Geotab, a global company in connected transportation solutions, has released new data that indicates electric vehicle (EV) batteries will now last 20 years or more… longer than the design life of a vehicle. The company analysed the battery health of almost 5,000 fleet and private EVs, representing nearly 1.5 million days of telematics data, to […]
DfT has announced exemptions to the Accessible Information Regulations (AIR) for coaches when used on rail replacement services, the CPT has revealed to B&CB. AIR is set to be implemented on 1 October 2024. The DfT’s exemptions are for coaches with more than 16 passenger seats used on rail replacement (local) services. A local service […]
South Lanarkshire-based Marshalls Executive Travel is set to close at the end of this month. Owners George and Viv Marshall are to retire. George’s roots in coaches go as far back as 1949, when George’s grandfather, Jake Marshall, bought an Austin and a Bedford OB from Kilgour of Salsburgh and began operating them. George’s father […]
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), the Chinese battery manufacturer, has unveiled an electric bus battery with a 15-year service life. The Tianxing L-series battery comes in long-range and fast-charge types, and boasts a 1.5 million kilometres lifespan, with energy density of 200Wh/kg, potentially reducing vehicle weight – range for range – by 300kg. The […]
The Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM) has expressed concerns regarding Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) decision to award all but one of its local and school bus contracts to larger operators. This shift in the balance of work could have potential implications for the local bus operating sector, particularly for smaller and medium-sized enterprise […]
Government funding for the retrofit of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology is being brought to an end. Government funding for bus retrofits was paused in April 2023 after research suggested that real-world emission reductions from retrofitted buses were lower than expected. Between 2017 and 2019, £64 million was allocated to the clean bus technology fund […]
Stagecoach East has welcomed its latest group of Engineering Apprentices. The group are a mix of Apprentices new to Stagecoach East and those trading-up – who are learning the skills to change job within the company. Maria Gorgan, from the Cambridge Depot joins via the Trade-Up scheme and will be undertaking the Mech/Elec Apprenticeship, working […]
A partnership between bus operators and Milton Keynes City Council is continuing to make a 50p bus fare in the city available. The Hopper Fare promotion between the Central Rail Station, The Point for Centre: MK and Midsummer Place, and the Theatre District was due to end in August, but has now been extended. The […]