In July 2025, a Fencer F1 electric three-door city bus was sighted in China, undergoing road tests near the Higer bus factory. With a right-hand-drive, three-door configuration and Lush Green livery, this unit is likely intended for the Singapore market.
The Fencer bus range is a collaboration between Scania and Higer, with buses built by Higer in China. The bus appears to be a Fencer F1 Integral EV, and the model name will be updated when the bus is formally registered in Singapore.
Chassis Background
Launched in 2021, the Fencer range of buses was designed and produced in a partnership between Scania and Higer. Built on a Scania chassis, the Fencer bus is offered in single-deck, articulated, and coach variants, with powertrain options including diesel/gas combustion, hybrid, and full-electric versions.
As for the electric version, the Fencer F1 Integral EV was unveiled at Busworld 2023 held in Brussels. Higer touts that the bus is built on its self-developed ‘G4 modular high-end chassis’, with features optimised for safety, passenger comfort, and operation in extreme climates. As of 2025, these buses have been delivered to various European cities, as well as a large order for 450 units in Chile.
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See Also:
Other 3-Door electric buses in Singapore:
- Ankai G9
- BYD B12
- CRRC TEG6125BEV03
- LexSWITCH E12 SD
- Linkker LM312
- Volvo BZL – SC Neustar City
- Zhongtong LCK6126EVG
References:
- Higer Unveils 3 Pure Electric Buses at Busworld 2023 – PR Newswire APAC [Accessed 22 Aug 2025]
- HIGER FENCER F1 Shines at UITP: Driving Green Mobility in Europe [Accessed 22 Aug 2025]
- Scania Fencer – bus for urban transports | Scania Hong Kong [Accessed 22 Aug 2025]
- Baidu Tieba [Accessed 22 Aug 2025]
I think this bus will have touch-sensitive bus stopping buttons like when sg5999z was shown at bus carnival in 2016
Collaboration between Scania & Higer & a chassis of a Scania? Perhaps the most we can get of a “future scania bus” in singapore after the KUBs retired and honestly the front of the bus does look like a KUB. Hoping there wont be lots of backward seats nonsense. Anyways seems like all of our future buses going be built in China, hope this would be better than the ridicious BYD/Zhongtong seeing their ugly interior layout…
I just hope this bus has proper sitting arrangements unlike the poorly planned BYD 3 door buses ordered by LTA.
The name itself is a reason for rejection. “F1” is synonym to racing. For the safety of road users, high chance LTA may just reject this bus model, unless the manufacturer change the name of the bus model to something else.
HAHAHAHA
Nah.
‘F’ means manufacturer code, bro..
You can see these fencer f1 still operating in UK.
F1 is their branding name, it is not related to Formula One in any way. As the company is called Fencer, it makes sense to call it the F1
It’s a Scania. No reason to reject it.
“It’s a Scania, No reason to reject it”
Looks like u forgotten the demo scania 2 door E-bus that never saw a day in revenue service and was rejected straight out.
but scania is back with higer.