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ADL presents the new 100-seat Enviro400XLB three-axle double decker, developed in close collaboration with
@on_lothianbuses
and chassis manufacturer
@VolvoBusUK
. 42 of these 13.4m high-capacity buses will enter service in Edinburgh from January onwards.
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⚡ We're thrilled to confirm the first order for our next-generation battery-electric double decker today as Britain’s largest bus operator
@stagecoachgroup
will introduce 55 Enviro400EV on its Oxfordshire network:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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In the largest ever order for electric buses in Scotland, we will build 126 for
@FirstinGlasgow
, supported by
@scotgov
funding. Using
@BYD_Europe
's battery electric driveline technology, we will build the buses in Falkirk to benefit Scottish communities:
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We are proud to have been able to contribute to the preservation of London's first low-floor double decker by funding and carrying out its full restoration over the last two years.
@Arriva_London
will now donate the Alexander ALX400-bodied DAF to the
@ltmuseum
collection.
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⚡ Welcome to the next-generation Enviro100EV! Our 'big small bus' is just 8.5m long and 2.35m wide, but it feels like a much larger vehicle and covers up to class-leading 285 miles on a single charge of its 354kWh batteries.
📄
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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Alexander Dennis will build a new fleet of double deck buses for Berlin. The first of up to 430 new Enviro500 three-axle buses are due to arrive in Berlin in 2020. The maximum investment volume is €220 million.
More info in our press release:
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Together with
@BYD_Europe
we can now confirm the order from
@stagecoachgroup
for 46 electric buses for Aberdeen, Kilmarnock and Perth, part-funded by
@scotgov
and to be built locally in Scotland's Central Belt:
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Our next generation British-built hydrogen double deck bus – project name H2.0 – will deliver a zero-emission range of up to 300 miles. It's going to be a milestone for zero emission technology:
#BuiltinBritain
#HydrogenEconomy
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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The first new Enviro400 for
@on_lothianbuses
went into service in Edinburgh today, part of a large batch that we're building on
@VolvoBusUK
B5TL chassis, and photographer Keith McGillivray was out with his camera early in the morning to snap one of the first journeys.
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We'll deliver 50 electric double deckers to
@OfficialTfGM
for the first phase of the franchised Bee Network bus system in September 2023. These iconic zero-emission buses will be built in the North of England:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
#BuiltinBritain
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Happy 40th birthday to
@stagecoachgroup
, our long-standing customer and partner for many innovations we have brought to market over the last decades. This Plaxton Elite coach has been given the group's unmistakable classic livery – doesn't it look striking? (📸 Keith McGillivray)
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The new zero-emission buses for
@OfficialTfGM
's Bee Network are rolling off our production lines, ready for the first 50 electric double deckers to start appearing in Wigan, Bolton and parts of Bury and Salford from September! 🐝
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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⚡ We can now confirm
@stagecoachgroup
as the launch customer for our electric Enviro100EV small bus! Highly manoeuvrable at just 8.5m length and 2.35m width, the Enviro100EV seats up to 25 passengers in the same comfort and style as larger buses:
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Enthusiasts wanting to drive their own Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double decker or Enviro200 single decker will have the chance next year when
@astragon_games
’ Bus Simulator 21 introduces our buses to its virtual roads. Watch the teaser trailer here:
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First day in service for the Enviro500 in Berlin today! ‘Dennis’ is seen here at Alexanderplatz ready for the trip on
@BVG_Kampagne
’s iconic route 100 this morning. Sister vehicle ‘Alexandra’ will join after completing the internal training programme. (📸 BVG / Kamila Richter)
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Times continue to be tough for everyone in the bus and coach industry, but this picture by Tommy Fung brought a smile to our faces today with its idea for our Enviro500! 😉 Have a safe weekend, everyone – why not start yours with a look at Tommy's gallery:
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Berlin's
@BVG_Bus
is taking its fleet of Alexander Dennis Enviro500 double deckers to 200 following the successful completion of a testing programme with an initial pair of vehicles. We will build these 198 additional buses in Britain:
#BuiltinBritain
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⚡ More choice, more flexibility, more value: welcome to the next generation of Alexander Dennis electric buses!
Read all you need to know about your new zero-emission solution in our press release:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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#ThrowbackThursday
to 1997, when our double deckers became easy access vehicles with the introduction of the low floor Dennis Trident chassis and the Alexander ALX400 and Plaxton President bodies – and we went for the full 1990s aesthetic for this press handout image!
