The Volvo B10BLE was a rear-engined low-entry single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1993 and 2004. The first prototypes were built in 1992, but mass production started in 1993, only a year after the high-floor B10B. It was popular in Australia, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. It had the engine mounted on the rear overhang of the bus. It became the successor of the city bus version of the B10B and was used as a base for single-decker buses worldwide. The B10BLE was available in diesel powered format, and later in a compressed natural gas powered format with the fuel tanks on the roof of the bus. Its low-floor design was widely promoted by Volvo when it was first launched, on the basis of added convenience to the passengers, and the increase in transport efficiency due to the low-floor design.
Säffle 2000-bodied B10BLE in Finland
Sydney Buses Ansair bodied B10BLE
SBS Transit Volgren bodied CNG powered B10BLE at the old Boon Lay Bus Interchange in Singapore in May 2006
First Hampshire & Dorset Wright Renown bodied B10BLE in Southampton in May 2009
Volvo Buses, stylized as VOLVO, is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Gothenburg.
Hybrid Volvo 7700H bus at the Czech Bus Fair 2011
Volvo bus used in White Buses action of 1945
Volvo B12 Bus 1940
Volvo B10 Bus 1938