Oxford: First buses in electric fleet set to arrive in September

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The 159 electric bus fleet is being brought in to serve routes across Oxford and its surrounding areas.

The first buses in a 159-strong zero emission fleet will be on Oxford’s streets from late 2023

The first electric buses, set to form a fleet of 159, will be brought in on routes in Oxford from September. An area from Cumnor to the west and Wheatley to the east of the city, Kidlington to the north and Sandford to the south will be served by the fleet.The £82.5m scheme is being paid for by the government, the council and bus firms.as part of its Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme.

The new buses form part of the council's plans to get the county to net zero carbon emissions before 2050 to tackle climate change.will be operated by battery electric buses.

 

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Great Lord God will do miracles tomorrow in the sky. Be afraid of God.

During the energy crisis?

Oxford had electric buses in the 1990s .... think they were based on a Mercedes chassis. Not even Google seems to remember :)

Waste of earth resources and damage to environment extracting chemicals for the batteries

Better open some new coal power stations to power them then geniuses.

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