Bus Éireann to stop buying diesel-only engines for urban areas

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Bus Éireann will no longer buy diesel buses for its urban fleet, the company chief executive Stephen Kent has said, as the company highlighted the role it could play in cutting carbon emissions.

Mr Kent said by 2025, some 50 per cent of its urban fleet would be low to zero emission vehicles and 30 per cent would be zero emissions, under its current plans. A framework order for 800 double-deck electric buses is expected to be awarded in the third quarter of 2021 with vehicles coming into operation in 2023.

Mr Kent was speaking as the company published a report from consultants KPMG that found the company already removes more carbon emissions than it creates, through offering an alternative to the private car.

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