PMI delivers 20 electric buses to Goa’s transport corporation

PMI has also established Electric Bus Depots that facilitates operations, management and maintainance of these buses, in order to provide hassle free commutation to tourists

Panaji- PMI Electro Mobility Ltd., has delivered 20 electric buses to Kadamba Transport Corporation. PMI is about to provide a total of 48 e- buses to KTCL by July 2023. The electric buses have a range of 180 km on a single charge and equipped with advance features such as air suspensions, real time diagnoises, CCTV cameras, panic buttons, automated digital fare collection systems etc.,

Adding on to this, PMI has also established Electric Bus Depots that facilitates operations, management and maintainance of these buses, in order to provide hassle free commutation to tourists.

The event was flagged off by the Chief Minister of Goa Dr. Pramod Sawant, and Shripad Y. Naik, Minister of State for Tourism and Ports, Mauvin Godinho, the Minister of Transport, Shri Vishwajit P. Rane, Hon’ble Minister for Urban Development and Health, Atanasio Monserrate, Minister for Revenue and Labour, and Ulhas Y. Tuenkar, Chairman, KTCL and MLA of Navelim were also present.

Satish Jain, Chairman, PMI Electro Mobility, said that, “through our electric buses, PMI will contribute towards making Goa’s public transport system cleaner, and help the state avoid more than 13,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions over 10 years in its journey towards clean mobility. Each electric bus will offer a range of 180 km on a single charge. “ Jain added, “PMI will operate and manage these buses with tech-enabled electric bus depots for efficient running of buses to provide citizens of Goa with reliable services. These e-bus depots will also help with regular maintenance of buses to ensure zero downtime.”