Pelican Engineering Company (Sales) Limited

Pelican announces a further repeat order from Nottingham City Transport 14 further Yutong Single Deck electric vehicles will be supplied by Pelican Thanks to a successful Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas bid with Nottingham City Council, NCT currently have 24 fully electric Yutong single-decker buses are on the road. The operator recently celebrated 250,000 zero-emission kilometres. A further batch of 24 vehicles will be delivered in early 2025. NCT is on track to have a fully electric single-deck fleet within the next 18 months, with an further 14 vehicles ordered this month for 2026 delivery. Sean O’Sullivan, Head of Engineering for NCT commented “the first 24 vehicles have performed really well. We have seen energy efficiency increase by 10% as we have undergone an extensive driver training course during the vehicles implementation into our operations. Passenger and driver feedback has been excellent, with extremely positive reaction to the customer centric features we implemented with Pelican and Yutong. The importance of having vehicles provided and supported by the same team was a key feature for our decision. Ian Downie, Head of Yutong UK at Pelican responded “The NCT team challenged us to further develop a vehicle that built upon our tried, tested and proven technology. They were the first to request full colour destination screens, revised passenger information systems, swept handrails, NCT specified seats and flooring. This resulted in excellent passenger feedback on these features, as well as our standard full air conditioning and industry leading safety features. We are absolutely delighted and honoured to receive this additional order, and have 100% of NCT’s single deck fleet with Pelican.” #Pelican #NottinghamCityTransport #ZEBRA #Bus #Yutong #Electric #CompletedInTheUK

First Bus has placed the single largest order for Yutong electric (EV) buses with their UK importer Pelican Bus and Coach. The order of 169 electric buses will be delivered to four depots within the next 16 months and represents the next step of the company’s march toward their 2035 goal of a fully Zero Emission bus fleet. This latest investment will be delivered to the depots in Taunton, Weston-super-Mare, Basildon and Hengrove in Bristol, introducing electric buses for the first time at those sites. This represents an investment of £89m from First Bus, announced earlier this year alongside a further £16m secured with our Local Authority partners through Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom and the ZEBRA 2 funding scheme. Upon completion of all these projects, First Bus will operate more than 800 zero-emission vehicles and boast EV charging infrastructure at 16 depot sites across their UK operation. Find out more here: 👇 ⚡ 🔌 🚍 Essex County Council West of England Combined Authority North Somerset Council Somerset Council Ian Downie FirstGroup plc