Wrightbus shows how hydrogen investment goes hand-in-hand with job creation.
Zero-emission transport pioneer Wrightbus has reached 1,000 employees, up from just 56 when it was bought out of administration three years ago, demonstrating how investment in hydrogen can also be a boon for job creation.
Wrightbus launched the world’s first hydrogen-powered double-deck bus, the Hydroliner, in 2020 and also boasts the world’s most efficient battery-electric double decker. More than half the company’s sales are of zero-emission vehicles, up from none in 2019 when it was acquired by Jo Bamford, son of JCB Chairman Lord Bamford.
The company will produce 400 zero-carbon emission buses in the current financial year, with a target of 3,000 by 2024, equivalent to 10% of the UK’s entire bus fleet.
Their hydrogen buses alone have driven 1.5 million…