Oxford becomes UK’s electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet

One of Oxford’s ‘bus gates’, which prohibit most other vehicles. Photograph: GoAhead

Oxford is launching an electric fleet that will make the city one of the UK’s leading adopters of zero-emission buses.

The 159 new battery-powered buses will give Oxford more electric buses per capita than other cities including London, Glasgow and Leicester, under a pioneering arrangement in which the council will guarantee private operators faster journey times in return for investment.