{"id":32587,"date":"2024-09-05T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32587"},"modified":"2024-09-05T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T21:17:00","slug":"electric-buses-in-abingdon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32587","title":{"rendered":"Electric Buses in Abingdon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024090503.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSince January 2024, the Oxford Bus Company has introduced a fleet of 104 electric buses. These buses are partially funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme, a grant won by Oxfordshire County Council.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024090504.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nIn Abingdon, the new electric buses can mostly be seen on the shorter 35 route between Oxford and Abingdon via Radley. Compared to older diesel models, electric buses are quieter, lack exhaust fumes, and have reduced carbon emissions.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024090505.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/wrightbus.com\/en-gb\/electric-bus-streetdeck-electrolinerBEV\">StreetDeck Electroliner<\/a> double-decker buses are made in Northern Ireland. They are powered by batteries that give a range of up to 200 miles, with a charge time of 2.5 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since January 2024, the Oxford Bus Company has introduced a fleet of 104 electric buses. These buses are partially funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme, a grant won by Oxfordshire County Council. In Abingdon, the new electric buses can mostly be seen on the shorter 35 route between Oxford and Abingdon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}