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⚡ Static and dynamic testing of our next-generation Enviro100EV continues apace as our teams work towards full certification of our "big small bus". Here it is at Millbrook where our experts have been putting the electric bus through its paces.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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⚡ We've delivered the first next-generation Enviro400EV to
@Stagecoach_Ox
, the first of our new electric buses for a customer in the UK! 55 of these will electrify city services in Oxford in an initiative supported by UK Government funding.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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The iconic
@GreenLine702
is getting an upgrade this year with seven new double deckers from us.
@reading_buses
was looking for a stunning and versatile vehicle, so we're building the 11.5m Enviro400 for the first time with City-style bodywork:
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It's 2,700 miles from our Canadian factory in Vaughan, Ontario to Vancouver, British Columbia – so even some of the 32 Enviro500 that we are in the process of delivering to
@TransLink
take the train...
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The first buses we've built to Transdev Blazefield's exacting specification are now on the road. With the customer's input, we've developed a new floor layout at the rear which reshapes the steps and eliminates wheelarch intrusion to passengers' legroom.
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We look forward to building 172 electric buses in Falkirk thanks to
@scotgov
support to operators from a second round of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme. They will be built in collaboration with
@BYD_Europe
:
#BuiltinBritain
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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ADL will build up to 600 Enviro400ER plug-in hybrid double deckers for Ireland's National Transport Authority (
@TFIupdates
), running up to 2.5km in zero emission mode and meeting the EU's Clean Vehicle Directive. 100 have been firmly ordered for this year:
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The first electric buses in Salisbury have been launched this morning by Go South Coast's
@SalisburyReds
. Each of the three zero-emission BYD ADL Enviro200EV, built by ADL in Britain on
@BYD_Europe
chassis, will avoid 32 tons of CO2 and 15kg of NOx emissions per year.
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The new Enviro100EV is the small bus that performs just like a big bus, ideal for town services and rural routes in your ZEBRA 2 bid with its range of up to 285 miles and low total cost of ownership. Speak to Jamie MacIntosh () today for more info!
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⚡ We're thrilled to have been chosen in a competitive tender by Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation as its partner for the transition to zero-emission bus services with an order for 35 next-generation Enviro500EV double deckers, to be delivered in 2025 and 2026.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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Today we remember the victims of the 7/7 attacks in London and especially those on the number 30 bus in Tavistock Square. We built the Spirit of London replacement bus – the first production Enviro400 double decker – in their honour and in recognition of Londoners' resilience.
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Today we remember the victims of the 7/7 attacks in London, especially those on the number 30 bus in Tavistock Square. The Spirit of London double decker – now an Enviro400 hybrid – continues to commemorate them.
(📸 Hadi Yassine)
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🇬🇧⚡️🚌 We're introducing a shorter version of our British-built electric double decker! This new version of the BYD ADL Enviro400EV is just 10.3m long, with a shorter wheelbase to increase manoeuvrability when navigating congested roads and tight corners:
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It was a really momentous day yesterday as we rolled out the first Enviro400XLB for
@on_lothianbuses
, made in Scotland for Scotland’s capital city! Building buses again for Edinburgh is a great source of pride for everyone involved and many proud faces joined the team photo!
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In case you missed it last week:
@C4Dispatches
concluded that public transport is more hygienic than the cafes, supermarkets and hotels it also tested. Trains and buses were the only places deemed generally very clean:
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We've been selected by
@LpoolCityRegion
as supplier for 20 Alexander Dennis Enviro400FCEV zero-emission hydrogen double deck buses – the first order for our H2.0 second-generation hydrogen platform:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
#BuiltinBritain
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Less than five years after rolling out our first, the BYD ADL partnership has now delivered its 500th electric bus – which has joined the
@Go_Ahead_London
fleet for
@TfL
route 69 – and we have already taken firm orders to take the total to over 1000:
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Transdev Blazefield has launched its new Enviro400 fleet for
#Witchway
and
#Cityzap
– the highest specification buses we've ever been asked to build. Passengers and drivers are praising the Sky Class interior developed by Transdev and
@creatingdesire
, and it's easy to see why!
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⚡ From the earliest design sketches through engineering, procurement and production to this week... launch week! What a journey – and we're only getting started.
