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.…
Stagecoach Inverness: Electric proves network potential
When London is removed from considerations, Scotland is the part of the UK where deployment of zero-emission buses is proceeding…
Incentivisation remains key to zero-emission shift
As we wait for announcements on the next rounds of industry grant funding, the long-awaited consultation on BSOG reform in…
EVM set to significantly extend battery-electric line-up
An area of the industry that stands on the cusp of a zero-emission shift is minicoach and minibus, believes EVM.…