Hyderabad mein EKA ki Entry!
To bhai, EKA Mobility ne Hyderabad ke liye ek dum tagda deal crack kiya hai, jismein unhein 915 electric buses deliver karni hain. Is order mein 100 nine-meter wali aur 815 twelve-meter standard-floor non-AC buses shamil hain. Yeh sab government ki PM E-DRIVE scheme ke andar ho raha hai.
Desh bhar ke Tenders mein EKA ka Rank!
Asal mein, yeh Hyderabad ka deal EKA ke liye bahut bada hai kyunki isse woh desh bhar mein PM E-DRIVE ke overall 10,900 buses wale tender mein dusre sabse bade player ban gaye hain. Unhonne total 3,485 buses win ki hain, jabki PMI Electro Mobility sabse aage hai 5,210 buses ke saath. Competition kaafi tight tha, lekin EKA ne apni jagah pakki kar li hai.
Aur Kahan Kahan EKA ki Buses?
EKA Mobility already kai projects par kaam kar rahi hai. Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, aur Meghalaya mein bhi buses deliver kar rahi hai. Bengaluru ke liye 1,750 electric buses de rahi hai, aur Delhi mein CRUT ke saath bhi judi hai. Andhra Pradesh mein hi GreenCell Mobility ke saath milkar 750 e-buses supply kar rahi hai. Matlab full-on expansion mode mein hai company.
Vision aur Funding ka Kamaal!
EKA ke founder, Sudhir Mehta, hamesha bolte hain ki electric buses aur trucks mein bahut scope hai, cars ke muqable. Company ne ab tak ₹2,000 crore (around $230 million) se zyada fund raise kiya hai, jismein Japan ki Mitsui & Co. aur Netherlands ki VDL jaise bade investors bhi hain. Unke paas Pune aur Madhya Pradesh mein manufacturing plants hain, jo saal mein 10,000 e-buses bana sakte hain.
Financials & Competition ka Sach!
Apne badhte operations aur R&D ke karan, EKA Mobility ko FY24 mein ₹32.3 crore ka Net Loss hua hai, haalanki FY25 mein unki revenue ₹242 crore rahi hai. Market mein PMI Electro jaise players dominant hain. Government tenders mein rates bhi kaafi competitive rehte hain, jisse margins par pressure aata hai. Lekin EKA ka focus bade order volumes par hai.
Aage Ka Kya Plan?
Indian EV bus market 2030 tak USD 900 million se 1.4 billion tak pahunchne ka estimate hai, jo kaafi growth dikhata hai. EKA Mobility apne badhte order book aur manufacturing capacity ke saath is growth ka fayda uthane ke liye ready hai. Woh sirf India mein hi nahi, international markets mein bhi apna network expand karne ka soch rahe hain.