The UK’s leading producer of electric busses, the BYD ADL partnership, has delivered more fully emissions-free single deck electric busses to Go-Ahead London, an operator for Transport for London (TfL). 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV models are now in service on route 214 between Highgate, Camden Town, King’s Cross and the City.
These latest deliveries mean the BYD ADL partnership – BYD (Europe) and Alexander Dennis Limited, part of leading global independent bus manufacturer NFI Group – has now delivered 98 electric busses to Go-Ahead London; nearly half the total of over 200 electric busses that the BYD ADL partnership has delivered to operators throughout the UK.
This most recent delivery also signals the introduction of the shorter 10.2-metre variant to provide a reduced turning circle and enhanced manoeuvrability. A 9.6-metre model will follow later in the year with 11 busses for Go-Ahead London, and the operator additionally has 13 BYD ADL Enviro200EVs with a length of 10.8-metres on order and scheduled to go into service in early 2020.
Over 170 BYD ADL busses on TfL services
The BYD ADL partnership’s single deck and double deck electric busses are both being delivered in significant numbers to operators in London as the capital’s transport system transitions from diesel. Over 170 BYD ADL electric busses are now in operation on TfL services, with over seven million electric miles having been completed, and more than four million completed by Go-Ahead alone.
“It is true," said Frank Thorpe, Managing Director at BYD (UK), “the order book looks very healthy for both our single deck and double deck products – and against a broadening customer portfolio outside of London, too. Manchester and Birmingham are switching to BYD ADL electric mobility and there’s considerable interest elsewhere. There’s a public transport revolution taking place in the UK,” said Thorpe, “and it is electric mobility that really is leading the charge.”
Genuine feel-good factor
Colin Robertson, ADL Chief Executive, added, “Our customers enjoy the operational benefits of pure-electric drive – lower running costs, easier maintenance – and passengers are really responding, too. There is a genuine feel-good factor when travelling in quiet comfort on a vehicle which emits zero emissions and improves the city’s air quality. As more and more routes are switched to electric, London is setting new standards for sustainable mobility.”
This latest delivery follows others by BYD this year, such as to Jerusalem and to the German Ruhr region. (mfo)
