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Show Notes
India wants 50,000 electric buses on the road by 2030. It's a clean mobility revolution that should clear the air in crowded cities.
But there's a problem: the power grid wasn't built for this. Cities are plugging bus depots into the same 11kV lines that serve homes and corner shops. In some areas, the strain is already showing: voltage drops and flickering lights in residential areas.
So, the country is racing to electrify its transport without electrifying the infrastructure beneath it. What happens when climate ambition outruns planning?
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