Volvo B8L


The Volvo B8L is a 3-axle bus chassis manufactured by Volvo.

History

In 2017, two pre-production Volvo B8Ls were completed; one with a Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body that entered service with Kowloon Motor Bus in Hong Kong and a Wright Gemini 3 bodied example with SBS Transit in Singapore.
The B8L was officially launched in January 2018 as a replacement for the Volvo B9TL. A MCV EvoSeti bodied example of Kowloon Motor Bus completed Motor Vehicle Examination and tilt test in early 2018. The MCV bodied B8L was registered in March 2019 as WA756 with fleet number AVBML1. Another MCV bodied B8L was arrived to Hong Kong in April 2019 and was registered in December 2019 as WM5028 with fleet number AVBML2.
In October 2018, orders for 213 Wrightbus bodied examples for Hong Kong were announced, 46 for Citybus, 150 for KMB, 10 for Long Win Bus and seven for New World First Bus. This was followed in November with an announcement of 42 Alexander Dennis Enviro400XLB-bodied vehicles for Lothian Buses, Scotland.
In October 2019, KMB was ordered 110 MCV bodied B8Ls and first time with 12.8m variant. Some of these have been shipped to Hong Kong as of July 2020.
In April 2020 and in Singapore,The SBST B8L was rumoured that it was returned back to Volvo as sometime during the month,the bus was missing.
As of July 2020, 157 Volvo B8Ls are in service with KMB. 8 are in service with Citybus. 7 are in service with NWFB

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