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UK’s first autonomous zero-emission bus service begins in Oxfordshire

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s first zero-emission autonomous bus service goes live to the public for the first time in Oxfordshire. Operated by First Bus and fully accessible for wheelchair and pushchair users, the 15-seater fully electric bus will carry passengers around Milton Park – a business, science and technology park near Didcot and Abingdon – which is home to more than 250 companies and 9,000 employees. Services will run every 15 minutes between 7am and 6.30pm Monday to Saturday. A qualified safety driver is on board the bus at all times to…

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First Bus places one of UK’s largest ever EV bus orders with UK manufacturer Wrightbus following DfT ZEBRA funding award

Stuart Mitchell

First Bus has placed one of UK’s largest Electric Vehicle (EV) bus orders with UK manufacturer Wrightbus, following successful bids with Local Authorities as part of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) funding scheme. The £81m order, totalling 193 buses, is the largest EV bus purchase outside of London and will see new zero emission buses being rolled out across England from March 2023. First Bus will invest £43m in the new vehicles and will be supported to complete the electric fleet project with a…

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First Bus to invest over £35m in green transport for Glasgow with help from SULEB funding from Transport Scotland

Stuart Mitchell

First Bus are delighted to announce that over £59million will be invested in new fully electric and zero emission vehicles for the city of Glasgow. These new buses are scheduled to be introduced to the Glasgow city bus network by December 2022, thanks to a successful bid in Transport Scotland’s latest round of Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus (SULEB) funding.    In January 2020 First Bus launched two electric buses in Glasgow (pictured). Today’s SULEB 2 announcement will increase the number of electric vehicles in the Glasgow fleet to 150*…

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