None of this would've been possible without the amazing people on Team Alexander Dennis! 👏
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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⚡ Shuttle Buses, Scotland’s only employee-owned bus company, is the first independent operator to confirm an order for our new Enviro100EV 'big small bus', which offers a class-leading operational range of up to 285 miles:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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Family-owned
@delainebuses
has continued its tradition of placing new buses in service on the first day that vehicle number plates in the UK use a new age identifier with another new ADL Enviro200 single decker built to the operator's iconic specification:
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Go South Coast coach company
@ExcelsiorCoach
has unveiled a brand new ADL Enviro400 double decker bus to join its growing fleet in Bournemouth. Its ADL SmartSeats are equipped throughout with seat belts, making it ideal for hire by schools:
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We're with
@FirstNorwich
today at the launch of the new fleet for the excel route. We teamed up with
@ScaniaUK
to build the City style Enviro400 body on their diesel chassis for the first time as the basis for a premium product designed inside and out by
@creatingdesire
.
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Hong Kong’s largest bus operator KMB has ordered 180 Alexander Dennis Enviro500. Scheduled to be delivered in 2020, solar panels on their roofs will support the energy requirements of the powerful air conditioning system and other auxiliary loads.
More:
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⚡ Did you know that our next-generation electric buses for the UK and Ireland have a revised front geometry that protects vulnerable road users?
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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We're delivering 35 new Enviro400 to Go South Coast. 28 have recently upgraded the frequent
@morebusco
m1 and m2 routes in Bournemouth and Poole to double deck operation, while another seven will shortly join
@SouthernVectis
on the Isle of Wight:
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Together with our partner
@BYDCompany
, we will begin UK design and assembly of chassis for the BYD ADL partnership’s electric buses, ensuring that investment in sustainable transport delivers full economic benefits to communities across the country:
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Five new BYD ADL Enviro200EV are now in service with Stagecoach London. The 10.9m electric buses, powered by BYD battery technology, are among the first built to ADL’s improved design which optimises the interior layout and introduces a new arrangement of components on the roof.
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When handing over our 500th BYD ADL electric bus recently, it met the partnership's very first bus: one of 51 that made Waterloo Garage the first outside of China to be fully converted to electric – how revolutionary that was then and how normal it is now!
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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⚡ Welcome to the next-generation Enviro400EV! Our new electric double decker will shift the the crowds on busy urban and interurban routes, with 472kWh batteries giving it a range of up to 260 miles.
📄 Full details at
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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From rural expresses to busy city routes, the next-generation Enviro400EV has local authorities and their operating partners covered for comfort and capacity in their ZEBRA 2 bid. Contact Jamie MacIntosh () now on how to benefit from our electric buses.
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The stage lights at
@coachandbusuk
no doubt showed off the illuminated fleet name and cant rail to their best effect, but the new ADL Enviro200 for
@gonortheast
looks just as gorgeous in the sun. ☀️ And who wouldn't want to join the journey on our plushest SmartSeats yet...
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Another ten ADL Enviro200 with bike racks have joined
@BordersBuses
, taking the company's bike-friendly fleet to 20 single deckers and four Enviro400 double deckers, after we helped to develop the concept in response to growing demand for active travel in the Scottish Borders.
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⚡ Did you see the gorgeous interiors of our next-generation demonstrators?
@creatingdesire
designed seats and flooring for us, working with our suppliers
@AltroFlooring
,
@camira
,
@MuirheadLeather
, Lazzerini and
@nwsltduk
!
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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For Friday night, here's a simple night-time picture from London of Alexander Dennis buses keeping the city moving no matter what!
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18 Plaxton Panorama coaches today upgrade the
@ScotCitylink
900 service – one of Europe's most frequent express coach routes – with additional capacity and new standards of comfort. They're operated by
@StagecoachWScot
and Park's of Hamilton. Read more:
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We'll build up to 200 BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric buses for the National Transport Authority of Ireland for
@TFIupdates
services. An initial 45 of these zero emission buses will be delivered by us and our partner
@BYD_Europe
in 2022:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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⚡ 3, 2, 1... Welcome to the next generation of Alexander Dennis electric buses!
