Yutong E10

The Yutong E10, also sold as the longer Yutong E12, is a battery electric single-decker bus manufactured by Yutong in Zhengzhou since 2016 for both Chinese and international bus operators.

Yutong E10
A Yutong E10 in Zhengzhou.
Overview
ManufacturerYutong
Production2016–
AssemblyZhengzhou, China
Body and chassis
ClassElectric bus
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeLow floor
Powertrain
Capacity34 seated, 36 standing
Power output350 kWh electric motor
Battery422 kWh lithium iron phosphate[1][2]
Dimensions
Length
  • E10
  • 10.9 metres (36 ft)
  • E12
  • 12.2 metres (40 ft)
Width2,500 millimetres (8.2 ft)
Height3,285 millimetres (10.778 ft)
Curb weight
  • E10
  • 13,200 kilograms (13.2 t)
  • E12
  • 13,750 kilograms (13.75 t)

The Yutong E10 debuted in China in 2016, transporting delegates to meetings of the National People's Congress in Beijing.[3][4]

Exports
A Yutong E12 in Roskilde, Denmark.

The Yutong E12 is popular in Denmark. The city of Roskilde was the first in the country to receive Yutong buses in 2019, replacing its diesel bus fleet with 20 E12s.[5] The cities of Copenhagen, Bergen and Odense, who all have bus services run by Keolis soon followed, with each city receiving deliveries of Yutong buses throughout 2020 and 2021.[6][7][8] Keolis have also tested a Yutong E12 in the French city of Orléans.[9]

100 Yutong E12s were ordered for bus operators in Santiago de Chile in 2018, as part of a scheme seeking to electrify the city's bus network by 2050,[10] while the Singapore Land Transport Authority ordered a fleet of Yutong E12s, along with BYD K9s and Volvo buses, in an order for 60 electric single-decker buses in late 2019.[11]

In Australia, the Yutong E12 has proven popular with many bus operators around the country who opted to trial the vehicle. Nine Yutong E12s were delivered to Interline Bus Services from April 2021, and a small fleet was also delivered to Transit Systems NSW.[12]

Nine Yutong E10s were delivered to the Polish city of Polkowice in 2021.[13]

United Kingdom
A Yutong E12 in service with Cardiff Bus.

Yutong E10s and E12s, as well as other Yutong products, have been sold in the United Kingdom through the Pelican Bus dealership in Castleford since 2018, where a factory assembling complete knock-down Yutong buses and coaches will soon open.[14][15] The company is also partnered with battery supplier Zenobe, who assist in installing charging infrastructure and providing new batteries for electric bus operators.[16]

The first ten Yutong E10s ordered for the United Kingdom market[17] entered service with Go North East in November 2020. These Yutongs were branded as Voltra buses for services on routes 53 and 54 between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, with the launch preceded by a major marketing campaign by Go North East,[18] and were delivered with high-specification interiors and exterior LED lighting designed by Best Impressions.[19][20][21] Nine E10s were also delivered to First Leeds that same year, entering service on a route serving the Halton Moor district of Leeds in October.[22][23][24]

In Leicester, fifteen E12s were ordered by Leicester City Council, with eleven delivered to Roberts Travel Group for use on the city's park & ride services and the remaining four delivered to Centrebus for services to University Hospitals of Leicester in 2021.[25]

Shortly before the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scottish bus operator McGill's received 55 E12s, the biggest order so far of Yutong buses in the United Kingdom.[26][27] 41 more of the type, 31 of these being E12s and the remaining ten being McGill's first short E10s, have been ordered for delivery in early 2023, which will take McGill's Yutong electric fleet to a total of 96 buses.[28]

In Wales, after purchasing a demonstrator vehicle from Yutong in 2019, Newport Bus ordered 14 E12s in 2020, the first electric buses to be purchased by a Welsh bus operator.[16][29] Newport Bus later ordered another five E12s and eleven E10s in 2021.[30][31] E12s also entered service with Cardiff Bus in December 2021, with 36 being delivered with special branding for routes around Cardiff. An E12 from this batch was painted into a heritage livery celebrating 120 years of public transport in the Welsh capital.[32][33] Eight E12s are to be delivered for electrification of the TrawsCymru T1 service serving Aberystwyth and Carmarthen, currently operated by First Cymru.[34]

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