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Company ... Alexander Dennis and BYD

Scottish bus builder in potential £2bn alliance with Chinese company

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Peter Burgess

Scottish bus builder in potential £2bn alliance with Chinese company Colin Robertson Colin Robertson Herald Scotland: Ian McConnell, Group Business Editor / Tuesday 20 October 2015 / Business Share 1 comment SCOTTISH bus builder Alexander Dennis will today unveil a major alliance with a Chinese battery technology expert that could see the two companies manufacture up to £2 billion worth of vehicles. Alexander Dennis, which employs about 1,000 people in Scotland, and Chinese company BYD expect to build 200 single-decker buses per annum over the next 10 years as they embark on a partnership focused on zero-emission electric vehicles. The Scottish company estimated that the 12-metre, single-deck vehicles that it plans to produce with electric bus specialist BYD would represent total turnover of £660 million.