In one of the biggest orders, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), one of the country's biggest bus fleets with about 17,000 buses, has finally placed orders for 5,150 air-conditioned electric buses. The electric buses have been planned to be run on inter-city corridor routes like Mumbai-Pune, Pune -Nashik on freeways, Pune-Mahabaleshwar and Nashik-Shirdi with charging facilities to be developed along the routes at Aurangabad, Solapur, Nanded, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Pune and Nashik.

"A consortium of Olectra Greentech and Evey Trans Private Ltd (Evey) was awarded a Letter of Intent for an order of 5,150 electric buses. The order involves the supply, operation and maintenance of a total of 5,150 electric buses," an official said, adding that the buses will be procured from Olectra Greentech by Evey, and will then be delivered over a period of 24 months, while the maintenance services will be provided by Olectra Greentech for the entire contract period.