EESL plans pan-India rollout of 9,500 electric vehicles
, ET Bureau|
Jan 10, 2018, 08.00 AM IST
NEW DELHI: State-run Energy Efficiency Services (EESL) is trying to rope in more states and make a pan-India roll out of 9,500 electric vehicles this year, as the first 500 cars are ready to be delivered in Delhi next week.
EESL in August last year floated a tender for 10,000 electric cars. The first part of this tender required 500 vehicles to be rolled out, while the remaining are to be delivered in the second phase of the tender. Only the first batch of cars was to be deployed in Delhi-NCR and the remaining 9,500 can be deployed in Delhi and any other state "We are actually planning to make it a pan-India rollout. Many states have evinced interest in our EV programme. Once we start the roll out at the NCR level, more states will follow," Saurabh Kumar, managing director, EESL, told ET.
The first batch of 500 electric sedans is ready to be delivered to the Central government around January 15 and the supporting charging infrastructure is in place, he said. Presently, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat are the states apart from Delhi who have come forward to be a part of the electric vehicle roll out in the second phase, Kumar said.
EESL is looking to approach more states for the second phase of the electric vehicles, the order for which should arrive by the second half of this year.
The first batch of electric vehicles was to be delivered to the government in November last year, but it was not possible because of miscalculation of time, Kumar said.
Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra had bagged the order to supply the lot of electric vehicles. For the second phase, EESL will again approach the companies next month, asking them to match the lowest price arrived at in the reverse bid.
Tata Motors, which emerged as the lowest bidder in the tender, quoted the price for its vehicle at Rs 11.2 lakh inclusive of GST. Mahindra & Mahindra, which was the second lowest bidder and quoted a price of around Rs 13 lakh per vehicle, later matched Tata Motor's quote.
"Tata Motors will anyway get 60% of the order, (as per the tender conditions). It's up to Mahindra to match the price or not, because supplying 150 cars and 4,000 cars are two different things," Kumar said.
Looking at the industry and government's interest in the segment, Kumar said that he wants to focus on the present tender at hand, while another tender for EVs may also be expected. "I hope the second tender to be at least the same size if not large. It all depends on how this shapes up and how the government decides to take this forward. Beyond this there needs to be some guidance. Industry is taking this very seriously," he said.
EESL in August last year floated a tender for 10,000 electric cars. The first part of this tender required 500 vehicles to be rolled out, while the remaining are to be delivered in the second phase of the tender. Only the first batch of cars was to be deployed in Delhi-NCR and the remaining 9,500 can be deployed in Delhi and any other state "We are actually planning to make it a pan-India rollout. Many states have evinced interest in our EV programme. Once we start the roll out at the NCR level, more states will follow," Saurabh Kumar, managing director, EESL, told ET.
The first batch of 500 electric sedans is ready to be delivered to the Central government around January 15 and the supporting charging infrastructure is in place, he said. Presently, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat are the states apart from Delhi who have come forward to be a part of the electric vehicle roll out in the second phase, Kumar said.
EESL is looking to approach more states for the second phase of the electric vehicles, the order for which should arrive by the second half of this year.
The first batch of electric vehicles was to be delivered to the government in November last year, but it was not possible because of miscalculation of time, Kumar said.
Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra had bagged the order to supply the lot of electric vehicles. For the second phase, EESL will again approach the companies next month, asking them to match the lowest price arrived at in the reverse bid.
Tata Motors, which emerged as the lowest bidder in the tender, quoted the price for its vehicle at Rs 11.2 lakh inclusive of GST. Mahindra & Mahindra, which was the second lowest bidder and quoted a price of around Rs 13 lakh per vehicle, later matched Tata Motor's quote.
"Tata Motors will anyway get 60% of the order, (as per the tender conditions). It's up to Mahindra to match the price or not, because supplying 150 cars and 4,000 cars are two different things," Kumar said.
Looking at the industry and government's interest in the segment, Kumar said that he wants to focus on the present tender at hand, while another tender for EVs may also be expected. "I hope the second tender to be at least the same size if not large. It all depends on how this shapes up and how the government decides to take this forward. Beyond this there needs to be some guidance. Industry is taking this very seriously," he said.
