Keto shifts into high gear with Rs 300 crore EV bus push in Telangana

MUMBAI: When Telangana said “go electric”, Keto Motors didn’t just step on the pedal, it hit turbo mode. The Telangana-headquartered EV player announced a Rs 300 crore expansion at the Telangana Rising Global Summit 2025, sealing the deal with a Government MoU in the presence of industries & commerce minister D. Sridhar Babu.

The company will set up a Greenfield electric bus manufacturing facility at Jadcherla, rolling out 9-metre to 13-metre buses for both intra-city and inter-city routes. Over the next three years, the project is expected to create 2,000 plus direct and indirect jobs, further cementing Telangana’s growing reputation as India’s electric-mobility powerhouse.

Calling the move a milestone in the state’s EV ambitions, minister Sridhar Babu said Telangana is “rapidly rising as the EV capital of India”, backed by progressive policies and a world-class industrial ecosystem.

But Keto’s ambitions don’t end at manufacturing. The group is also developing a unified digital ticketing platform, enabling commuters to use a single ticket across autos, cars and buses,  a long-awaited fix for India’s fragmented public-transport grid.

Explaining the strategy Keto Motors Group chief marketing officer Rajeev YSR noted that public transport still functions in disconnected “first-mile, middle-mile and last-mile silos”. Keto aims to bridge these gaps with a seamlessly integrated multimodal electric ecosystem, complementing its existing Trilux passenger and Bulke Plus cargo three-wheelers with a newly designed electric bus lineup.

Keto Motors director Venkatesh Challa highlighted a major industry bottleneck, a nationwide shortage of electric buses. To tackle this, the Jadcherla plant will begin with 1,000 plus buses per year, with room to scale as demand rises. The company, he added, is committed to timely delivery, reliability and strengthening India’s domestic EV manufacturing base.

With this MoU, Keto Motors doesn’t just enter the electric-bus market, it plugs into one of the biggest opportunity gaps in Indian public mobility. And this time, the charge is very much electric.