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Ashok Leyland arm delivers first battery-electric Metrodecker EV to UK firm

This Metrodecker is a part of the 107 Metrodecker EVs order Optare has received since the product was launched 18 months ago, Ashok Leyland said

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Hinduja flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Tuesday said its subsidiary Optare PLC has delivered the first of 21 battery-electric Metrodecker EVs to UK-based First York.
This Metrodecker is a part of the 107 Metrodecker EVs (electric vehicles) order Optare has received since the product was launched 18 months ago, Ashok Leyland said in a statement.
First York launched the first of the battery-electric Optare Metrodecker EV double-deckers on July 30, it added.
The whole batch of 21 will be delivered by the end of September, it added.
Each Metrodecker EV with First York can carry 98 passengers, although that capacity is currently restricted due

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