BMTC | Bangalore Metropolitan Bus Transport Corporation Updates

[skysun]

These are facts .. If you can tell me if anything is wrong, I'm ready to apologise...

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[prasai1991]

Originally Posted by skysun

These are facts .. If you can tell me if anything is wrong, I'm ready to apologise...

Anyway, I just deleted this post and all such similar posts...

You can deleted the quoted content too - if you feel that it's offensive...

i am not feeling offensive becoz for telling one city is good .u kept on degrading the other which is not accepted at all anywhere

[skysun]

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BMTC goes green, will try out battery-powered buses in July

Come July and BMTC commuters from Shantinagar depot can look forward to travelling in Bangalore’s first battery-powered bus.

With rising fuel costs and increasing pollution, the BMTC is getting into an agreement with a private company, Utopia Automation and Control, for a three-month field trial of the bus, named K-9. If K-9, which costs an estimated `2 crore after a 40 per cent subsidy, can handle Bangalore’s speed breakers and pot-holes, the BMTC will work out the purchase details.

“Our buses, on an average, travel about 220 kms across the city. If the bus cannot meet this requirement, commuters could be stranded and we want to avoid this,” BMTC managing director Anjum Parvez told Express.

Currently operational in China and manufactured by BYD Auto Co Ltd, the K-9 is said to be able to travel up to 250 km after charging the battery for about 3-6 hours. It is air-conditioned and has a seating capacity of 33+1, and can reach speeds of up to 90 km per hour.

“In three months, we hope to get an idea about the quality of the bus, its capability to cope with the traffic and whether the operational cost of the bus is worth the investment,” said Parvez.

With over 5,000 K-9 buses plying in countries such as Australia, the Netherlands and the USA, Vishwas Shetty, director, Utopia Automation and Control, is confident that their buses will pass Bangalore’s test.

“We had to make a couple of changes to the bus to ensure that it was able to operate on Indian roads — for instance the ground clearance had to be increased to comfortably go over speed-breakers. Before the bus is brought to India, it has to be cleared by the Automobile Research Institute of India. This usually takes about two months. But the tests should be cleared by the end of May,” he said.

Shetty said a complete charge of the bus requires about 400kW of electricity. “A readymade kit is available, which will be installed at the Shantinagar depot. It takes about two days,” he said.

Shetty said the buses are cost-efficient, like other battery-powered vehicles. “Operation costs are very low — about Rs 4 per km. For a Volvo A/C bus, this is `18 per km. Apart from charging the bus and changing tyres, there are hardly any other maintenance costs. It does not even require oil,” he points out.

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/b...cle1591979.ece

No news about AL and Volvo hybrids which were supposed to run

[pavan9741650414]

same NEWS IN KANNADA



Source: epapervijayavani.in

[pavan9741650414]

[pavan9741650414]

Too bad for silicon city



Source: epapervijayavani.in

[naveen_blr]

Originally Posted by pavan9741650414

Too bad for silicon city


Source: epapervijayavani.in

High time BMTC/KSRTC gets subsidy form UG/SG and passes it to local man.
Make some rules -> 20 hours operation (5AM to 1AM) in peak areas.
No leasing during peak hours for volvos or leased buses should not be part of the regular service.

[mangalore mania]

Its high time that BMTC comes with good numbers of night service..

[gentem]

Originally Posted by naveen_blr

High time BMTC/KSRTC gets subsidy form UG/SG and passes it to local man.
Make some rules -> 20 hours operation (5AM to 1AM) in peak areas.
No leasing during peak hours for volvos or leased buses should not be part of the regular service.

yes they can give 10-15% subsidy on bmtc and ksrtc tickets