Demonstrators

49001 -  UU11DDD  

The Chinese vehicle manufacture is keen to expand the range of electric buses they have available for the British bus market.  Yutong have already introduced a range of electrically powered single deck buses and coaches. Yutong's British distributor Pelican imported a electrically powered double decker in October 2023. It is totally built by Yutong and is offered as a complete vehicle to operators. The first vehicle was appropriately registered UU11DDD and has been used as a demonstrator. Having operated with a number of bus companies it joined the Diamond Bus fleet in April 2024 for a month's trial. The vehicle was allocated to Tividale depot and was used on the service 50 in Birmingham. The vehicle entered service on 17th April and stayed a little longer than planned until its last day in service at Diamond Bus on 4th June 2024. This was due to some accident damage sustained during its time with the operator that had to be repaired,