Official electric shuttle from BYD ADL for COP26 delegates

Navetta elettrica ufficiale di BYD ADL per i delegati della COP26
First Glasgow BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric buses

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD UK will operate the delegate shuttle service at the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

The fleet of 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV zero emission buses has been choice after the selection of First Bus as official transport provider follows a tender process run by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) on behalf of the UK and Scottish Governments. The shuttle service will provide a fast and frequent link for all delegates attending the event between the city centre and the Blue and Green zones on the event campus based at the SSE Hydro and Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre site.  

The service will be fully operated by First Glasgow’s brand new fleet of 22 fully electric BYD ADL Enviro200EV single deck buses built in Scotland by the BYD ADL partnership. The new buses, which were part funded through Transport Scotland’s Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme (SULEBS), can operate a range of up to 160 miles on a full charge with zero emissions and will provide delegates with a state-of-the-art fleet to take them to and from the event.

Navetta elettrica ufficiale di BYD ADL per i delegati della COP26
From left to right: Councillor David Wilson (Chair of Operations Committee, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport), Graeme Dey MSP (Scottish Minister for Transport) and Duncan Cameron (Interim Managing Director, First Bus in Scotland).

SULEBS funding aims to help bus operators bridge the gap between the cost of diesel and zero emission fleets. The ambitious collaboration with Transport Scotland will not only help First Glasgow replace a further 126 of the oldest buses in its fleet with new zero emission buses; it will also help transform their Caledonia bus depot on the south side of the city centre. Already the UK’s largest depot, the investment will see it converted into one of the UK’s largest electric fleet charging stations, with the potential for over 150 vehicles to be recharged at a time.

The Scottish Government’s Minister for Transport, Graeme Dey said:

I’m really pleased to see Transport Scotland’s SULEB scheme helping to fund this significant order of new electric buses, as part of our commitment to meeting Scotland’s world leading climate change targets and leading a green recovery from the pandemic. It’s a real success story that these buses will be manufactured by ADL in Falkirk – supporting jobs in bus manufacturing and benefiting the wider economy before they enter service for communities across Glasgow.

Source: BYD

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