This section provides the latest market news for low carbon buses in the United Kingdom,
the number of vehicles in circulation and where they are in service.
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04 February 2012
Aberdeen City Council bus fleet moves to hydrogen
Aberdeen City Council secures EU funding to support Scotland's first hybrogen bus fleet and refuelling infrastructure....
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01 February 2012
MAN's gas bus on trial with Reading Transport
Reading Transport trials MAN's CNG powered EcoCity with support from the Gas Bus Alliance....
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21 December 2011
Round 3 of the Green Bus Fund bidding guidance published
DfT publised new guidance on Round 3 of the Green Bus Fund....
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08 December 2011
Government launches 20 million pounds for a third round of the Green Bus Fund
Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today that bus services across England are set to receive a 90 million pound package, with 20 million pounds allocated to the Green Bus Fund....
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08 December 2011
First's scoops Carbon Reduction award
First UK Bus has been awarded a prestigious Carbon Reduction prize at the Environmental Excellence Awards 2011 for their DriveGreen system....
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08 December 2011
Stagecoach emark on CNG bus trial in Liverpool
Stagecoach will trial the MAN Ecocity gas bus for six weeks, testing its performance on Liverpool's roads....
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08 December 2011
First Manchester introduces forteen new Volvo hybrid buses
First Manchester expands its hybrid bus fleet with the arrival of 14 Wrightbus-bodied Volvo B5LHs valued at 4 million pounds....
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08 December 2011
MAN brings the EcoCity gas bus to the UK market
MAN introduces the right-hand drive Ecocity gas bus for the UK market, working in partnerhsip with the Gas Bus Alliance to provide biomethane supplies and refuelling infrastrucutre....
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08 December 2011
Nobina Sweden places major biomethane bus order
Nobina AB, supplier of passenger transport to local communities throughout the Nordic countries, has invested over USD 74 million in new biomethane fuelled regional buses....
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08 December 2011
Volvo launches new natural gas/biomethane city bus
Volvo Buses has launched its new 7900 city bus in Europe which includes a compressed natural gas / biomethane option....
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12 October 2011
Hyundai unveils Blue-City CNG Hybrid Bus
Hyundai introduces Korea's first CNG hybrid bus...
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03 October 2011
Optare electric bus begins operation at Heathrow
Heathrow goes green with Optare electric bus...
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03 October 2011
MAN pushes forward with CNG fuelled bus
Man trials EcoCity bus in Merseyside...
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03 October 2011
Singapore embarks on fuel cell and diesel-electric hybrid bus trial
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03 October 2011
Hybrid buses hit the roads of Munich
Mercedes and Man roll out hybrid buses in the green city of Munich...
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26 July 2011
Huyton Travel introduces eight new Optare Solo hybrid buses
Merseyside independent bus operator Huyton Travel has increased its fleet size to over 50 with the arrival of eight new Optare Solo midibuses.
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26 July 2011
ADL wins major hybris bus order in New Zealand
118 Enviro 200 hybrid buses arrive in Tauranga, New Zealand...
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26 July 2011
Volvo wins major international hybrid bus orders
Volvo has successful won hybrid bus orders in Norway and Brazil totalling 151 vehicles....
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26 July 2011
Reading pushes forward with rolling out hybrid buses
Reading Transport launches five new low carbon buses...
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26 July 2011
FIRST UK BUS reap the rewards of a smart fuel saving initiative DriveGreen
FIRST UK BUS reveal their DriveGreen programme has saved 30,000 tonnes of CO2 and achieved a 4.9% reduction in fuel consumption over the last two years....
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13 July 2011
Hybrid User Forum Launches
A European lead Hybrid User Forum launched in May to make the link between users and manufacturers of hybrid commercial vehicles.
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24 June 2011
Nottingham City Council orders 8 Optare Solo EV buses
Nottingham City Council goes green and confirms order for 8 Optare Solo EVs
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24 June 2011
Optare wins funding for hybrid buses in Manchester
Greater Manchester PTE has ordered a further 22 hybrid buses from Optare....
