EESL issued tender for 250 electric cars 

The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has issued a tender inviting bid for the procurement of 250 electric cars.

EESL issued tender for 250 electric cars 

These electric cars will have three years of warranty and an annual maintenance contract (AMC) of up to eight years. It includes site-supply and maintenance support for electric cars on a pan-India basis. 250 electric cars will include 100 electric cars with more than four meters and it will have at least 300 km and 150 electric cars will be less than four meters length and range of at least 250 km.

The last date for the submission of bids is August 07, 2020. The bidder should submit a bid security amount of ₹3.1 million (~$41,067) for Lot 1 and ₹3.15 million (~$41,729) for Lot 2. If the bidder quotes for both the lots, he will have to submit an amount of ₹6.25 million (~$82,797) as the bid security amount.

The bidder should have a business of manufacturing automobiles, or internal combustion engine cars, or electric cars, for the past three financial years. The bidder must have manufactured, tested and supplied a minimum of 400 electric vehicles or internal combustion engine cars in the last three years.

Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has also made an announcement recently that it had planned to install 2,000 electric vehicle charging stations in India in FY2020-21. This project will be carried out under the joint venture with the Ministry of Power. At current the EESL installed 300 plus charging stations across India.

EESL has a target to set up 10,000 charging stations in the next two-three years all over India. The company’s Managing Director, Saurabh Kumar, said that about this plan that they have resolved the supply-side restrictions and most of the new charging stations will start operating soon. He said that they have 300 EV charging stations across the country and the installation plans for this year FY21 will not be slowed down.

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