Environment & Climate

A City Switches to Electric Buses

A report about a large city replacing old diesel buses with electric ones to cut air pollution.

B29 min

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1Our city has decided to replace all its old diesel buses within the next five years.

2The first sixty electric buses started running in the city centre on Monday morning.

3Unlike the old buses, they are quiet and produce no exhaust fumes at all.

4Air pollution in the busy city centre has already fallen by fifteen percent.

5Doctors believe that cleaner air will greatly reduce breathing problems among young children.

6Each new bus can travel two hundred and fifty kilometres on a single charge.

7The buses charge overnight at special stations that were built near the main depot.

8Some drivers worried about the change, but most of them now prefer the new buses.

9The whole project costs a lot, but the city will save money on fuel later.

10Solar panels on the depot roof provide part of the electricity the buses need.

11Other cities across the country are watching closely and may soon follow this example.

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