Managing director of the bus firm, Chris Hanson, said cities across the UK were now "catching up". "It almost got the first city to go almost fully electric but Coventry just beat us to it," he said.

The Coventry City Council took delivery of the electric Smart on Dec. 21. The car will be used in the city fleet to evaluate its real world performance and range. Coventry will be using only ...

The boss of a bus company has said Oxford is "at the ... in Oxford "It almost got the first city to go almost fully electric but Coventry just beat us to it," he said. "Oxford is right at the ...