Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 3880

Buses: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of infrastructure required for the operation of zero-emission coaches.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
Our understanding from industry modelling indicates most coach operations could be run using electric coaches with depot charging, but that longer distance journeys would require longer-range coaches and/or infrastructure to be available elsewhere. My Dep...

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