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原文传递 SIGMA ON SHOW

题名：	SIGMA ON SHOW
正文语种：	eng
作者：	JAMES DAY
摘要：	Rochdale-based Mellor surprised the industry when it announced an upcoming range of full-size electric buses. The Sigma range, which will eventually offer six length variations, puts the company best known for minibuses in direct competition with the full-size single-deckers produced by the likes of Alexander Dennis, Wrightbus and Switch in the UK bus manufacturing industry. After a previous announcement in November 2021, the range was shown to the trade press for the first time at Millbrook Proving Ground. Two buses were displayed - a 7m variant, and a 10m variant, which are expected to start entering service in the first two quarters of 2022. Further variants, at 8m, 9m, 11m and 12m, are expected in the second and third quarter. Each is given a name based on the length of the bus -the 7m variant will be the Sigma 7, for example. Though the onset of a new Covid variant necessitated caution and reduced some of the fanfare of the launch, it was nonetheless intriguing to see such a large vehicle with a Mellor badge on the front. Even the Sigma 7 is imposing compared to many of Mellor's previous offerings, with a height of 3.1 metres. The company has already made sales of the Sigma in the UK, which is available to order. Providing the briefing were Mark Clissitt, Mellor's bus division managing director, and John Randerson, chief technology officer at Woodall Nicholson, Mellor's parent company.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Buses
卷：	74
期：	803
页码：	30-32,34-35