Tata Motors and a joint venture between Goldstone Infratech and BYD of China have bagged orders to supply electric buses to nine of the 10 cities that had invited tenders in the past two months as part of a pilot partly funded by the central department of heavy industries.
Tata Motors, which emerged as the lowest bidder, will supply 190 buses to six cities – Jaipur, Indore, Kolkata, Jammu, Guwahati and Lucknow – said the company’s spokesperson.