Ashok Leyland to make electric buses in India.

After the successful run in the UK, Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland will introduce an electric version of Optare buses in India early next year and plans to make them here, a top official said recently.

The company holds a majority stake in Optare PLC, UK. 'The UK government with its green fund scheme really supported Optare and that has allowed Optare to innovate more and come up with newer technologies. Today it is one of the world leaders in terms of electric and hybrid buses. And learning from that technology, we would like to bring that technology to India and manufacture those buses in India for the Indian market,' Ashok Leyland Managing Director Vinod K Dasari told reporters here.

'We will do that (manufacturing) next year. We will first showcase them at the Bus Expo in January 22, at Delhi,' he said, on when the buses would be locally produced in India.


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