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09 August 2010
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UK
The trial in Stratford-upon-Avon of a battery-powered Optare Solo EV has convinced operator Johnsons of Henley-in-Arden that electric buses could have a place in its fleet.
18 August 2010
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Features
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Product
The muted hum of electric motors might become a familiar sound in bus stations over the next few years if the results of a recent trial of an Optare Solo EV are anything to go by.
02 September 2010
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Features
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UK
Buoyed by the recently-announced investment from Ashok Leyland, Optare’s chief executive Jim Sumner is in confident mood.
10 December 2009
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Features
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UK
The Green Bus Fund awards could give hybrid buses the push they need, both to help bring costs down and to convince operators that the new technology really works.
30 November 2009
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UK
Nottingham city council has made a bid to the Department for Transport's Green Bus Fund for finance to purchase four Optare Solo EV battery-electric buses – the first public show of support for the new Optare model.
02 April 2009
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Vehicle Review
IT IS the “first proper electrically powered bus,” according to Optare executive chairman John Fickling.
06 September 2010 | UK
Stagecoach is to transport around 85,000 people to Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park on Thursday 16 September where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate an open-air mass.
06 September 2010 | UK
Revenue was up – by 0,7 per cent – but pre-tax profits dropped dramatically by 24,4 per cent at the Go-Ahead Group in the year to 3 July 2010.
06 September 2010 | UK
McGill’s Bus Service is expanding its operations in Renfrewshire with the purchase of Gibson Direct, based in Barrhead.
06 September 2010 | UK
Volvo is to offer its I Start system as an option on the B9TL double-decker.
06 September 2010 | UK
The latest London tenders will see successful bidders needing over 100 new buses in 2011, although a significant number of awards are on the basis of retaining existing vehicles.
02 September 2010 | UK
Figures showing how Bus Service Operators Grant has been spent among the 900 operators receiving it have been published by the Department for Transport.