JBM Auto surges 10% on winning Rs 7,500 crore electric bus order

Shares of JBM Auto surged around 10% after the company secured a significant order worth Rs 7,500 crore.

JBM Ecolife Mobility, a JBM Auto subsidiary, announced that they have secured a contract from Convergence Energy Services Limited. CESL tenders for the procurement, supply, operation, and maintenance of 1,390 vehicles as part of the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme. The company has won the tender along with the development of allied electric and civil infrastructure on the basis of the gross cost contracting.

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This order must be completed within the next 12-18 months. However, to some extent this development is a turning point for JBM Auto’s electric bus business. As of 11:42 am the shares were trading 5.67% higher at ₹1,982.00 on NSE