UK – At the 2024 Euro Bus Expo, which took place at the NEC Birmingham in the UK from November 5 to 7, 2024, UK bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) based in Larbert, Scotland (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canada’s New Flyer Industries) unveiled the Enviro100EV and next-generation Enviro400EV battery-electric buses as part of its focus on zero-emission.

T&BB sat down with Paul Davies, the CEO of Alexander Dennis to discuss the company’s new product range. Davies confirmed that by working closely with systems integration partners, the new generation EVs have achieved a 97% charging efficiency certified by the Zemo Partnership’s zero-emission bus testing programme. The 97% grid-to-wheel efficiency is the best recorded in UK zero-emission bus certification to date and these gains of course drive efficiency and lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the vehicles for fleet managers. The OEM has optimised its charging and system integration by working with engineering teams from its driveline supplier Voith, battery manufacturer Impact Clean Power Technology and HVAC specialist Grayson Thermal Systems.