Ashok Leyland arm bags 500 e-buses order from Chennai MTC

Ashok Leyland's subsidiary OHM Global Mobility secures order for 500 electric buses from MTC Chennai, enhancing city's transport system.

Ashok Leyland (ALL) announced that its subsidiary OHM Global Mobility has bagged an order for 500 units of 12-m ultra-low floor electric buses from the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), Chennai.

While 400 of these buses will be non-AC, 100 buses will be equipped with air conditioning.

With a range of over 200 kilometers per charge, these buses are ideal for Chennai’s long city routes, said the leading commercial vehicle manufacturer in a statement.

OHM is ALL’s is the electric mobility arm focused on Mobility-as-a-Service business, while Switch Mobility, another subsidiary of ALL, will supply Switch EiV12 model buses to OHM. The latter in turn will operate and maintain the buses over a period of 12 years, as per the contract awarded by MTC.

“We are committed to driving the transition to electric mobility, and this partnership with MTC is a step forward in creating cleaner, more efficient transport systems. Switch already has over 950 vehicles in operation and with this order has a healthy order book of over 2,000 vehicles,” said Ashok Leyland MD & CEO Shenu Agarwal.

The Switch EiV12 is powered by a robust 650V electric architecture and features IP67-rated batteries. It is fully wheelchair accessible.