First Bus invests £70 million in expanding ZEV bus fleet

£38m for 319 new green buses across England

Funding has been allocated to 12 successful local authorities, with more than half going to West of England Combined Authority for 160 buses   More than half of the money (£19.9m) has been allocated to West of England Combined Authority   The government last week announced a £37.8m investment to underpin the purchase of new zero-emission buses. The funding has been allocated to 12 successful local authorities across England – following bids to e…

First Bus invests another £70m to expand its West of England electric bus fleet

First Bus has matched a recent £20 million investment from the government with an additional £70 million from its side, to help bring a further 160 zero-emission buses to its West of England bus fleet. The new investment will bring the number of zero-emission First Buses in the area to over 250 vehicles, whilst the firm already operates over 1,000 electric buses nationwide. This significant expansion further shows the UK’s rapid transition to el…

Torbay’s Stagecoach bus fleet to become 100% electric

Department for Transport (DfT) funding of over £361,000 will provide further support for the delivery of an all-electric bus fleet in Torbay. The additional funds mean that over £7.4million is now available to deliver zero emission buses for the area. The Torbay fleet will be the first all-electric fleet in the Peninsula Transport area that […] The post Torbay’s Stagecoach bus fleet to become 100% electric appeared first on We Are South Devon.

First orders 24 new Wrightbus electric buses for Aberdeen

First Bus has ordered 24 new Wrightbus StreetDeck Electroliner double-decker electric buses for its routes 1 and 2 in Aberdeen, servicing the Robert Gordon University. The £12.7 million investment has also brought 12 electric repowers to Aberdeen – traditional internal combustion engine buses converted to electric. This arrival of the electric fleet makes the proportion of zero-emission vehicles in First Bus’s Aberdeen fleet one of the highest i…

Further £70m for electric buses in West of England

First Bus is investing £70m in a further 160 zero emission buses in the West of England, growing the First Bus zero emission local fleet to more than 250 vehicles.   In partnership with the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, an additional £20m has been secured through the latest round of the Department for Transport’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding scheme.   Following the electrification of Weston Island (Bath) and Lawr…

From research to roads: barriers and drivers to zero-emission bus deployment, in a study by Sapienza University (Rome) - Sustainable Bus

by Mirko Giagnorio, Assistant Professor in Industrial Organization and Management – Sapienza University of Rome. For further details, refer to the full study published in the scientific journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews available HERE A recent study conducted by researchers at Sapienza University of Rome sheds light on the key factors influencing the adoption of zero-emission buses (ZEBs), which include both battery-electric buses…