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CESL  to  sell  electric two-wheelers to Kerala govt staff

CESL’s parent firm Energy Efficiency Services Ltd's (EESL) been allotted the demand aggregation of electric three-wheeler and electric bus component under the 10,000 crore Fame scheme

CESL aims to sell 200,000 two-wheeled EVs across India

NEW DELHI :State-run Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) on Wednesday launched a scheme for the sale of two-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) for Kerala government employees.

“The programme is custom-designed for employees of the Government of Kerala, and vehicles are made available by CESL through its relationship with vehicle manufacturers," a CESL statement said.

This comes in the backdrop of CESL calling bids for procuring 100,000 electric three-wheelers with an estimated cost of 3,000 crore, in the largest such global tender. CESL’s parent firm Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has been allotted the demand aggregation of electric three-wheelers and electric buses under the government’s 10,000 crore Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (Fame) scheme.

“All vehicles will benefit from the central government’s subsidy programme Fame II, which allows customers to access a significant subsidy that brings EVs closer to the cost of their fossil fuel equivalents," the statement said.

CESL aims to have 200,000 two-wheeled EVs and 300,000 three-wheeled EVs across India and is working on a grand challenge among nine major metros to allocate electric buses with as many as 7,408 e-buses expected to be offered under the Fame scheme. The scheme has been extended by two years till 31 March 2024.

In addition to supplying electric two-wheelers to states such as Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, CESL has also been aggregating demand for leasing out and operating three-wheeled EVs for the garbage collection fleet of municipalities across the country, including for Pune Municipal Corporation.

“Deployment of electric two-wheelers (E2W) amongst state government officials is another important step through which the state government aims to generate a demand for 10,000 electric two-wheelers from government officials and state offices across Kerala," the statement said.

This comes at a time when climate change is a clear and present danger as articulated by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

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