First Bus is one of the largest bus companies in the UK, carrying more than a million passengers a day. Their goal is to have a zero-emission bus fleet by 2035. They already have 650+ zero-emission vehicles on the road and rapid charging infrastructure installed across 10+ depots nationwide.

First Bus invested £1m to provide the local area with a charging infrastructure and offers an electric vehicle charging point from their purpose-built hub at Summercourt Depot in Newquay.

The site is easily accessible from the A30, a key route into Cornwall. The hub supports the transition to electric vehicles and helps to cut emissions to provide cleaner air for the local community.

Suitable for cars and vans, the hub has eight rapid chargers with no need to book and rapid charging rates of up to 150kW. Payment can be made via contactless credit card with no app or sign up required, at 55p/kWh. It is open from 6am to 10pm seven days a week and has refreshments and a waiting area on site.

The chargers at Summercourt are also available for local businesses to use, following the successful model by First Bus in Glasgow and Leicester, where companies such as Open Reach, DPD and Police Scotland benefit from the use of the operator’s infrastructure to support their own transition to EV fleets.

   Find out more information on charging at Summercourt here