To mark Clean Air Day, Oxford Bus Company (OBC) has announced it has rolled out three quarters of its order of 104 battery-electric buses from Wrightbus.
It comes six months after the first of the zero-emissions vehicles were put into service on the operator’s BROOKESBus service.
The Go-Ahead subsidiary confirmed 80 of the buses are on the road on either that university service, the city fleets or City Sightseeing Oxford open-top tours.
The batch is comprised of 99 StreetDeck Electroliner double-deckers and five GB Kite Electroliner single-deckers and was part-funded by Oxfordshire County Council’s successful bid to the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme.
Go-Ahead has a target to reduce emissions by 75% by 2035 and become a net-zero company by 2045.
Luke Marion, Managing Director of OBC, says: “As we celebrate Clean Air Day we’re pleased to announce we’re ahead of schedule in our journey to transform our city fleet into an all-electric service to further significantly help improve air quality.
“Our multi-million investment in clean technology is radically improving the environment of the communities we serve, in terms of improving air-quality, reducing noise pollution and enhancing our customers’ overall experience.
“We’re now looking forward to rolling out the rest of the fleet.”
