Electric buses cheaper than diesel, says C40 report

Total lifetime costs of electric buses can already be a cheaper option for cities compared to today's conventional buses, says a new C40 report.

Produced by C40’s Financing Sustainable Cities Initiative and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the report, Electric Buses in Cities: Driving Towards Cleaner Air, provides an overview of the electric bus sector and recommendations for how different types of cities can best deploy the vehicles. It looks at several C40 cities in Europe, the US, South America and the Asia Pacific region.

“The total cost of ownership of electric buses has not only reached parity with diesel but it is now often lower, and generates significant savings to cities,” James Ale...