Guangzhou has electrified 92 per cent of its public transport buses, reserving some vehicles from its old fleet for emergencies such as power cuts and floods.<br />More than 10,000 new electric vehicles are on the streets of China’s most populous city, also the capital of the southern province of Guangdong.<br />Following the Shenzhen special economic zone near Hong Kong, Guangzhou is the latest city in the province to convert public buses in a bid to reduce pollution.<br />The conversion has outpaced efforts in the world’s other large cities. London plans to go all-electric with transit buses by 2030 and New York City is currently testing a small fleet before a wider transition to electric by 2040.
