First generation (2018-2024) BYD D8UR Enviro400EV City first-generation BYD Enviro400EV in
Aberdeen in September 2022 first-generation BYD Enviro400EV in
Solihull in July 2024 /
Bee Network first-generation
BYD Enviro400EV at
Stockport Interchange in August 2025 Large numbers of first-generation Enviro400EVs on BYD chassis have entered service with London's bus operators for TfL bus services across the city. Customers include
Go-Ahead London, who alone have ordered 169 of the type for delivery throughout 2023,
Metroline,
RATP Dev Transit London,
Stagecoach London and
Abellio London. Ten of Stagecoach London's Enviro400EVs were used to shuttle delegates and world leaders at the
2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Glasgow prior to entering London service, while a batch of Abellio Enviro400EVs operating on
route 63 were delivered with enhanced interiors specified under TfL's Future Bus project. Go-Ahead London also took delivery of eighteen Enviro400EVs fitted with
pantograph chargers for service on
route 132 in 2021.
National Express West Midlands and
National Express Coventry are also major operators of first-generation Enviro400EVs, with its first 19 entering service in
Birmingham in July 2020 and an additional 10 arriving at
Coventry later in the year. National Express Coventry began taking delivery of an order of 130 Enviro400EVs in late 2022 as part of a plan for Coventry to have the first all-electric bus fleet in a UK city, with the completion of the order in September 2023 converting the National Express Coventry fleet to 80% zero-emission vehicles. A further 170 Enviro400EVs were delivered to National Express West Midlands in late 2024, taking National Express' total fleet of first-generation Enviro400EVs in the
West Midlands to 329.
National Express Transport Solutions, the tour coaching arm of the National Express Group, also took delivery of four Enviro400EVs in May 2022 for tourist shuttle services to the
Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden.
Stagecoach Manchester took delivery of 32 Enviro400EVs in early 2020, which were allocated to the
Sharston depot for service in South Manchester. In addition,
Stagecoach in Cambridge received two in February 2020 on the
Cambridge Citi 6 service. 22 Enviro400EVs were also delivered to
Stagecoach Bluebird for service in
Aberdeen in April 2022, which were joined by 13 more in 2023.
First Leeds ordered five Enviro400EVs for the
Stourton Park & Ride, which entered service with the opening of the site in mid-2021, while
First Glasgow also ordered 91 Enviro400EVs alongside 22 Enviro200EVs in 2021. Delivery of the first batches of these buses began following the COP26 conference. Four Enviro400EVs were delivered to
Lothian Buses in March 2021 with branding advertising
Scottish Power, who helped to fund Lothian's order for the buses, and 12 Enviro400EVs were delivered to
Xplore Dundee, entering service in early 2022.
Transport for Greater Manchester ordered 100 Enviro400EVs in 2022 for use on its franchised '
Bee Network' bus services, which commenced operations in September 2023; the first 50 buses began to be delivered to
Go North West for Bee Network services in
Bolton in June 2023, and the remaining 50 entered service with Stagecoach Manchester in
Oldham from March 2024.
Enviro400FCEV City Twenty Enviro400FCEVs were ordered by the
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for use on contract to both
Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire and
Arriva Merseyside. The "publicly owned" hydrogen buses are branded for
Liverpool's MetroBus network and operate on service 10A, Liverpool's busiest bus route which connects the city with
St Helens via
Knowsley. The first bus from this order was completed in November 2022, Issues with the supply of green hydrogen fuel meant that between 2023 and early 2024, most of Arriva's Enviro400FCEVs were non-operational, and despite some briefly re-entering service after both the finding of a stable supply of green hydrogen and a battery refit in mid-2024, it was announced in December 2025 that the buses were to be converted to battery electric power.
Second generation (2023-present) second-generation Enviro400EV in
Brixton in November 2025 second-generation Enviro400EV in
Coventry city centre in September 2025 The Stagecoach Group were the first operator to order and take delivery of the second-generation Enviro400EV, taking delivery of the first of 55 Enviro400EVs for
Stagecoach West's
Oxford depot in March 2024, branded as 'electro' buses for use in the
Oxford SmartZone. A further 180 were ordered by the group for delivery between 2025 and 2026, intended for Stagecoach subsidiaries receiving central government funding from the Zero-Emission Regional Bus Areas (ZEBRA2) scheme, with 48 of these to be delivered to
Stagecoach South West, the first being delivered to
Torbay depot in October 2025, 31 delivered to
Stagecoach Midlands, 26 delivered to
Stagecoach West Scotland in
Ardrossan, and 12 delivered to
Stagecoach East Scotland in
Arbroath. The first 17 second-generation Enviro400EVs built to TfL specification were ordered by Stagecoach London in July 2024 for delivery in early 2025.
Arriva London took delivery of 30 Enviro400EVs across two batches between March and May 2025, the first 12 of which are branded for use on
London Superloop route SL6, with the remaining 18 due for conventional TfL service on
route 196. In February 2025, it was announced that the
Liverpool City Region's
Metro bus network is to take delivery of 58 Enviro400EVs.
Transdev Blazefield's
Harrogate subsidiary took delivery of 19 Enviro400EVs equipped with pantograph chargers for use on the
36 service between
Harrogate,
Ripon and
Leeds between late 2024 and early 2025, while
Reading Buses took delivery of 24 Enviro400EVs in February 2026 to replace biogas double-deckers on its Purple 17 and Claret 21 services, the latter serving the
University of Reading, as part of a 53-vehicle order for Alexander Dennis buses placed by the operator; an additional order for eight more Enviro400EVs will see the type introduced on the Yellow 26 later in 2026. == See also ==