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Switch autonomous bus at Didcot Parkway with customer

Autonomous single-decker bus producing zero carbon emissions on UK roads for the first time

  • Only all-electric autonomous bus service in the country
  • Trial begins in September
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
Environment
Events
Zero Emissions
First North & West Yorkshire directors 'switch on' York Electric fleet with Cllr Claire Douglas (right)

First Bus ‘switch on’ new all-electric fleet in York as zero emission transformation gathers pace

  • £23m investment in greener public transport in York
  • Fully electric fleet to be completed by the end of 2023
  • Depot power charging installation continues
  • Thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions saved every year
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
Environment
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
Bramey depot EV underway2

Electric transformation of First Bus Leeds depot gets underway

  • Power chargers and infrastructure to be complete by October
  • £29m scheme combining investment and Government funding
First Bus West Yorkshire
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
Cllr Jenny Kent with Simon Carlisle1

City councillor for environment gets view of carbon reduction plan at First Bus depot

First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
Environment
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
York bus depot electric work starts June 2023 2

Electric transformation of First Bus York depot gets underway

  • Power chargers and infrastructure to be complete by September
First Bus York
First Bus North & West Yorkshire
Electric Buses
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
The News Centre Portsmouth #3

First Bus purchase new site to create new ‘super bus depot’ in Portsmouth

  • First Bus have purchased the old Daily Mail processing centre in Portsmouth.
  • The new site will become a purpose built all-electric site fit to host their new electric bus fleet of the future.
  • The new depot will take up to 2-3 years to build and represents a significant investment and future commitment to bus services in Portsmouth.
  • First Bus will be launching 62 brand-new all-electric buses from April 2024 from its existing Hoeford depot site.
Electric Buses
Mission 2035
Zero Emissions
First Bus
First-Electric-Launch-21032023-44

‘Bus depot of the future’ launches in Leicester as one of the UK’s first fully electric depots outside of London

  • First Bus’ Leicester depot will join York and Norwich to become one of the UK’s first three fully electrified bus depots outside of London 
  • The ‘bus depot of the future’ sets a precedent for UK-wide road transport decarbonisation  
  • First Bus Leicester will have 86 new electric buses expected on public roads by March 2024 
  • This brings the total investment across all ZEBRA projects that First Bus is delivering to £92m, alongside ZEBRA funding of £66m.  
Electric Buses
Environment
Mission 2035
Zero Emissions
ZEBRA funding
First Bus
Leicester Electrification - Bus one arrival launch

‘Bus depot of the future’ to launch in Leicester as one of the UK’s first fully electric depots outside of London

  • First Bus’ Leicester depot will join York and Norwich to become one of the UK’s first three fully electrified bus depots outside of London 
  • The ‘bus depot of the future’ sets a precedent for UK-wide road transport decarbonisation  
  • First Bus Leicester will have 86 new electric buses expected on public roads by March 2024 
  • This brings the total investment across all ZEBRA projects that First Bus is delivering to £92m, alongside ZEBRA funding of £66m.  
Electric Buses
Events
ZEBRA funding
Zero Emissions
First Bus Leicester
Autonomous Bus10

UK’s first autonomous zero-emission bus service begins in Oxfordshire

  • Operating at Milton Park business, science and technology park in Oxfordshire
  • Electric 15-seater autonomous bus accessible to wheelchairs and pushchairs
  • Ground-breaking technology in vehicle movement and world-first travel planning
Zero Emissions
Electric Buses
First Bus
First Glasgow new EV fleet operating the COP26 delegate shuttles

Glasgow bus fleet to be 40% electric following £19.7 million new vehicle order

  • First Glasgow appoints Alexander Dennis Ltd to supply 50 new electric buses for the city
(Scot) Transport Scotland
First Bus Scotland
First Bus Glasgow
First Bus Aberdeen
Electric Buses
Environment
Zero Emissions
First Bus Electric Vehicle Single Decker

First Bus Scotland commits £35 million to electric bus investment

  • 74 new electric vehicles on route to Glasgow and Aberdeen
  • Glasgow bus fleet soon to be 40% electric
  • Aberdeen fleet set to be 50% emission free
(Scot) Transport Scotland
First Bus Scotland
First Bus Glasgow
First Bus Aberdeen
Electric Buses
Environment
Zero Emissions
First Glasgow new EV fleet operating the COP26 delegate shuttles

Aberdeen buses to be 50% emission free following £8.1 million order

  • First Aberdeen places order for 24 new electric buses for the city
(Scot) Transport Scotland
First Bus Scotland
First Bus Glasgow
First Bus Aberdeen
Electric Buses
Environment
Zero Emissions