1、SEPTEMBER 2022ELECTRIC BUSES IN MAHARASHTRALESSONS FROM INTERVIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ROLLOUT IN INDIABy Anuj Dhole and Pramoda GodeACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe authors thank all interviewees from the transit authorities,private bus operators,and manufacturers for their time and for sharing detail

2、s about their experiences operating electric buses.This work would not have been impossible without them:Dr.Chetana Kerure,Sunil Burse,Dattatray Zende,Shantaram Waghere,Prashant Kolekar,Somnath Waghole,and Deepak Walunjkar of Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited Chandrakant Birajdar,Victor Na

3、gaokar,Sopan Bagade,and Pravin Shetty of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking Vivek Achalkar,Tushar Garud,Santosh Pashte,Santosh Patil,and Ravindra Bagul of Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport Prashant Javale of Tata Motors Shiv Kumar Tiwari,Shekhar Sharma,and Vijay Kumar of Evey Trans

4、 Pvt.Ltd.Louis Fernandez,Shahbaz Khan,and Satish Ugale of Hansa City Bus Services Pvt.Ltd.Vaibhav Wakode of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation T Ravi of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation The authors also thank NITI Aayog for support and the following reviewers for providing critic

5、al feedback and relevant case studies:Oscar Delgado,Ray Minjares,Carlos Bueno,and Amit Bhatt(all of the ICCT);Ravi Gadepalli and Lalit Kumar(UITP India);Dr.Indradip Mitra,Sahana L and Tuan Nguyen Anh(GIZ);Prashanth Bachu(independent consultant);Dario Hidalgo(WRI);and Megha Kumar.This publication is

6、part of the NDC Transport Initiative for Asia(NDC-TIA).NDC-TIA is part of the International Climate Initiative(IKI).IKI is working under the leadership of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action,in close cooperation with its founder,the Federal Ministry of Environment and the Fe