Taiwan evinces interest to transform BMTC diesel buses to electric buses
Bengaluru, NFAPost: Karnataka Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil said on Friday that the Taiwan companies have expressed interest to collaborate with Karnataka in converting diesel-run BMTC buses to electric buses.
He told this after a high-level delegation from Taiwan met him here to discuss industrial collaborations.
Converting diesel-powered BMTC buses to electric buses would enable us to take a step forward towards sustainability and stated that the department would facilitate further talks with the transport department in this regard.
Saying, Taiwan based companies have the required expertise to transform diesel vehicles into electric vehicles he added that such a technology is the need of the hour.
Taiwan companies have also evinced interest to collaborate in machine tools and manufacturing, ESDM, automotive and auto components, clean energy production, and aerospace, M B Patil said.
As part of the meeting, a visual presentation on the industrial ecosystem of the state, facilitation and incentives provided by the government was made.
Over 50 Taiwanese investors were present at the meeting which was facilitated by TIBA (Taiwan India Business Association) including George Lien who led the visiting delegation. Richard Chen, Director General, TECC, Chennai, S.Selva Kumar, principal secretary, and Gunjan Krishna, Commissioner Department of Industries were present.
