Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director, EESL mentioned, "The aim of this tender is in keeping with our government's emphasis on electric vehicles to provide a clean and green tomorrow. We are happy that Indian conglomerates such as Tata Motors and Mahindra are participating in this global tender which embodies the ‘Make in India' philosophy."

This tender by EESL is driven by the objective of facilitating faster adoption of disruptive solutions while balancing economic development and environmental sustainability. With this specific initiative, EESL seeks to create the market for electric vehicles, a technology which is poised to boost e-mobility in the country, through its unique business model of aggregation of demand and bulk procurement. EESL is seeking to leverage the immense potential of replacement of existing vehicles in the government departments for initial demand aggregation.  

Along with procurement of 10,000 EVs through international competitive bidding, EESL will also identify a service provider agency. This agency, also appointed through competitive bidding, will carry out end-to-end fleet management of the procured electric vehicles for the concerned government customer. Apart from continuing to aggregate demand, EESL will also be responsible such as co-ordination between appointed agencies, monitoring and supervision, reporting, complaint redressal and payments.

The electric vehicles procured under the current tender will be used to replace petrol and diesel cars currently used by the central government and its agencies over a 3 to 4-year period.

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