Custom Denning UK has opened a partnership with TSUK that will see the Temsa coach sales specialist bring the Element 2.2 battery-electric single-deck bus to independent and private operators across England, Scotland and Wales.
The partnership comes just in time for Euro Bus Expo 2026, which opens at the NEC Birmingham on 3 November, where the two companies will be exhibiting on neighbouring stands.
Demonstration buses will be available to operators from early 2027, with customer deliveries from March / April 2027. TSUK will act as a specialist sales channel for the Element 2.2 to private and independent operators, while Custom Denning’s own direct sales team will continue to serve other customers.
The Element 2.2 is Custom Denning’s latest single-deck electric bus, offered in 10.9m and 12.0m right-hand-drive versions. It is built around a fully integral stainless-steel structure for long life and corrosion resistance, with a Voith electric driveline and a CATL 411.75 kWh battery.
TSUK, whose group also includes Minicoach World, will use its established relationships with coach and bus operators, and its knowledge of the private operator sector, to introduce the Element 2.2 to buyers. Many of TSUK’s coach customers also run local bus, school, contract and rail replacement work, and until now TSUK has had no full-size bus to offer them.
Operators buying an Element 2.2 will be able to part-exchange their outgoing vehicles, with TSUK valuing and buying everything from diesel single-deck and double-deck buses to coaches and minibuses. Combined with finance and charging packages through Custom Denning’s finance partners, this gives operators a single route to electric bus ownership, without the time and uncertainty of selling their existing fleet themselves.
Element 2.2 customers are supported from Custom Denning’s new European headquarters and 9-bay PDI and service centre at Ilkeston, Derbyshire, with UK-based parts, technical support and aftercare.
Speaking about the partnership, Custom Denning UK CEO Europe Antony Goozee says: “TSUK’s team is trusted by operators up and down the country, and many of their customers run buses as well as coaches. Partnering with TSUK puts the Element 2.2 in front of those operators from day one.
“We are excited to launch this partnership at Euro Bus Expo, where together we will give our Element bus its first official showing to the UK market. We look forward to welcoming potential customers to see and experience the bus for themselves, and to discuss our sales and service proposition with them.”
Adds TSUK Managing Director Paul Gardner: “The Element 2.2 is the bus our customers have been asking us for. It is a quality, stainless-steel product backed by a UK team in the East Midlands, and it sits naturally alongside our coach range.”
“Being able to offer funding and part exchange on the same deal means we can give operators a complete package, and that is exactly how private operators like to buy.”
Visitors to Euro Bus Expo, opening on 3 November, can see the Element 2.2 and talk to both teams on Custom Denning’s stand V45 and TSUK’s stand V42, which sit next to each other.
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