Pelican – Yutong awarded further 14-units order by Nottingham City Transport

14 further Yutong single deck electric vehicles will be supplied by Pelican in Nottingham, thanks to a successful Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas bid. NCT currently have 24 fully electric Yutong single-decker buses are on the road.

The operator recently celebrated 250,000 zero-emission kilometres. Nottingham is on track to have a fully electric single-deck fleet within the next 18 months.

Further Yutong electric buses for Nottingham

A further batch of 24 vehicles (ordered in early 2024) will be delivered in early 2025. The latest-ordered 14 vehicles are set for delivery in 2026.

In 2022 in Nottingham the first multi-operator contactless ticketing system in the UK outside London was launched (powered by INIT).

Sean O’Sullivan, Head of Engineering for NCT commented “the first 24 vehicles have performed really well. We have seen energy efficiency increase by 10% as we have undergone an extensive driver training course during the vehicles implementation into our operations. Passenger and driver feedback has been excellent, with extremely positive reaction to the customer centric features we implemented with Pelican and Yutong. The importance of having vehicles provided and supported by the same team was a key feature for our decision.

Ian Downie, Head of Yutong UK at Pelican responded “The NCT team challenged us to further develop a vehicle that built upon our tried, tested and proven technology. They were the first to request full colour destination screens, revised passenger information systems, swept handrails, NCT specified seats and flooring. This resulted in excellent passenger feedback on these features, as well as our standard full air conditioning and industry leading safety features. We are absolutely delighted and honoured to receive this additional order, and have 100% of NCT’s single deck fleet with Pelican.”