In June 2022, the NTA of Eire entered right into a framework settlement with Wrightbus for the provision of as much as 800 battery-electric double-decker buses over a five-year interval. The general public transport supplier additionally positioned a agency order for 120 items – 100 electrical buses for Dublin and 20 for town of Limerick. The primary items have been delivered in July of this 12 months.
Nonetheless, the buses are nonetheless not in service as a result of there is no such thing as a place to cost them. Apparently, the NTA encountered issues with acquiring planning permission for the charging infrastructure.
“From a common sense method, if it’s a local weather emergency, one would have assumed that after they ordered the electrical autos they might have exempted the bus garages from planning permission to get these autos on the highway as fast as doable,” Tom O’Connor, Assistant Basic Secretary for the Nationwide Bus and Rail Union (NBRU), advised native media.
However there’s gentle on the finish of the tunnel. The charging infrastructure at one of many two depots needs to be up and working this month and on the different in December.
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