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DfT study analyses bus fuel type results

Peter Stonham
21 June 2023
 

Battery-electric buses are 70% more efficient than the latest Euro-VI diesel equivalents, and also use less energy than hydrogen fuel cell buses, according to a newly published Department for Transport (DfT) report on monitoring of early government-funded low emission vehicle tests.

The Low-Emission Bus Scheme Monitoring Report found electric buses reduced greenhouse gases by up to 70%. It concluded that the hydrogen buses used up to 58% less energy than diesel, that diesel hybrid buses were...

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