MUMBAI: India's entertainment capital is expanding its fleet of London-style red double-decker buses nearly a century after they made their debut - this time as electric vehicles.
India - home to 1.4 billion people - is the world's third-biggest carbon emitter, and the government has pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2070. The electric bus was developed by Switch Mobility, an arm of Indian auto manufacturing giant Ashok Leyland."We want common people to use electric mobility and achieve their goals of net-zero," Switch Mobility India chief executive Mahesh Babu told AFP at Thursday's unveiling of the new fleet.
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