Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 22225

Buses: Electric Vehicles

Tabled: 6 January 2025

Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) support British companies bidding for electric bus contracts and (b) ensure that (i) BYD, (ii) Yutong and (iii) other foreign companies do not have a disproportionate share of Go

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The transition to zero emission buses represents a great opportunity for UK bus manufacturers, both to supply the zero emission buses needed here in the UK and to win export orders abroad as other countries upgrade their bus fleets. On 8 October, the Depa...

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