Can't see First wanting to be involved unless there is a large financial incentive. A trial battery bus might work on City service provided there was a dedicated charging point in Crowngate. If we are being serious, much would depend on the range of the bus; does anyone have information on the experiences running Enviro EV in London?
In the meantime, our local councillors might be better employed introducing a clean air zone (CAZ) in Worcester; I believe it was discussed early in 2019 and postponed indefinitely. I presume this was to protect the City centre shops and businesses, maintain the 300 diesel taxi fleet and allow First Bus to dispose of all the Euro 6 emission buses in exchange for dirty Euro 3 vehicles.
However if anyone thinks electric vehicles are just an 'airy-fairy' experimental concept, just have a read of the attached article and ponder the thought that the Chinese run 425,000 electric buses. I believe the United Kingdom operates approx. 370 - so much for clean air and improving our city environment!
https://www.wired.com/story/electric-bu ... ver-world/