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Background
New legislation mandates the purchase
of clean and zero emissions buses
in all EU countries.
The newly released EU CLEAN VEHICLES DIRECTIVE is The UK government is investing
mandating public procurement targets for clean and zero to accelerate zero-emissions
emissions buses for every EU member country
Boris Johnson announced a £5bn boost to the UK’s
Clean buses include CNG, biofuels and others, green transport infrastructure, a five year funding
but importantly exclude any diesel buses package to deliver at least 4,000 zero emission buses
Zero emission buses are limited to electric, plug-in hybrid (Feb 2020)
and hydrogen fuel cell only England’s first town to have all-electric buses will be
Targets are country specific but up to 45% of clean created through a £50m fund, the Department for
vehicles (22.5% zero emission) by 2025 and 65% of clean Transport (DfT) has announced
vehicles (32.5% zero emission) by 2030 London - All new double-deck buses are already
hybrid and from 2020 all new single-deck buses are
Electricity (including plug-in hybrids) Zero emission zero emission. By 2037 at the latest, all 9,200 buses
Hydrogen across London will be zero emission
Natural gas (including biomethane), CNG as well as LNG Clean buses
Biofuels
Synthetic and paraffinic fuels
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
