Prasanna Purple to operate India's first inter-city electric bus service
MOTORINDIA|March 2020
Even as the passenger transport industry in India witnesses a major transition towards adapting cleaner sources of mobility, Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions (P) Ltd., which operates about 1,300 vehicles and is amongst the leading private operators of the country, has taken a leadership position to acquire and start India’s first inter-city electric super-luxury bus service for the Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai route. Rajesh Rajgor reports
Rajesh Rajgor
Prasanna Purple to operate India's first inter-city electric bus service

Prasanna Purple, a well-known transportation service provider with over 30 years of experience in the field, has introduced the country’s first electric bus on an intercity route. The electric bus comes from ‘Mozev’, a brand of Mytrah Mobility which a fast-growing bus maker with manufacturing setup in Jaipur. The newly-commissioned pure electric bus is a 12 m, 2x2 luxury coach that will run to and fro between Pune to Mumbai twice a day. Prasanna Purple has reportedly already set up a charging station for the bus at Pune and Mumbai and once fully charged for two hours, the bus can travel up to 300 km at a top speed of 100 km per hour. The bus has a capacity of 43 seats, equipped with latest entertainment facilities, ample luggage space, comfortable pushback seats and in-built USB chargers, thereby ensuring a comfortable journey for those commuting on this route for business and leisure.

The bus was launched in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, along with Prasanna Patwardhan, Chairman and Managing Director, Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions, and Ankit Singhvi, Founder and Managing Director, Mytrah Mobility (P) Ltd.

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