BUSMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE
* India - Daimler set to drive luxury buses into India next yearPune,India -LiveMint/The Wall Street Journal, by Sudha Menon -1 Aug 2007: -- It is firming up plans to import the chassis from its Brazil plant and have the body built locally by the Jalandhar-based Sutlej Motors... DaimlerChrysler India Ltd (DCIL), the wholly owned subsidiary of German auto major DaimlerChrysler AG, is close to launching luxury buses inIndia as early as next year, making it the second major international bus maker toenter India after Volvo AB...
* Sweden - Gov't backs Volvo hybrid busesStockholm,Sweden -Australasian Bus & Coach (Australia) -26 July 2007: -- Volvo has developed a parallel hybrid, which means that a smaller diesel engine and an electric engine will work in parallel or independently to drive the bus... At bus stops and traffic signals, for example, the diesel engine can be turned off completely. The bus is started solely with the help of the electric engine, which results in an emission-free and very silent operation. The diesel engine is not started again until some distance from the bus stop... Volvo Buses expects to be able to sell its first hybrid buses within a few years...
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