Birmingham Airport has launched a pantograph-charged fleet of Volvo 7900e buses as it begins its quest to become net carbon neutral. James Day reports
Birmingham Airport has officially launched a fleet of six Volvo 7900e electric buses, which will provide transit from all of the airport’s landside car parking facilities to the main terminal building.
The vehicles, which represent an investment of £3.2m of which £1.4m was provided through the Department for Transport’s Ultra Low Emission Bus fund, will be opportunity charged through pantographs while in service. Charging takes six minutes to complete, and the airport expects this to allow 24-hour operation of the service.
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