{"id":15371,"date":"2021-07-29T09:09:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=15371"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:11:19","slug":"birmingham-fuel-cell-wrightbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/fuel-cell-bus\/birmingham-fuel-cell-wrightbus\/","title":{"rendered":"First hydrogen bus landed in Birmingham (UK)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Birmingham City Council <\/strong>has unveiled the first of its 20 new fuel cell bus<\/a> fleet, which is set to be in operation later this year. The order was signed in autumn 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new buses have been purchased as part of the Council\u2019s Clean Air Hydrogen Bus Pilot<\/strong>, which looks to \u2018kick-start\u2019 the hydrogen market as a viable zero-emission fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can now work with our partners at National Express to start testing the buses, training drivers and adding livery design before rolling the buses out for the public in Autumn this year<\/p>Councillor Waseem Zaffar, Birmingham City Council\u2019s Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The buses, which are made by Wrightbus<\/strong> and are the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell double deckers, will be operated in Birmingham by National Express<\/strong>. Today Wrightbus is the first fuel cell double-decker bus manufacturer, with a recent delivery performed in London for 20 vehicles<\/a>. A fleet was put in operation in Aberdeen in early 2021<\/a>. One year ago he said to have plans for the rollout of no less than 3,000 hydrogen buses in the UK by 2024, all built in Ballymena<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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