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Old 14th October 2019, 17:14   #1
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Kolkata plans shift to electric public transport from 2030

According to a media report, the transport department of Kolkata plans to switch to electric vehicles for public transport in the city by 2030.

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Last week, Kolkata was awarded the C40 award for "green mobility - low carbon commute transition" in Copenhagen. According to the mayor of the city, the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) has a fleet of electric buses that connect the city with the suburbs. It plans to have a fleet of 5,000 electric buses by 2030. WBTC is said to have ordered 300 more e-buses under the government's FAME-II scheme.

The West Bengal government reportedly plans to set up 241 charging stations in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area.

The report states that the transport department is also planning to start battery-run ferry services along the Hooghly river.

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Old 14th October 2019, 17:19   #2
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Re: Kolkata plans shift to electric public transport from 2030

I saw last week two new charging stations just opposite Lake Police Station im Kolkata. Thoseay be for the 37 bus route and proximity to police station is for inherent security. For long we anyway have Toto and erickshaws in abundance and seeing battery pickup cars of WBREDA for their employees from chingrihata from as early as 2004. So Bengal is indeed going ahead with this.

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Re: Kolkata plans shift to electric public transport from 2030

I have spotted a big sized electric bus a few days back near airport, of Tata Marco Polo make, with green number plates. So the buses are actually plying on roads.
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Re: Kolkata plans shift to electric public transport from 2030

Have spotted these buses near the 8B bus stand at Jadavpur and also at the Jadavpur Thana crossing. I think it shouldn't be difficult to convert all buses (within city limits) to electric by 2030. Bus operators are always looking for ways to reduce their expenditure, and EVs worldwide are turning out to be much cheaper options than their ICE counterparts. Good move indeed.
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Re: Kolkata plans shift to electric public transport from 2030

@boniver

Why is 1005 electrification not possible in 11 years. It is very viable.

How old are the oldest buses plying in Kolkatta today. Those above 8 or 9 years will be very low in number.

Take example of Pune

In Pune less than 50 are pre 2010.
Now in procurement last year there were 25 Electric, 50 diesel buses and 300 CNG buses, and a few contractedd CNG buses.

This years order is 150 Electric buses of which 75 are already commissioned, 440 CNG buses contracted and 400 purchased diesel buses ordered are down to only 10.
All 2009 purchased buses scrapped, many 2010 and 2011 buses scraped and only few less run or good condition 2010 and 2011 retained.
If in 2020 and 2021 purchases Electric nos go up and CNG nos reduce, and by 2022 all buses procured are Electric. Last CNG bus will be scrapped in 2030, and fleet will be 100% electric.


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Re: Kolkata plans shift to electric public transport from 2030

I apologize if this post is OT or even politically incorrect.

Government agencies in India have suddenly jumped on to the "electric bus" bandwagon blindly for reasons best known to themselves. Of course, it is not just in India that cities have started introducing electric buses into their fleets. As with everything else, other countries started earlier and have accumulated more data on the costs, pros and cons of these electric buses. Our government will however insist on not learning from the mistakes of others and make the same mistakes at enormous cost to the taxpayers and reward themselves in spite of all the mishaps.
I think on a forum like TBHP we need to do a better analysis of the ROI of these battery powered electric buses.
Batteries are the single most expensive component of any electric vehicle and on a Tesla they are 43% of the overall cost. More than anything else, these vehicles are battery packs on wheels. A BMTC employee revealed the same numbers about the electric buses.
Nothing much has been said about the cost of charging stations, with are another huge drain on resources.
Why don't we think of trolley buses? Cheap, effective and non-polluting? And no imported lithium or import of technology required!
Media is silent on trolley buses, in fact, it seems there is a deliberate attempt to wipe out trolley buses, a competing and proven technology. The media blackout is so severe, trolley buses are never mentioned alongside electric buses.
Kicking the tires on battery-electric buses
Quote:
"In our view, the right solution is not (at this time) to move toward large scale adoption of battery buses, but to re-invest in and expand the MBTA’s fleet of electric trolley buses – a technology with a 100-plus year proven record of performance"
May be a separate thread is needed to promote trolley buses?
Get wired (again): Trolleybuses and Trolleytrucks
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