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First gear: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's e-buses on the run

"Electric Vehicles (EVs) will make a qualitative change to the lives of people," Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday at a function in Sola to roll out the first fleet of electric buses in the city.
Under the Faster Adaption and Manufacture of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, Gujarat will get 550 electric buses, with Ahmedabad alone getting 300 buses. Surat will get 150 buses, while Vadodara and Rajkot will get 50 buses each. Each 'silent' bus can carry up to 50 passengers and will not emit smoke. They also have automatic door sensors and won't start if the doors are open.

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