Amsterdam, Lima, Barcelona and Rome have signed up to the Global Clean Bus Declaration, an initiative aimed at delivering fleets of ultra low emission buses with the likes of BYD, Volvo and Evo Bus taking part. Boris Johnson also announced BYD have designed London's first purely-electric bus which will be in service later this year. The new fleet is expected to run on a mix of natural gas or diesel fuel for its entire life cycle.
Amsterdam, Lima, Barcelona and Rome have signed up to the Global Clean Bus Declaration, an initiative aimed at delivering fleets of ultra low emission buses with the likes of BYD, Volvo and Evo Bus taking part. Boris Johnson also announced BYD have designed London's first purely-electric bus which will be in service later this year. Since the project began in 2008, London has distributed 1,300 hybrid buses and developed a highly fuel efficient New Routemaster bus of which 800 are due to join the roads in 2016.