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23 June 2011
Stagecoach to invest an additional 1.8 million on hybrid buses
Stagecoach announces it is to spend a further 1.8 million from the in Green Bus Fund to introduce an additional 20 electric hybrid buses in Manchester....
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10 June 2011
Optare announces Versas entering service in Stratford
New Optare hybrid Versas enter service in Stratford-upon-Avon
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01 June 2011
Biomethane buses begin operation in Lincoln
Stagecoach launch 11 Optare Solos run on biomethane in Lincoln...
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28 May 2011
TfL secures funding for an additional 90 hybrid buses
Transport for London has secured an extra 3 million from the Green Bus Fund to buy 90 new double-decker hybrid buses.
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01 May 2011
Wrightbus leads an innovative research project to further reduce CO2 emission from hybrid buses
A UK consortium led by Wrightbus and including Queen’s University Belfast, Revolve Technologies and Ricardo is to carry out research to further reduce power consumption and CO2 emissions in hybrid diesel-electric buses.
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20 April 2011
Volvo Buses announces strong hybrid bus order intake in the UK
Volvo Buses announces orders of 51 hybrid buses in the UK from companies including Bullocks of Cheadle....
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25 March 2011
Cumfybus places order for 13 Optare Solo hybrids in Liverpool
Cumfybus is investing around 2.5 million in 13 Optare Solo hybrids for use on three city centre services in Liverpool....
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10 November 2010
Wrightbus double deck hybrid makes a big impression in Bath
Wrightbus's Gemini 2 hybrid electric bus, funded by the European CIVITAS Renaissance Initiative, begins operation in Bath...
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14 October 2010
Stagecoach to invest 9m in new greener hybrid electric buses
Stagecoach confirmed today (14 October 2010) that it is to invest around 9 million in a fleet of 47 state-of-the-art hybrid electric buses for Newcastle and Sheffield....
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15 July 2010
ADL forges ahead with hybrid strategy as 26 Enviro400H go into service in Oxford
As a fleet of electric-hybrid buses took to the streets of historic Oxford, as part of the UK's biggest single investment in green bus technology, the man behind their creation forecast that Britain......
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05 July 2010
Government announces further 15m funding for green buses
The Government has announced that over 150 new low carbon buses will join fleets throughout England as a result of an additional 15m funding, announced by Transport Minister Norman Baker....
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30 June 2010
Greener, cleaner buses just the ticket for Scotland
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond got a glimpse of the future when he boarded a revolutionary Scottish-built bus that promises greener, cleaner transport for operators and passengers across......
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28 May 2010
Volvo to commence serial production of hybrid buses
Volvo Buses will now commence serial production of its hybrid bus Volvo 7700 Hybrid and the double-decker Volvo B5L Hybrid. The hybrid bus will reduce fuel consumption by up to 35% and carbon......
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01 April 2010
ADL forges ahead with large scale hybrid production
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) is forging ahead with production of the first large-scale orders for hybrid buses in the UK....
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25 March 2010
Government announces Green Bus Fund 2 and details of 30m spending on low carbon transport
Following the Budget, the Department for Transport has announced details of 30m Government funding through the Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) to support the introduction of greener buses......
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03 December 2009
Government announces winners of Green Bus Fund
The Department for Transport has announced the winners of the Green Bus Fund which aims to encourage bus operators and local authorities to buy new low carbon buses....
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20 November 2009
European Commission approves state aid for purchasing low carbon buses in England
The European Commission has authorised an aid scheme supporting the purchase of low-carbon buses in England. The main objective of the scheme is to reduce the CO2 emissions produced by public buses......
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22 April 2009
DfT announces changes to Bus Service Operators' Grant
The Department for Transport has announced that bus operators achieving a six per cent improvement in their fuel efficiency will enjoy increases in the Bus Service Operators' Grant (BSOG)......
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16 December 2008
Government changes to BSOG will stimulate introduction of low carbon buses
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) welcomes today's announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport, Geoff Hoon, regarding changes to the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG)....
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