{"id":113336,"date":"2022-08-19T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T05:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=113336"},"modified":"2022-09-09T13:55:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T08:25:23","slug":"country-first-electric-double-decker-bus-launched-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/country-first-electric-double-decker-bus-launched-in-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Country first electric double-decker bus launched in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India&#8217;s first electric double decker AC bus made by Switch Mobility has reached Mumbai. Two new electric buses, including the first air-conditioned double-decker bus in the country, will join the fleet of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). The name of the bus is&nbsp;\u201cSwitch EiV 22\u201d,&nbsp;the double-decker bus will be run by the Mumbai civic transport body from September. Nitin Gadkari said&nbsp;35 per cent of the pollution&nbsp;is because of diesel and petrol, and the introduction of these buses will reduce pollution. Two new electric buses, including the first air-conditioned double-decker bus in the country, will join the fleet of the&nbsp;Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>key features of AC double-decker buses:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>App-based seat booking, live tracking and payment on the&nbsp;<strong>BEST Chalo App;<\/strong><\/li><li>A dedicated USB charging port for every passenger;<\/li><li>Adjustable footrest;<\/li><li>Express service with fewer stops during peak hours;<\/li><li>Monthly passes for regular passengers.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s first electric double decker AC bus made by Switch Mobility has reached Mumbai. Two new electric buses, including the first air-conditioned double-decker bus in the country, will join the fleet of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). The name of the bus is&nbsp;\u201cSwitch EiV 22\u201d,&nbsp;the double-decker bus will be run by the Mumbai [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":113337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4851],"tags":[839,68,4917],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-113336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-august-2022","tag-mumbai","tag-science-technology-current-affairs","tag-state-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113338,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113336\/revisions\/113338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113336"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=113336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}