Buses: Electric Vehicles
Commons · Question 22225 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) support British companies bidding for electric bus contracts and (b) ensure that (i) BYD, (ii) Yutong and (iii) other foreign companies do not have a disproportionate share of Go
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 13 Jan 2025
The transition to zero emission buses represents a great opportunity for UK bus manufacturers, both to supply the zero emission buses needed here in the UK and to win export orders abroad as other countries upgrade their bus fleets. On 8 October, the Depa...