeting the requirements of several states in the country and being the supplier of choice for Mumbai, Himachal Pradesh, Bangalore, Hyderabad, amongst other states.”

Zhang Jie, Executive Director, BYD India, said, “We are encouraged by the quality of electric buses that are being manufactured in India by Goldstone and these manufacturing facilities in India will be used for export to SAARC Countries. ‘eBuzz K6’to be supplied to Nepal is a step in that direction. We are committed to making vehicles that are not only environment friendly but also help in greatly reducing the carbon footprint.”

eBuzz K6 which can consistently run at 80 km/h can be driven up to 200 km in a single charge and the battery can be quickly charged within 3-4 hours through 3 Phase AC Charging. Goldstone Infratech Ltd has supplied 25 electric buses to HRTC and 6 electric buses to BEST. Recently, Goldstone-BYD emerged as the winner for the bids to supply Electric Buses to Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad cities for tendered quantity of 290 electric buses which is the largest number for any Electric Bus manufacturer in the country.