Nagpur City’s Ethanol Green Scania Bus to be Showcased at the 1st Anniversary of Smart City Project in Pune

Leading commercial vehicle and engine manufacturer Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt. Ltd. kick started a smart city initiative in Nagpur with the first Ethanol powered Green Bus as a pilot to show the environmental, social and commercial benefits of a Scania Bharat Stage V bus run on locally produced alternate fuels. The bus was handed over to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in August 2014 and has been in use in the city.

The Municipal Commissioner of Nagpur Shravan Hardikar, IAS, has kindly offered to showcase India’s first ethanol powered city bus in Pune on 25^th June 2016, at the city’s first anniversary of the smart city project launch. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the event and launch a number of initiatives under the smart city project. Scania is honoured to participate the Pune smart city anniversary with the Green Bus on behalf of Nagpur Municipal Corporation.

Scania is closely aligned with the mission of establishing sustainable smart cities that balance superior citizen services with ecological benefits and provide clean green and sustainable mass transit options. The ethanol powered bus is a first step in that direction. Developed as Scania’s pilot project in the area of bio fuel powered transport solutions, the trial run of the Ethanol Green Bus in Nagpur has clearly demonstrated the merits of implementing sustainable transport solutions in a country that is in a phase of rapid urbanisation.

Clean and green renewable fuels, together with safe and smart mobility solutions, play a vital role in India’s smart city mission. They provide the blueprint for smart cities to develop sustainable urban transport solutions. Mobility solutions that use bio fuels can not only help in reducing emissions but also create value from waste. As India grapples with climate change and waste disposal, bio fuel technologies hold significant opportunities for the nation. These sustainable fuels also have an important role to play in helping the Government of India achieve its objective of reducing dependency on imported fossil fuels and reducing pollution.

About Scania India

Scania, which is celebrating 125 years of global innovation, is a leading manufacturer of premium commercial vehicles - heavy trucks, buses and coaches, as well as industrial and marine engines. The company offers a world-class service network and dealership in the markets and sells a broad range of service-related products and financial services.

In India, Scania has made its presence felt in the mining and construction segments since 2007 through its partnership with Larsen & Toubro (L&T). In 2011, Scania established the company, Scania Commercial Vehicles India Pvt Ltd., to strengthen its presence in the on-road segment for buses and trucks.

Scania has two manufacturing facilities in India - one for trucks, and one for buses and engines. Scania has more than 1,500 trucks and over 250 buses registered in the Indian market. The company has a current production capacity of 2,500 trucks and 1,000 buses.

Social, environmental and economic sustainability is at the core of Scania’s offerings. All Scania vehicles have the capability to run on alternate fuels. Scania has world-class experience in mobility solutions, which run on biofuels, and the company has brought this unique offer to India. Scania handed over the first ethanol-run Green Bus in India to the city of Nagpur in August 2014. Led by Scania’s philosophy of ‘local waste to local fuel for local transport’, the company has initiated a pilot to showcase how sustainable fuel can be produced from sewage water in India. Scania sees itself as a partner to the Indian Government’s ambition of building sustainable urban mobility solutions for Smart Cities.

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