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Thank You all for your insights!

Originally Posted by cdrajeevkumar

I have always shunned EV's and relied on legacy ICE vehicles

For me, I'd love an EV for a distance that doesn't require an extended charging stop. That translates to an approx 250km distance.

Originally Posted by PreludeSH

As long as people dont have to wait for charging anywhere and have to spend the same time as diesel powered ones, its as good as any bus for the passengers. But good for the environment.

Absolutely. My experience on these three journeys was quite as you have mentioned except that ride quality wise Mytrah = Volvo but Olectra was nowhere as good.

Originally Posted by shyampsunder

this charging stop for buses have completely changed the fortunes of this place.

It's very safe to stay inside the car/bus while it charges because the passenger has no contact with the ground. In fact when the bus is moving as well it charges using regenerative breaking. In the ZS EV, I have seen regeneration producing up to 60 kW of energy while slowing down from high speeds equivalent to a DC fast charger.

Absolutely right about AAA Bhavan Delight. Their fortunes are "guaranteed" as long as their chargers are reliable and users are happy.

On the safety part, my only concern is a possible battery fire and the resulting consequence during charging (even while refueling petrol, diesel, CNG and LPG vehicles, it is recommended to exit the vehicle)

Originally Posted by Vikram9193

Dehradun-Delhi - the horn noise was too audible inside, charging station at the midway point hadn’t been working for a while when we reached, because of a power cut

I forgot to mention in my post - the Nuego had Roots Vibrosonic horns that were placed to sound outside, while the KSRTC had horns that blared inside; wrong positioning. Also, I agree on the waiting time. As already mentioned, if GreenCell mobility doesn't address this, they're going to lose customers (example me).

Originally Posted by sjain2054

I like to experience new tech and encourage new tech

Agree. We must encourage new tech, and can suffer minor inconvenience like say 20 mins extra waiting for charging, but extended charging stops aren't acceptable.

Originally Posted by SuperGirl_Dad

number of busses running carrying loads on top of the bus even though passengers bags go on the under storage

As far as I know, Nuego and KSRTC takes an odd cargo in their storage underneath, but do not put any load above, as they don't even have a provision for this.

[ellip5i5]

On long distance, actually all buses it is really worth exploring battery swapping - it will completely change the game in terms of these pit stops

[mmxylorider]

I did the Mumbai-Pune round trip on MSRTC e-shivneri (their electric bus service) late last year. I was pleasantly surprised by the ride quality and noise levels. Absolutely wonderful. In addition, the bus was pulling nicely on the ghat stretch with it's nice torgue output. An added plus was that even last row seating was quite with no rear engine causing increased noise levels. AC was nice and powerful for beating the october heat.

My only complaint was that this service has not made any difference to the travel time with many boarding and alighting points along the way.

[SpruceGoose0360]

I feel like a better alternative to having two separate buses for the route would be having hot swappable batteries, although I'm not sure if current battery technology allows for such enormous batteries to be swappable while still having an ample amount of space left for luggage.