Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat London Assembly transport spokesperson, commenting on today’s announcement that the bus routes 507 and 521 will become the first in central London to exclusively run all-electric buses by the end of the year, said:
"I very much welcome the adoption of more electric buses in London.
“However, the Mayor and TfL should refrain from making boastful claims about the adoption of electric buses, especially as today’s announcement is merely confirming a decision made over a year ago.
“Given that London has a fleet of over 8,500 buses, having just 73 electric buses will still leave the capital with under 1% of its buses being electric.
“Sadly Transport for London and the previous Mayor wasted huge amounts of public money on the expensive diesel hybrid New Routemasters when instead investment should have been made in advancing electric buses.
“The roll out of electric buses in London has a long way to go.”