Switch India launches nextgeneration electric bus platform – SWITCH EiV 12.
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Featurescustomer-centric offerings on technology and passenger comfort, while beingcontemporary and futuristic.
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Availablein two variants: EiV 12 low floor, and EiV 12 standard.
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Toaddress widest range of applications: intra-city, inter-city, staff, school,and tarmac.
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Equippedwith advanced lithium-ion NMC chemistry, offering range up to 300 kms withsingle charge, and up to 500 kms with dual gun fast charging.
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Electricdrivetrains and batteries calibrated to ensure superior efficiency with longbattery life, delivering lower total cost of ownership.
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Embeddedwith ‘Switch iON’, proprietary, connected technology solutions.
Switch Mobility Ltd(‘Switch’), the next-generation carbon neutral electric bus and lightcommercial vehicle company, has recently launched its state-of-the-art electricbus platform ‘SWITCH EiV 12’ for the Indian market. This next-generation E-Bus willbe available in two variants:
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EiV12 low floor, and
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EiV12 standard.
These versatile buses offerthe best in reliability, range and ride comfort. The company currently has anorder book of over 600 buses.
SWITCH EiV 12 featurescustomer-centric offerings on technology and passenger comfort, while beingcontemporary and futuristic. EiV 12 delivers exceptional drive performance andefficiency, and is embedded with proprietary, connected technology solutions – ‘SwitchiON’ – enabling remote, real-time diagnostics and monitoring services, as wellas world-class digital battery management tools. The EV architecture of EiVplatform is common with the recently launched European Switch e1 bus.

Mahesh Babu, Director andCEO – Switch Mobility India, COO – Switch Mobility Ltd, said, “I am pleased tointroduce Switch EiV 12 platform in India which is built on the experience of 50million electric kms globally. The platform has a unique, advanced, global EVarchitecture to deliver superior efficiency, safety, and reliability. Theproducts on this platform have been designed with cutting-edge technology todeliver delightful customer experience. Our team is working actively to bringout multiple products as part of the Switch electric intelligent vehicleplatform in the near future.”
The Switch EiV range ofbuses have been uniquely configured to meet customer requirements of variedapplications like intra-city, inter-city, staff, school, and tarmac, offering maximumpassenger capacity and comfort. The buses are also equipped with a newgeneration of highly efficient, modular batteries with advanced lithium-ion NMCchemistry, specially formulated for the Indian market and climatic conditions. Themodular batteries increase the capacity per battery cell for the same weight,enabling higher range of kilometres: up to 300 kms/day withsingle charge, and up to 500 kms/day with dual gun fast charging.
The electric drivetrainsand batteries are calibrated to ensure superior efficiency with long batterylife, delivering lower total cost of ownership in the market. Maintenance ofthis ultra-modern E-Bus can be carried out quickly and effortlessly.