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Power Ministry urged all ministries to deploy EVs into the fleet of official vehicles

EESL through CESL has received an aggregated demand of 930 numbers of electric 4 Wheelers (e4Ws) from various Government departments at the Central and State levels.

Power Ministry urged all ministries to deploy EVs into the fleet of official vehicles
CESL floated a unified tender on 20th January 2022 towards the aggregation of e-buses./Reuters Image

New Delhi: Ministry of Power has requested all the Ministries in the Government of India and the State Governments to join the initiative on transformative electric mobility and advise their respective Departments to shift their fleet of official vehicles from the present Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) based Vehicles to Electric Vehicles.

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) through its wholly-owned subsidiary CESL (Convergence Energy Services Limited), undertook consultations with State Transport Utilities (STUs), State Governments, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), NITI Aayog, etc. to aggregate demand of 5,450 buses for deployment on Operating expenses (OPEX) basis across 9 major cities in India (having population over 4 million). 

CESL floated a unified tender on 20th January 2022 towards the aggregation of e-buses. In respect of Electric 3 Wheelers (E3W), CESL has floated a tender to aggregate demand for one lakh E3W as per the modified Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles (FAME) Phase-II scheme. The aggregation of E3W has resulted in a price reduction of up to 22% in comparison to the retail segment.

EESL through CESL has received an aggregated demand of 930 numbers of electric 4 Wheelers (e4Ws) from various Government departments at the Central and State levels. Further, 25,000 electric two-wheelers have been aggregated for Government employees of Andhra Pradesh. Also, CESL has aggregated demand of 82,000 electric three-wheelers of various categories. EESL has decided that it would do aggregation of demand only and would not get into financing the EVs in any capacity.

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