Tata Motors Delivers Hydrogen Fuelled Buses To Indian Oil

Tata Motors delivered a first-of-its-kind Hydrogen Fuel Cell powered (FCEV) buses to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL). Two buses were flagged-off by Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, Rameswar Teli, Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment, Pankaj Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, S M Vaidya, Chairman, IOCL, Dr. Umish Srivastva, Executive Director, IOCL, and Rajendra Petkar, President & Chief Technology Officer.

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.

The 12 metre long buses were built at Tata Motors’ R&D centre at Pune and can seat 35 passengers.

Girish Wagh, Executive Director, Tata Motors, said, “The delivery of these buses today heralds a new era in inter-city mass public transport and marks another step forward towards fulfilling the aspiration of sustainable mobility.”