The Volvo B5L is a hybrid-electric powered bus built by Volvo

Volvo Buses

Volvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Göteborg....

 since 2008.

The design of the chassis is similar to that of the Volvo B7L

Volvo B7L

Volvo B7L was a low floor citybus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang, it was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L...

. It could be fitted with Volvo's own I-SAM parallel hybrid drive system and Volvo D5E engine.

It can save up to 35% on fuel consumption and reduces the emission of green house gases, including carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...

.

The first batch of six Volvo B5L double-deckers were built in 2008, they were fitted with Wright Eclipse Gemini

Wright Eclipse Gemini

The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....

 bodywork and one example was shown in Euro Bus Expo 2008 in National Exhibition Centre

National Exhibition Centre

The National Exhibition Centre is an exhibition centre in Birmingham, England. It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway, and is adjacent to Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International railway station. It has 20 interconnected halls, set in grounds of 628 acres making it the...

, Solihull

Solihull

Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. These buses entered service with Arriva London

Arriva London

Arriva London is a division of Arriva which operates bus services in London, UK. It is made up of many previous bus operators including previously independent Grey Green...

in 2009.

The Volvo B5L is also built as a single-decker with Volvo's own bodywork, and sold as Volvo 7700 Hybrid.

In May 2010, Volvo announced that following several years of research and development, it would start serial production of the B5L and 7700.