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On Sunday the 5th of July 2020 some of the first 19 BYD Enviro 400EV Citys with Alexander Dennis bodies, finally entered service in Birmingham with National Express.
They represent an investment of 15 million pounds for the company and are the first fully electric double deckers in the region. The first few were delivered to Birmingham Central garage at the end of February and because of the ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic, they were delayed entry into operational use by three months.
The Smart-Vision cameras are now the standard visual assistance with this order, following the initial trial vehicle number 6937. Four distinct branding graphics are applied within the advert framework area displaying their environmental credentials.
Fleet number E008 named 'Laura' had the honour of being the first to enter service with the company. The photograph sees E012 'Mehreen' also on its introductory day on the 6 route to Solihull.
Advertisement identities are as follows:
"Bus travel that doesn't cost the earth" - E001/002/009/016/017
"Breeze into Brum" - E003/008/013/014/019
"When scoring a big fat ZERO is a good thing!" - E004/011/015/018
"Power to the people of Shirley and Solihull" - E005/006/007/010/012
While Yutong is best known in the western world for its battery-electric buses it also produced hydrogen fuel cell examples, albeit in much lesser numbers. A trial fleet of those are in use in its home city of Zhengzhou, including offside doors to suit a bus rapid transit section. Here one of those is seen.
DSC_4027 - 14031 - LF69 UYY - BYD DD/Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV City - Stagecoach Manchester (Be Greener, Go By Bus) - Manchester Airport, Interchange 07/03/20
A Nissan Sylphy B17 Zero Emission photographed in Nissan dealership in Beijing, Beijing municipality, China.
Nissan launched the EV variant of its bestseller Sylphy in Autumn 2018.
It has an official 340 km autonomy.
DSC_8436 - 330 - YX69 NWT - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'Sir Norman Wisdom') - Brighton, Churchill Square 21/07/20
First Leicester is embarking upon the process of electrifying its whole fleet with Wrightbus products. Most will be the single-deck GB Kite Electroliner single-deck model as seen here, with a smaller number of StreetDeck Electroliners also to come. Part funding has been provided by the Department for Transport Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme. Here 63501 (BK23 HCP) is seen off its patch in Edinburgh at a conference.
I'm surprised that these Russian cars are being sold in the States. The version sold here is an electric model with a top speed of only 25 mph (40 kph). This isn't my photo of course and I doubt that I'll ever see one of these in use but you never know.
Electric Drive
11 PS
Vmax : 50 km/h
Range : ca. 70 km
ca. 5.500 kg
Sonderausstellung : Unter Strom – 130 Jahre Elektromobilität auf Rädern
PS.SPEICHER
Einbeck
Germany
September 2018
AC Transit in the East Bay area of California has a long-ish associatiion with hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses and it currently runs quite a number of them. They are from Van Hool and, as seen here, New Flyer. Fleet number 7206 is an XHE60 model, one of 10 with AC Transit; the operator also has five similar XE40 battery-electric models. The bus is seen here in Berkeley on a 51B journey on a Saturday afternoon.
While China has been closed due to COVID-19 for a long time (only having reopened recently) development has continued at the usual pace while Western visitors were not around to see it. Here in Zhengzhou is a level 4 autonomous bus that is used to serve the large Finance Island manmade development, where it and others run alongside much smaller autonomous shuttle-type vehicles that are also made by Yutong. Sensors can be seen on both front corners.
As it is a level 4 autonomous vehicle it still requires a 'safety driver', but these full-size buses quite happily drive themselves with nobody onboard at the depot area, which is closed off to other traffic. As with all of Zhengzhou's urban bus fleet of several thousand vehicles, these autonomous buses are battery-electric. 5G is used for the necessary communication.
This London registered Wrightbus, Zero Emissions, StreetAir, EV, (Electric Vehicle), (LK66GPF), was seen transiting through College Green, Dublin, 11 January 2019.
Basel is a city that is no stranger to electric public transport through its tram network, although electric buses had been gone for a while following the closure of a single trolleybus line some years ago. It seems that battery-electrics are now beginning to appear, with a pair of VDL Citeas - one 12m, the other an 18m artic as seen - and some Mercedes-Benz eCitaros imminent. The Citear artic, SLFA-181 Electric to give the full name, is seen here on route 30 which runs between the city's two main railway stations - Bad Bahnhof and SBB. It is waiting time at the latter. Such a low-speed, urban service is ideal for a battery-electric bus.
DSC_8360 - 327 - YX69 NWP - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'Rupert Webb') - Brighton, Churchill Square 21/07/20
Electric Drive
750 hp
Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille
Château de Chantilly
Chantilly
France - Frankrijk
September 2016
Go North East quaycity Voltra 5803 / NL72 ETU Is seen here at Newcastle Quayside whilst at the launch event.