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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Ever wondered how we make our iconic double deck buses? Switch on
@BBCTwo
at 9pm this coming Monday to join television presenter
@GreggAWallace
on a visit to our Scarborough factory in a brand new episode of Inside the Factory: XL:
#BuiltinBritain
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Our next generation double deck hydrogen bus will deliver a zero emission range of up to 300 miles, providing the perfect addition to our market-leading battery electric buses and enabling even more bus services to become emission free.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
#BuiltinBritain
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The
@Stagecoach_Ox
team visited us in Larbert to see their 55 next-generation Enviro400EV come together. Our brand-new assembly line takes a new approach to bus manufacturing with all-digital planning and documentation.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
(📸 Adam Harber for Stagecoach)
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Happy 90th birthday, KMB! We've delivered the first newly-developed, integral Enviro500EV electric double decker in time for the Hong Kong operator’s celebration today. With cleverly packaged batteries, it delivers a conventional seating layout.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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The Plaxton Panorama double decker gets its biggest order yet with 34 brand new coaches for
@Oxford_Tube
this summer! Five of them will be fitted with solar panels to reduce auxiliary energy loads on the engine and deliver greater fuel efficiency:
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Did you know that some of our double deck buses can be equipped for use on kerb-guided busways?
@Stagecoach_East
uses the Enviro400XLB on the 16-mile Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, the longest such system in the world!
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We're currently delivering a batch of 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV to
@FirstinGlasgow
, whose Caledonia depot has been readied for their arrival ahead of
@COP26
as the operator builds up a fleet of 150 electric buses:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
#BuiltinBritain
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The new interurban Plaxton Leopard has been developed in collaboration with
@on_lothianbuses
for its growing express services, with 49 seats and a wheelchair lift at the centre doors. The first will be shown this week at
@UKCoachRally
. More info:
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The winning team of
@BYDCompany
and ADL has scooped the largest part of London’s first order for fully electric double deckers! 37 BYD ADL Enviro400EV buses will enter service with
@TfL
operator Metroline in the second quarter of 2019. Read more:
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For Christmas Jumper Day, we're putting a jumper on an Alexander Dennis double deck bus to spread some festive cheer and support charity! 🎅
#ChristmasJumperDay
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We're adding operational flexibility to our British-built electric buses with additional charging options developed by
@BYD_Europe
. Both AC and DC sockets are now available, and double deckers can have roof-mounted connector rails for pantographs:
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We're building 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric buses for
@FirstinGlasgow
. Supported by
@scotgov
funding, the zero emission buses will be built locally in Falkirk using
@BYD_Europe
battery technology, and will be deployed in time for
@COP26
:
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Buses fit for a King – that's the new fleet of seven Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double deckers for
@reading_buses
' London Line and Flight Line, which stop right outside the royal castle in Windsor! 👑
(📸 Reading Buses)
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Seven brand new Enviro400 buses have joined
@FirstEssex
for the Airlink interurban route from Southend and Chelmsford to
@STN_Airport
, replacing single deckers. Built on
@ScaniaUK
chassis, their high specification interior includes luggage racking for airport passengers.
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Stagecoach South launched 9 electric buses in Guildford today. They were supplied by Alexander Dennis and our partner
@BYDCompany
together with the charging equipment for them. The Enviro200EV are the first of their type for
@stagecoachgroup
. Read more:
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The
@MayorofGM
Andy Burnham visited us today to see five of 100 electric double deck buses ordered by
@OfficialTfGM
. The first 50 will enter service in September, when the new Bee Network starts to bring buses under local control for the first time in nearly 40 years.
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🐝
@OfficialTfGM
's Bee Network launches next month and our teams have been busy building the first 50 electric double deckers which operator
@gnwbus
will be using from day one in Bolton and Wigan, and parts of Manchester, Salford and Bury.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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30 new ADL Enviro400ER electric range hybrid buses for
@BrightonHoveBus
will be geofenced to switch to zero emissions mode every time they enter Brighton's Ultra Low Emissions Zone, resulting in 133,104 emissions-free miles each year. Read more:
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Our market-leading range of low and zero emission buses includes the biogas-powered Scania ADL Enviro400CBG City. 🍃 The biomethane used to fuel the buses is sourced from food, farm and sewage waste which would otherwise go to landfill or not be reused.
