JBM Auto forms JV with Poland's Solaris for electric buses

Auto component manufacturer JBM Auto today announced a joint venture with Poland's Solaris Bus & Coach SA for manufacturing electric and hybrid buses.
The company entered into a joint venture agreement on July 14, 2016 with Solaris Bus & Coach SA, Poland, JBM Auto said in a BSE filing.
However, it did not share the details of the newly formed partnership.
Earlier this year in February at the Auto Expo, JBM Auto had unveiled a fully electric bus 'Ecolife' which was developed in partnership Solaris Bus & Coach.
The Ecolife will be manufactured in India using Solaris's technology. The vehicle will be powered by lithium batteries and run 150-200 km in 10-15 hrs of city bus operation.

Once it gets into commercial production, Ecolife will be the second indigenous mass public transport product from JBM Group, the company had said.
Solaris Bus & Coach is one of the major producers of city, intercity and special-purpose buses as well as low-floor trams in Europe.
It started production in 1996 and has sold over 14,000 vehicles across 30 countries. It has a factory at Bolechowo near Poznan.