Equipmake details battery-electric coach repower work
Equipmake has revealed fuller details of its battery-electric repower offer for coach models. It comes as the first such example,…
Wrightbus zero-emission buses hit four million miles landmark
Manufacturer Wrightbus has announced its zero-emission buses have reached the landmark of four million miles travelled since entering service. Their…
8MW connection for Oxford Bus Company electric buses
Oxford Bus Company and EDF Renewables UK have signed an agreement for the provision of an 8MW connection to the…
ScotZEB2 opens with SME focus for coach and bus
Applications to the second round of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus (ScotZEB2) challenge fund have opened. Bidders will compete for…
Zero-emission pathway for coaches ‘becoming clearer’
The foreword to the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) Zero Emission Coach Taskforce report, Coach Route Map to Destination Zero,…
Opinion: Clean Air Zones should favour coach and bus
National policy on air-quality is wrong to penalise less harmful forms of transport, believes Confederation of Passenger Transport Chief Executive…
Wrightbus and Bramble Energy receive funding for bus projects
More than £25m in government and matched industry funding has been awarded to Wrightbus and Bramble Energy for zero-emissions bus…
Coach zero-emission route ‘likely to align with HGV’
There is a growing likelihood that the zero-emission trajectory for coach will align with that in HGVs, two figures active…
First Bus to power 20 depots with solar panels
First Bus is to invest £2.5 million in installing more than 6000 solar panels across 20 of its depots across…
Playing the political game is imperative for the industry
Buses Minister Richard Holden said two particularly significant things at the Confederation of Passenger Transport UK Bus and Coach Conference.…
