Britain’s e-bus ticking timebomb: How nearly TWO THOUSAND electric buses worth £800m face urgent recall over fears they could see burst into flames

Safety watchdogs have ordered the recall of almost 2,000 electric buses over fears they can catch fire if left unattended.

London had a total of 476 of the buses subject to recall in their fleet.

A further 100 of the same bus type has been supplied to Manchester as part of their move to electric buses.

London Fire Brigade is currently updating its operations manual on dealing with fires involving electric buses to protect their crews and members of the public - pictured here, a fire involving a suspected electric bus in Putney Bus Garage.

Such is the level of threat posed by electric bus fires, London Fire Brigade is currently re-writing its operations manual on dealing with such incidents.

'The rosy picture of the promise of zero emissions has clouded ill-informed politicos' judgements to ignore safety issues and the cost of replacing reliable and proven safer lower cost diesel buses.

Several buses are operating a park and ride system in Cambridge, which boasts of being 100 per cent electric with zero per cent emissions. 

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