The city of Chennai, the capital of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu, is on the brink of a clean mobility revolution for its over six million residents. In June, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated over 120 electric buses, marking the city’s first significant deployment of zero-emission buses. This will be the first time that the city bus operator, Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), will operate e-buses in the region. These vehicles have been rolled out as part of a larger plan to electrify the entire MTC fleet, with a total of 625 buses expected to be introduced later this year in the first phase. In the next phase, scheduled for 2026, an additional 600 vehicles are expected, bringing the total to 1,250 e-buses.
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