Volvo Delivers India's First Hybrid Bus

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Volvo Buses India today delivered the first hybrid buses in India. Navi Mumbai became the first city in India to adopt hybrid buses.

The Volvo 8400 City buses, which are certified by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), fall under the government’s Faster Adoption & manufacturing of Electric and Hybrid Vehicle (FAME) scheme and will thus receive around Rs 61 lakh as subsidy taking the total cost of the bus to Rs 2.3 crore. The hybrid buses are a variant of the existing 8400 series bus, 1500 units of which are currently plying in 34 cities across India.

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