March 2020 Issue 412 LIVE driving towards a greener future Bold zero emission commitment from National Express Are You Bidding for Electric Bus Funding? Pelican are here to assist and advise you with your funding bid With 101,000 zero emission electric buses and coaches in operation worldwide, our tried and tested products are already making significant environmental improvements in towns and cities. Give Pelican Bus and Coach a call to find out why Yutong is the fastest growing bus & coach brand in the UK 01924 227722 www.pelicanyutong.co.uk Offering you more, for a great deal less comment Bus and Coach Professional is published by Plum Publishing Ltd Editorial Steve Rooney Leadership on zero
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[email protected] FOR quite some time we have been writing about the need for the industry Production to seize the opportunity and claim the high ground when it comes to climate Nigel Greenaway change and the imperative to move to ultra low and ultimately zero emission Contact address: vehicles. So it was especially pleasing to see a very bold commitment made by Bus and Coach Professional one of the major groups, and not just targeting its buses, but also encompass- Plum Publishing Ltd, ing its coach operations. Unit 4 Marshbrook Business Park National Express has pledged not to buy any more diesel buses and is aim- Church Stretton ing to identify manufacturing partners that will help it deliver zero emission SY6 6QE coaches with early trials of EV technology, and presumably other solutions, including hydrogen.