News comes of another renewables record for China. Shenzhen based manufacturer BYD has launched the world’s largest pure electric double decker bus fleet, to be delivered to the city of Xi’an. To illustrate China’s drive to dominate this market, they have already won the international tender to deliver 37 of a total of 68 new electric double decker buses to London, where the red double decker is an icon. That’s more than the remaining 31 that will come from the British company Optare.
China’s success is everyone’s success, when it comes to climate change. But according to Transport and Environment, a serious question must be asked about Europe’s determination to lead the transition to renewables when its own long established vehicle manufacturers, and the policy environment they exist in, lag behind…
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