Gloucestershire-based coach operator Bennetts Coaches is trialling a Yutong TCe12 battery-electric coach. A spokesperson for the operator said: “Here at Bennetts Coaches, we have now reached our 60-year anniversary, and we wouldn’t have been able to stay successful for so long without moving with the times. By investing in the newest, most modern vehicles, we are now running some of the most fuel-efficient coaches on the market, and this is just our next step to a cleaner future.
“As part of our desire to run the most modern fleet, we continue to try new innovations, and we are therefore delighted to announce that we currently have a very special coach in our fleet, that being the first fully electric coach to be trialled in Gloucestershire.
“Thanks to Pelican Bus & Coach, we are lucky enough to have this demonstrator vehicle on loan to us for a week. We are all very excited here at the depot in seeing this new technology first hand, and we hope that anyone who is lucky enough to travel on this vehicle over the coming week enjoys the journey, on what could be the future of coach travel.”
