This week we have another bus! I had to share this because it has an interesting front.
The is the Vectia Teris, number 4456, depending on where you look online this is called the Teris.9 or the Teris.10. These buses do come in 10.7 and 9.7 metre variants. The TMB press release from 2019 places this bus at 10 metres, so I'm not sure where exactly this lands in that range. To add to the confusion, this bus used to be called Tempus built by the Castrosua. Barcelona was used to pilot the Tempus back in 2009 after which they purchased a 12 metre and 9.5 metre variant.
Together wtih CAF, Castrosua formed the Vectia brand in 2013 to focus on all sort of hybrid and fully-electric buses. According to Urban Transport Magazine, Vectia became Solaris Bus Ibérica in 2019 after a merger, Solaris was acquired by CAF in 2018.
The Teris buses used by TMB are diesel-electric hybrids with electric traction. The buses are also equipped with ultracapcitors which allows them to leave stops purely on electricity alone.
This picture was taken of Carrer de Badajoz after the bus left the Badajoz - Diagonal stop, it's travelling on line 192 from Poblenou to Hospital de Sant Pau.