UK electric buses boosted by innovative £20m battery deal
by Jillian Ambrose from on (#54XVT)
Vehicles could become cheaper as specialist firm leases batteries to bus operators
One of Britain's biggest battery companies has secured a loan to help increase the UK's electric bus fleet by taking ownership of the batteries inside scores of UK buses.
Zenobe Energy has secured a 20m loan from NatWest to finance enough batteries to power about 100 electric buses owned by private transport firms and councils around the UK.
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