CESL plans major EV tender for 3,500 electric cars, will replace existing government vehicles – Times of India

State-run Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) will soon float a tender for 3,500 electric passenger cars that will replace the existing government fleet of petrol and diesel vehicles. CESL acquires electric vehicles for central and state government departments, EESL The subsidiary had earlier floated the world’s largest electric bus tender for 5,000 vehicles and is currently planning a similar tender for 50,000 electric buses from several states.

As per the Economic Times report, the CEO of CESL, Mahua Acharyahas confirmed that ‘qualified’ demand has been received for 3,500 EVs, for which a tender will be floated shortly. The fresh tender comes at a time when the adoption of four wheeler EVs is gaining momentum and EV sales are set to cross the 50,000 unit mark for the first time. According to Acharya, the latest CESL tender for 3,500 EVs could go up to 10,000 units within two years. Currently, there are around 600,000 petrol and diesel vehicles in use between the central and state governments in the country.

However, it remains to be seen which manufacturer will come out with the lowest bids for the EV tender. before, Tata Motors The winning bid was when CESL floated 5,000 electric bus tenders. Interestingly, Tata Motors recently launched the country’s first electric hatchback Tiago EV, which is priced under Rs 10 lakh. The company is also the market leader with 82 per cent EV share in the country with its popular models like Nexon EV.