It became the successor of the city bus version of the B10B and was used as a base for single-decker buses worldwide.

In the United Kingdom market, Volvo unsuccessfully tried to replace the B10BLE with the B7L in 2001, but realised that it was not as popular among the customers and offered the B7RLE from 2003.

The name of the chassis stands for: Optionally available is a Volvo GH10-series (GH10A, GH10B, GH10C) natural gas or biogas engine.

2 units entered service in April and July 2002, initially serving Jurong Island routes.

Due to the scarcity of Compressed natural gas refueling points in Singapore and various factors, all units were withdrawn by July 2019.

Only the first two CNG B10BLEs (SBS2988M & SBS2989K) were kept at St Andrew's Autism School and Tan Tock Seng Hospital respectively for static preservation while the later units were all scrapped.

The original Plaxton Prestige also featured the Volvo chassis as an option, but very few of these were built.