plans to roll out its electric (E) buses and light commercial vehicles (LCV) from the group's UK and Indian plants. In December 2021, Switch Mobility Ltd announced the setting up of a manufacturing and technology centre in Castilla y León, Spain, at an investment of about €100 million spread over the next 10 years. Switch Mobility announced in November 2021 plans to supply 300 technologically advanced twelve-metre electric buses and the charging infrastructure to Bengaluru's Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) with the aim to reduce carbon emissions by over 14,500 tonnes every year. A month later, parent company Ashok Leyland chalked up an EV road map with plans to launch its first e-LCV in December 2021. In January 2022, Switch Mobility announced its plan on building a new manufacturing and technology centre on a greenfield site in the Soto de Medinilla area of Valladolid, Spain. A month later, it announced that 40 new electric buses would be operational in Chandigarh. These zero-emission buses would be delivered to the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) the same month. Optare product support The Optare parts and service division Unitec has locations at the former Rotherham factory, as well as in Thurrock, Essex. Since 1997, many of Optare's electrical systems have been designed and constructed in collaboration with Actia. Coach imports As of 2008, the minicoach models Toro, Solera and Soroco were imported by Optare from the Spanish manufacturer Ferqui, and marketed as Optare products. They were luxury minicoach bodies built on Mercedes-Benz chassis, however, due to significantly reduced demand for mini and midi coaches, as part of its restructuring process, Optare took the decision to concentrate on its bus manufacturing activities and the relationship with Ferqui was formally ended in 2012. Products Buses Current Solo SR; Solo SR EV (2007–present) Versa, midibus between Solo and Tempo (2006–present) MetroCity; MetroCity EV (2012–present) MetroDecker; MetroDecker EV (2014–present) Bus 9.4M single decker (2021–present, Indian market only) Bus 12M single decker (2021–present, Indian market only) E1 single decker (2022–present) EiV 12 single decker (2022–present, Indian market only) EiV 22 double decker (2022–present) Discontinued CityPacer minibus (1985–1992, replaced by the MetroRider) StarRider minibus (1987–1994, replaced by the MetroRider) ColumboRider integral variant for export to Sri Lanka (1987–1994, replaced by the MetroRider) Delta single decker (1988–1999) MetroRider minibus (1989–2000, replaced by Solo) 9000-series minibus on Renault chassis for Leeds City Council (1990, replaced by the MetroRider) Spectra double decker (1991–1997, low