New Delhi: JBM Electric Vehicles P) Ltd., the flagship of the USD 2.6 billion JBM Group and a leading electric bus manufacturer in India, launched its all-electric city bus – Ecolife and luxury coach – Galaxy at Bus World 2023 in Brussels.
This also marks JBM Electric Vehicles’ foray into the European Union region with an array of products and solutions specifically tailored to provide end-to-end e-mobility ecosystem solutions. The buses were unveiled by S.K. Arya, Chairman, and Nishant Arya, Vice Chairman, JBM Group, the company said.
JBM Electric Vehicles has an order book of 5000 electric buses deployed and under execution in various parts of the world for multiple applications. With a manufacturing capacity of over 20,000 buses per annum, JBM Electric Vehicles has set up one of the largest dedicated integrated electric bus manufacturing facilities in Haryana.
Over the last 5 years, the company has clocked 100+ million e-kms having catered to over 1 billion passengers till date. The company has pledged to clock over 1 billion e-km and cater to 10+ billion passengers in next 3-4 years, the company said in a media release.
Nishant Arya said, “Our mission is to decarbonize city and intercity travel by creating to the new and sustainable global benchmarks. We are delighted to offer clean, silent, energy efficient and sustainable public transport solutions over the years. Owing to our expertise and experience in deploying electric mobility solutions in various parts of the world, here at Bus World, we have launched 2 new products that are a true testimony of our commitment towards the European market. Both Ecolife and Galaxy have been designed to offer safe and hassle-free services, thereby, delivering optimum total cost of ownership to the customer.”
“While we expand to other markets, we will continue to invest in the Indian market as India is witnessing very high growth and the government policies are also offering a boost for the faster adoption of electric buses, aiming to make India the EV capital of the world. Public transport is a highly customisable domain with each city and customer having specific requirements. We work closely with various stakeholders and customize our electric mobility solutions as per their need, “ he added.
JBM has been working purposefully and has been a pioneer towards building a comprehensive and intelligent EV ecosystem – JBM E-Verse that seamlessly integrates electric vehicles, battery technology, power infrastructure, fast charging infrastructure, power electronics and has expertise in customising them based on various geographies across the globe. This has helped the company achieve very high level of modularity, fast time to market and take the number one position in India, the release said.
Safety: JBM electric buses are equipped with the proprietary Advanced Driver-Assistance System (ADAS) technology that assists the driver to detect obstacles and checks driver errors for utmost safe transit. A host of other additional safety features include, Advance Emergency braking system (AEBS), Forward vehicle collision warning systems (FVCWS), Lane Departure Warning System, Pedestrian and cyclist collision warning (MOIS), Blind spot detection, protection of vehicle against cyber-attack, Intelligent Speed assistance, alcohol interlock installation facilitation, driver drowsiness, attention warning and advance driver distraction warning and Fire detection and suppression system FDSS, 360 degrees camera, etc.
JBM buses come with a light weight monocoque full stainless steel body structure and are equipped with state-of-the-art features including Intelligent Transport System as per EU norms, advanced telematics giving 24×7 access to vehicle’s state of health amongst host of other features.
