Department for Transport revs up fleet of 117 battery-powered buses

Stuart Stone
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Department for Transport revs up fleet of 117 battery-powered buses

New £25m funding programme to deliver zero emission buses across England, as Norwich and York set to host first all-electric depots outside London

The Department for Transport (DfT) has today announced that £25.3m of funding is to be provided to support the roll out a fleet of 117 British-made, battery-powered buses across Yorkshire, Norfolk, Portsmouth,...

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