Switch Mobility to deliver electric buses to JSW for employee transportation.

Electric bus manufacturer Switch Mobility has partnered with JSW Steel to deliver electric buses for employee transportation in India. As per the partnership terms, Switch Mobility will deliver 71 electric buses to JSW Steel for employee transportation at the Vijayanagar plant.

Switch Mobility will operate, maintain, and oversee entire operations, including the setting-up of charging infrastructure and requisite maintenance efficacy, over a 12-year contract period. The first set of electric buses were flagged-off by Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, and Managing Director - JSW Group of companies, and Mahesh Babu, Global CEO of SWITCH Mobility Ltd.

The company will deliver SWITCH EiV 12 electric bus, which features customer-centric offerings on technology and employee comfort while being contemporary and futuristic. SWITCH EiV 12 is embedded with proprietary, connected technology solutions, ‘SWITCH iON’, enabling remote, real-time diagnostics and monitoring services, as well as world-class digital battery management tools. The EV architecture of the EiV platform is common with the European SWITCH e1 bus.

The buses are also equipped with a new generation of highly efficient, modular batteries with advanced lithium-ion NMC chemistry, specially formulated for the Indian market and climatic conditions. The electric drivetrains and batteries are calibrated to ensure superior efficiency with long battery life, delivering a lower total cost of ownership in the market.

Mahesh Babu, Global CEO – SWITCH Mobility Ltd, said, “The private bus market in India, is one of the key transportation markets in the country constituting 70% market share, of which the private electric bus market is expected to be valued at ₹60 billion in the next five years. With the positive reception to SWITCH EiV 12, we are pleased to enter the employee transportation space and be a part of the sustainability journey with JSW Steel. This partnership with JSW is an important milestone for SWITCH Mobility, as we deliver our first and largest private bus order in the country. I would like to thank the management of JSW for their trust in our SWITCH products. We are in talks with more corporates across the country who are showing keen interest to join hands in this sustainable journey’’.

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