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We're thrilled with the order from
@Transdev
Blazefield for 19 next-generation Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV electrics for
@harrogatebus
route 36. They're funded by
@transportgovuk
's ZEBRA scheme following a successful bid by Transdev’s partner
@northyorksc
.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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As the UK gears up for summer holidays, our workshops have converted three Enviro400 to open top and partial open top for
@StagecoachSW
. To ensure a quick turnaround for the customer's delivery requirement, the work was covered jointly by the teams in both Anston and Harlow.
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A massive thanks to our team in Falkirk, who prepared both the zero emission double decker that currently on show in the
#COP26
Blue Zone as well as the ten electric double deckers that took dignitaries to their reception on Monday evening.
#BuiltinBritain
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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⚡ Our Enviro400EV has completed
@Zemo_org
testing and is confirmed as the most efficient electric double decker currently available in the market, using an average of just 0.67kWh/km over the UK Bus Cycle! The Enviro400EV: driving value through efficiency.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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📺🚌 Don't forget to turn on
@BBCTwo
at 9pm tonight to follow
@GreggAWallace
as he joins our Scarborough team to find out how our iconic Alexander Dennis double deck buses are made:
#BuiltinBritain
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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⚡ Batteries on our next-generation Enviro100EV, Enviro400EV and Enviro500EV are located around the vehicle. Those mounted in the floor are nested inside the chassis rails to protect them from damage and mounted on dampers so no chassis flex is transmitted.
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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We're delivering 67 Enviro200 low-emission buses to
@rotalabus
for use on Transport for Greater Manchester
@BeeNetwork
services and officially handed over the new buses this week in the presence of Transport Commissioner Vernon Everitt:
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We’re adding hydrogen fuel cell technology to the market’s widest range of low and zero emission buses. No one size fits all to deliver zero emissions, so we’re happy to support operators with another option! More info: (Photo: Andrew Macintosh)
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Six new Plaxton Panorama double deck coaches have joined the Park's of Hamilton fleet for
@ScotCitylink
's ‘Saltire Cross’ routes connecting Scotland’s six major cities:
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⚡ From the mile straight to the hill route, across handling circuits and twist humps – our guests at the Alexander Dennis Track Days enjoyed the full breadth of facilities at Millbrook Proving Ground. The rides gave a sample of the comfort of our next-generation electric buses.
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As we continue to roll out the fleet of Alexander Dennis Enviro500 buses in Berlin, they are an increasingly familiar sight – not just on the streets of the German capital but also on model railway layouts and in collectors' display cabinets:
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Locally-owned, independent West Norfolk operator
@mylynxbus
has chosen a pair of our British-built Enviro400 double deckers for its first ever brand new buses. They have gone into service on the Coastliner 36 route:
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The BYD ADL electric bus partnership will upgrade the BYD ADL Enviro200EV single decker to the new vehicle lengths of 10.9m and 11.6m (offering two more seats than the 12m model it replaces). They will utilise ADL’s new all-electric heat pump system. More:
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Welcome news from
@transportgovuk
ahead of today’s
#UKBusSummit
that bids are open to become the country’s first all-electric bus town. ⚡️🚌 We look forward to supporting candidate local authorities and their partner operators with the buses to deliver this transformation!
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🇮🇪⚡🚌 Earlier this week, we announced a new framework agreement with Ireland's NTA for up to 200 BYD ADL Enviro200EV fully electric buses. When delivered next year, they'll join 280 zero-emission capable Enviro400ER plug-in hybrid buses on
@TFIupdates
services.
(📸 Darren Hall)
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Our workshop in Harlow is now refurbishing Enviro400H buses for RATP Dev London. The work, which includes full exterior and interior body refurbishment as well as a repaint plus the latest
@RATPgroup
logos, gets these hybrids ready for further work on newly-awarded TfL contracts.
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⚡🇺🇸 We'll introduce our next-generation electric bus technology to North America! Sound Transit, which provides regional transit in the Seattle metropolitan area, has placed a firm order for 33 zero-emission Enviro500EV buses:
#LeadingtheZEvolution
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ADL's partnership with
@BYD_Europe
has delivered 11 electric buses to
@Go_Ahead_London
for
@TfL
route 100 – the first built to a new length of 9.6m. Go-Ahead London now has over 100 BYD ADL Enviro200EV in service, with more to come!
Read more:
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One bus to replace 100 cars –
@on_lothianbuses
demonstrated the congestion-busting effect of the Enviro400XLB today.
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