September 1st 2022
DSC_3574 - 14017 - LF69 UYJ - BYD DD/Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV City - Stagecoach Manchester (Be Greener, Go By Bus) - Manchester, Parker Street 07/03/20
DSC_8859 - 329 - YX69 NWS - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'John Wisden') - Brighton, Churchill Street 21/07/20
Electric Drive
126 kW
250 Nm
Range : 310 km (WLTP)
Vmax : 160 km/h
0-100 km/h : 8,3 sec
Mondiale de l'automobile 2022
Expo Porte de Versailles
Paris - France
Oktober 2022
DSC_8512 - 318 - YX69 NWF - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'Dr Louisa Martindale') - Brighton, Churchill Square 21/07/20
Having departed Belle Vale on the 13.00 to Liverpool it arrived 19 late and would depart Liverpool One ( as in this picture ) out of service to catch up its board at Belle Vale Chelwood Avenue
-Guinness World Record 2012
-Fastest 0 - 100 km/h acceleration
by an electric car 2,681 s
-Weight 260 kg
-Power 141 hp
-Top speed 120 km/h
-Battery capicity 8,4 kWh
-LiPo cells
-Two piece carbon fiber
monocoque
DSC_9202 - 330 - YX69 NWT - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'Sir Norman Wisdom') - Brighton, Churchill Square 21/07/20
DSC_8942 - 326 - YX69 NWO - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'Alfred Waterhouse') - Brighton, Churchill Square 21/07/20
DSC_8347 - 321 - YX69 NWJ - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; "Richard Patching") - Brighton, North Street 21/07/20
Electric Drive
Range Extender
Rotary Engine
90° Motor Show Brussels
Autosalon Brussel
Salon de l'Auto Bruxelles
Brussels - Belgium
January 2012
DSC_8944 - 326 - YX69 NWO - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'Alfred Waterhouse') - Brighton, Churchill Square 21/07/20
Deployment of zero-emission buses in London has gathered great pace over the past 18 months and will no doubt continue on that trajectory, although whether all of these vehicles are replacing diesel buses on a 1:1 basis or if slightly more zero-emission examples are required to mitigate range limitations isn't immediately clear.
In the battery-electric double-deck field, the BYD ADL Enviro400EV has thus far dominated, with a few batches of Switch Mobility (formerly Optare) Metrodecker EVs also in use. The Enviro400EV's position is already under major threat from the Wrightbus StreetDeck EV - with a vastly superior maximum battery capacity - and a pending new battery-electric model produced entirely by Alexander Dennis itself, which - it is claimed - will be offered alongside the E400EV. The UK Yutong importer has also long promised a double-decker.
The E400EV's Achilles heel is the seating arrangement at the back of the lower deck, which is very poor owing to the positioning of the drive axle. The StreetDeck EV, at least, does not suffer from that. Here Stagecoach London 14171 (LG71 DSU) departs North Greenwich bound for Erith on a 180 journey. Like an increasing number of new buses, it has rear-view cameras in place of conventional mirrors.
Vilnius is relatively unusual among European trolleybus systems in that it still maintains a significant number of these Skoda 14Tr vehicles. A few run during off-peak times, but during rush periods many others come out to play. They have all the traditional trolleybus sounds and, equally authentically, are rather rough internally. As they're non-accessible it will be interesting to see how long they remain in use for, but for now, here is vehicle 2135 approaching the Stotis terminal outside the main railway station on an afternoon peak 7 journey.
Alexander Dennis/BYD electric bus introduced to Glasgow Airport in October 2019 to service the long term car park
Electric Drive
Replica
Engine : 2 Postel-Vinay Electric Motors
Ca. 68 bhp
1st road vehicle faster than 100 km/h
Camille Jenatzy (B)
Cité de l'Automobile - National Museum
Schlumpf Collection
17 rue de la Mertzau
Mulhouse - France
July 2013
Mosby Windmill, Missouri Off the Grid! In the Field! Art Piece in Galvanived Steel........
Country Directions with No Street Signs: Turn left as soon as you can pass the Mosby Windmill!
Go North East quaycity Voltra 5808 / NL72 EUD Is seen here at Newcastle Quayside whilst at the launch event.
September 1st 2022
While the Wrightbus StreetDeck Hydroliner fleet operated by First Aberdeen may be the higher profile of the Granite City's zero-emission bus stock, Stagecoach Bluebird has quietly been introducing a greater number of BYD ADL Enviro400EV battery-electric double-deckers to its operation there. The driveline technology in these buses is proven stuff from BYD and the Enviro400EV in this format seems to be a reliable and competent performer wherever it is deployed. Here Stagecoach 14054 (LG22 AWF) approaches journey's end at Union Square bus station, the obligatory oil industry supply vessels that are a fixture of this part of Aberdeen visible behind it.
While the BYD ADL Enviro400EV may be a reliable performer, it does have a couple of awkward spots; the seating layout at the rear of the lower deck is poor, and weight - at well over 13,000kg unladen - is rather 'solid'. Are those among the reasons why Alexander Dennis will debut its own, entirely in-house Enviro400EV later this year? Who knows. The relationship with BYD will continue despite that, however.
The only trolleybus operation in Norway is in the western city of Bergen, where a single line is in the hands of Solaris Trollino 18 examples of the Skyss operation such as 3002, seen at the Lyngbo terminus. Although trolleybuses may have an uncertain future in general with the rise of battery-electric buses, the line in Bergen was apparently extended not too long ago. These Trollino models have battery power themselves, and are thus able to run where there is no overhead wire.