Switch EiV 22 - Electric Double Deck Bus (India)

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Switch EiV 22 - Electric Double Deck Bus (India)

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Switch is part of the very large Indian based Ashok Leyland Group. There are two photos of the bus, one is of a single door bus and the second is of a 2 door, 2 staircase prototype (maybe) for Mumbai. The 2 door bus does look taller and is an amazing 4,750mm (or 15ft 7ins) in height - hope they will be doing a whole lot of tree pruning and building mods before the reported 200 enter service. The photos are from the Net, without any copyright/restriction notices shown.
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SWITCH EiV 22 Technical Specifications
• Product EiV 22 – Double Decker
• Application City / Mofussil / Tourist
• Motor Permanent Magnet Synchronous AC Motor; 235 KW Peak, 140 KW
Continuous, 3100 Nm Peak
• Battery Technology Advanced Lithium-Ion NMC chemistry with Modular battery options
• Suspension Front: Weveller Suspension; Rear: Air Suspension
• Brakes Disc Brakes at Front & Drum at Rear
• Door Locations FOH / ROH
• Range Up to 250KMs in a day with opportunity charging;
• Charging Time 1.5 – 3 Hours
• Floor Height 900 mm
• Height 4750 mm
• Length 9800 mm
• Width 2600 mm
• Wheel Base 4860 mm
• Seating Capacity 65+D
Switch India has already secured an order of 200 electric double decker buses in Mumbai and is looking at a dominant space in the electric double decker segment, across key regions in the country.
Switch Mobility (originally known as Optare) is the UK subsidiary of Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland, and Indian transport company Chalo have entered into a strategic cooperation to deploy 5,000 electric buses across India.
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Re: Switch EiV 22 - Electric Double Deck Bus (India)

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Looking again at the photos, the first photo is of a 2 door, 2 staircase - the rear door is not that obvious though!! Perhaps both photos are of the same bus!!
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Reminds me of one of those blow-up plastic kids' toys.
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At least it doesn't have a wonky-face like those horrid "Borismasters".
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