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Bus manufacturers commit to bring clean buses to 20 cities
23 October 2017
by Jonathan Andrews
Photo: CLEANBUSES.original
23 October 2017
by Jonathan Andrews
Four of the world’s largest bus and engine manufacturers have committed to make it easier for major cities to purchase buses equipped with low emissions technologies, in order to tackle climate change and air pollution.
BYD, Cummins, Scania and Volvo Buses will ensure ‘soot-free’ engine technology is available for purchase in 20 cities, beginning in 2018. The manufacturers will each release, through their websites, a full product portfolio available in each city and begin publicly reporting the number of soot-free buses sold in each year.
“Air pollution is the leading environmental health risk today affecting millions of people, particularly those in our growing cities,” said Erik Solheim,...
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