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Alexander Dennis and BYD UK jointly announce First Bus order of 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric buses for Glasgow network in preparation for United Nations COP26
Alexander Dennis and BYD UK jointly announce First Bus order of 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV el...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Alexander Dennis and BYD UK jointly announce First Bus order of 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric buses for Glasgow network in preparation for United Nations COP26\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LARBERT,\n \n Scotland, United Kingdom\n \n \n \n \n ,\n \n March 3, 2021\n \n \n /CNW/ - (TSX: NFI) Alexander Dennis Limited (\"ADL\"), together with BYD UK today announced that its electric vehicle partnership, the UK's leading electric bus producer, has taken an order for 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV electric single deck buses from First Bus. ADL is a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. (\"NFI\"), one of the world's leading independent global bus manufacturers and a leader in zero-emission mobility.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The buses, which are part-funded by the Scottish Government, will be deployed in\n \n Glasgow\n \n in time for the\n \n COP26\n \n United Nations' Climate Change conference, ahead of further electrification of the First Bus fleet in the city. This comes just seven months after First Bus announced its commitment to purchase no diesel buses after 2022 and to operate a fully zero-emission fleet by 2035.\n \n \n \n \n The Scottish Government has supported First Bus' purchase of these 22 BYD ADL Enviro200EV through the first round of the Scottish Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme.\n \n \n \n \n The new electric vehicles, which will be\n \n 11.6m\n \n long and seat up to 40 passengers each, will be based at the state-of-the-art First Bus Caledonia depot in\n \n Glasgow\n \n . Charging facilities have already been installed there as part of an earlier project, which also saw a pair of similar BYD ADL Enviro200EV introduced at the start of 2020, giving the company valuable experience in the operation of electric buses.\n \n \n \n \n This new award reflects the ongoing success of the BYD ADL partnership. Since launching in 2015, the partnership has gone from strength to strength, with over 500 electric buses delivered or on order, and has completed more than 16 million emission-free m...