Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, has delivered first-of-its-kind Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered (FCEV) buses to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), the country’s largest petroleum company. The buses were flagged-off by various government officials, including Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour& Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli, Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri S M Vaidya, Chairman of IOCL, Dr. Umish Srivastva, and President & Chief Technology Officer of Tata Motors attended the event
In June 2021, Tata Motors had won a tender from IOCL to provide 15 FCEV buses to evaluate the potential of hydrogen-based PEM fuel-cell technology in India. These buses are to be assessed as potential mass transport solution for inter and intra-city commute. Speaking about the successful deployment of first-of-its-kind FCEV bus, Mr. Girish Wagh, Executive Director, Tata Motors, said, “With proactive actions to develop and adapt new age technologies, we are creating future-ready transport solutions for both cargo and people to address the mobility needs of tomorrow’s India, today.”