Low emission buses in London

Double-decker battery electric bus

There are 3,826 hybrid buses, 1,397 battery electric buses, and 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses operating in London, as of March 2024, out of a total bus fleet of 8,776 – this is around 60% of the bus fleet.[1]

As of March 2024, the battery electric fleet of the city is the second largest in Europe behind of Moscow, which has over 1,700 electric buses operating.[2] Transport for London (TfL) note that the bus fleet has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger kilometre of other major cities such as New York, Paris and Vancouver.[3]

In 2021, it was announced that all buses in the fleet meet or exceed Euro VI emission standards, following the phasing out of older buses, the retrofitting of diesel vehicles and the introduction of new hybrid & electric buses.[4] From 2021, all new buses will be zero emission, and the entire bus fleet will be zero emission by 2034,[5][6] although TfL have stated that with additional funding, this could be achieved by 2030.[4][7]

  1. ^ "Bus fleet audit—31 March 2024" (PDF). Transport for London. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ "ГУП «Мосгортранс»: 1700 электробусов в Москве" [1,700 electric buses in Moscow]. mosgortrans.ru. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Investment programme report Quarter 3 2023/24 (17 September to 9 December 2023)" (PDF). Transport for London. 28 February 2024. Our zero-emission bus fleet ... has the lowest carbon dioxide emissions per passenger kilometres compared to other global cities such as New York, Paris and Vancouver
  4. ^ a b "London's buses now meet ULEZ emissions standards across the entire city". Transport for London. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Mayor announces that all new London buses will be zero-emission". Greater London Authority. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  6. ^ "All new London buses to be zero emission, Mayor Sadiq Khan announces. Full electrification by 2034". Sustainable Bus. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  7. ^ Hall, Susan; Khan, Sadiq (18 March 2021). "Clean bus fleet". London Assembly. Retrieved 7 August 2021. The number of zero emission vehicles in the fleet is expected to increase to 700 by the end of 2021.