Originally published on January 9, 2014
Eight new electric buses will begin operating in Milton Keynes, England by the end of this month.
According to the BBC, the buses will run along a 25 km route between the Milton Keynes suburbs of Wolverton and Bletchley. They will carry an estimated 800,000 passengers a year.
The buses will be charged overnight at a depot and will receive booster charges throughout the day at the start and end of the route.
The buses will charge for 10 minutes during their layover time, which replenishes two thirds of the energy consumed during the bus's route.
Primary wire coils in plates are buried in the road. A receiver plate located on the bottom of the bus will be lowered to receive voltage generated by inductive charging. Electricity passes through wire coils in the buried plates, generating a magnetic field, which wirelessly charges the vehicle's batteries.
The new buses were built by UK bus manufacturer Wrightbus and will operate as part of a five-year trial programme led by the European division of Japanese company Mitsui and UK engineering group Arup.
The Milton Keynes Council said it would cover all bus routes with electric buses if the new buses prove to be a success.
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