Electric Drive

Salon Rétromobile 2019

Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles

Paris - France

February 2019

DSC_4624 - 14005 - LF69 UXV - BYD DD/Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV City - Stagecoach Manchester (Be Greener, Go By Bus) - Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road 07/03/20

First York Electric MF23ZWH 36519 seen outside York Railway Station on service 5A to Acomb Green

First York Electric ML73DYM 63653 seen on Station Street, York on service 6 to Clifton Moor

DJI Air 3s

For now, the only model of hydrogen-fuelled double-decker bus to carry passengers in the UK is the Wrightbus StreetDeck Hydroliner, although that will change soon when Alexander Dennis enters the fray with its Enviro400FCEV. The Wrightbus product can be found in London, the West Midlands, Belfast and - as seen here - Aberdeen, a city that saw its first hydrogen buses some years ago in a batch of now withdrawn Van Hool A330 models.

While the StreetDeck Hydroliner is no doubt at the vanguard of bus technology, the 25 in Aberdeen have encountered mixed fortunes; an earlier batch required rectification work that, despite them being new only in 2020, has kept some off the road for over a year. Those from the second batch, delivered in 2022, seem to be more successful. Here is 39718 (SV22 VXE) on Broad Street in the Granite City. It is operating the route that it's branded for, which a couple of hours of observations suggest is far from universal practice for First Aberdeen. Its zero-emission fleet will grow further this year with the delivery of a batch of Yutong E12 battery-electric single-deckers.

Yutong U11DD demonstrator in Sheffield city centre South Yorkshire.

DSC_8860 - 329 - YX69 NWS - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'John Wisden') - Brighton, Churchill Street 21/07/20

First York Electric MA23TSO 63649 seen outside York Railway Station on service 5 to Acomb

Electric Drive

1.914 hp

2.300 Nm

Vmax : 412 km/h

0-100 km/h : 1,97 sec

0-300 km/h : 11,8 sec

Range : 550 km (WTLP)

89th Geneva International Motor Show

Internationaler Auto-Salon Genf

Suisse - Schweiz - Switzerland

March 2019

McGill's SG71OUD J5041 seen on Gauze Street, Paisley on Switch38 from Glasgow City Centre

Electric Drive

Range : 150 km

320 kW

764 Nm

Vmax : 280 km/h

0-100 km/h : 2,0 sec

850 kg

IAA 2017

Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung

Frankfurt

Duitsland - Germany

September 2017

Seen at Go North East Riverside Depot, Dunston, Gateshead.

DSC_8562 - 304 - YX69 NVN - Alexander Dennis E40H/Alexander Dennis Enviro400ER MMC - Brighton & Hove (Live & Breath; 'Peter Brackley') - Brighton, Churchill Square 21/07/20

A visitor to Glasgow for the COP26 conference photographs an electric bus and its driver. The bus is parked on a normally busy road, but which has been blocked for the conference, so standing in the road is nothing to worry about.

I'm no bus expert, but this seems to be one of the 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV eBuses from First Glasgow’s shuttle service at COP26.

The security fence round the conference venue can be seen in the distance.

BYD D8UR Alexander Dennis Enviro 200EV is seen here at Buchanan Bus Station on Service X8 to Pollok Circular.

Electric Drive

98° Motor Show Brussels

Autosalon Brussel

Salon de l'Auto Bruxelles

Salon Auto - Moto - Mobility

Brussels - Belgium

January 2020

BYD D8UR Alexander Dennis Enviro 200EV is seen here at Canning Town, London on service 323 to Mile End.

Seen in Gateshead.

Yutong E12 on Upper Parliament Street Nottingham city centre.

Electric Drive

89th Geneva International Motor Show

Internationaler Auto-Salon Genf

Suisse - Schweiz - Switzerland

March 2019

Seen at Gateshead whilst on Driver Training Duties prior to entry into service on 22/01/2025.

Go North East quaycity Voltra 5805, 5807, 5808, and 5809 are all seen here at Newcastle Quayside whilst at the launch event.

September 1st 2022

Electric Drive

89th Geneva International Motor Show

Internationaler Auto-Salon Genf

Suisse - Schweiz - Switzerland

March 2019

DSC_3884 - 14003 - LF69 UXT - BYD DD/Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV City - Stagecoach Manchester (Be Greener, Go By Bus) - Wythenshawe, Poundswick Lane 07/03/20

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Electric Drive

1.020 PS

Vmax : 250 km/h

89th Geneva International Motor Show

Internationaler Auto-Salon Genf

Suisse - Schweiz - Switzerland

March 2019

Brussels Motor Show

Autosalon Brussel

Salon de l'Auto Bruxelles

Brussels Expo

Brussels - Belgium

January 2026

Optare Versa EV is seen here on Station Road, York on service 9 to Monks Cross Shops.

Optare Versa EV is seen here on Queen Street, York on Service 12 to Bellhouse Way.

In 2024 Alexander Dennis built a collection of Enviro400EV battery-electric double-deck demonstrators for the large groups, with most (or all) of them registered with suitable cherished marks. The First Bus example is fleet number 38600 (FB74 ZEB), and it has spent some time running in Glasgow alongside a large number of earlier Enviro400EV models that came from the Alexander Dennis and BYD partnership. It is a smart looking machine and is seen here leaving Glasgow city centre while working a 5 to Castliermilk.

Seen in York.

Along I-15 in Nevada on its way to San Diego.

Wright Streetdeck Electroliner in St.Stephen's Street Norwich city centre Norfolk April 2024.

Yutong E12 is seen here on Glasgow Bridge, Glasgow on Service 38 to Johnstone Depot.

Go North East quaycity Voltra 5809 / NL72 EUE Is seen here at Newcastle Quayside whilst at the launch event.

September 1st 2022

Peckham

Yutong E10 in Nottingham city centre.

C197

Electric Drive

90° Motor Show Brussels

Autosalon Brussel

Salon de l'Auto Bruxelles

Brussels - Belgium

January 2012

Electric Drive

100th Anniversary Edition

Brussels Motor Show

Autosalon Brussel

Salon de l'Auto Bruxelles

Brussels - Belgium

January 2023

BYD Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV City in Manchester city centre.

Optare Metrodecker in York city North Yorkshire.

Optare Versa EV is seen here on Queen Street, York on Service 12 to Bellhouse Way.

Yutong E12 on Upper Parliament Street Nottingham city centre.

Optare Metrodecker EV MD1110 is seen here on Queen Street, York on service 9 to Monks Cross Shops.

DSC_3882 - 14003 - LF69 UXT - BYD DD/Alexander Dennis Enviro400EV City - Stagecoach Manchester (Be Greener, Go By Bus) - Wythenshawe, Poundswick Lane 07/03/20