1 Nov 2023

The Enviro400EV will be assembled in Larbert, where Alexander Dennis has transformed its facility and overhauled its build process by introducing digital support tools and reducing the number of build stages to improve material, process and quality control.

These new working methods will be progressively rolled out to all of the manufacturer’s sites including Scarborough, where the single deck production hall is being expanded along with the recently-announced addition of an off-site kitting and logistic facility.

This will benefit production of the Enviro100EV, which takes advantage of Alexander Dennis’s global operations footprint before having its high-value components including axles, driveline, batteries, doors, seats and destinations fitted at Scarborough. Its chassis and body frame will be produced under direct supervision to Alexander Dennis designs by the company’s long-standing contract manufacturing partner in Zhuhai.

Production of customer orders for both vehicle types has now begun, with deliveries expected in the first months of 2024.

The Enviro400EV and Enviro100EV for the UK and Ireland are part of the wider family of Alexander Dennis next-generation zero-emission buses that also includes the three-axle Enviro500EV double decker for international markets, launched earlier this year in Hong Kong.

An international version of the Enviro100EV is under development, as is the autonomous Enviro100AEV and an open-top variant of the double deck Enviro400EV.

The next generation of Alexander Dennis battery-electric buses for the UK and Ireland will be completed in 2025 with a new Enviro200EV single decker that will also be fully engineered and built in house.

In addition to its next-generation buses, Alexander Dennis will continue to sell and support electric buses built in partnership with BYD. Over 1,500 of these BYD–Alexander Dennis Enviro200EV and Enviro400EV are currently in service across the UK and Ireland.

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