BUSMAKERS' NEWS WORLDWIDE
* USA - New Flyer Receives Orders For 1,482 Buses Over Last Three Months. 900 Hybrids to Chicago
Washington,DC,USA -The Green Car Congress -14 December 2008: -- New Flyer Industries Inc. has received orders, including firm orders and options, over the last three months for up to 1,482 buses (2,412 equivalent production units or “EUs”) for a combined value of US$1.004 billion. These orders are for a variety of vehicle configurations, including 35-, 40- and 60-foot buses with clean diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, gasoline-electric hybrid and compressed natural gas (CNG) propulsion systems... Of these orders, 1,294 buses (2,224 EUs) are new orders and 188 buses (188 EUs) are exercised options. These orders, when combined with previously reported orders, bring the total number of buses ordered to date in 2008 to 4,815 (6,690 EUs) representing a total of US $2.78 billion in sales... The largest of these orders is from Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in Chicago, IL. The CTA Board of Directors has approved the order of up to 900 60-foot diesel-electric hybrid buses (total firm orders and options)... New Flyer’s 60’ diesel-electric hybrids use the GM-Allison system coupled with a 330 hp Cummins engine. CTA has previously ordered a total of 1,258 buses from New Flyer since 2002 including 1,050 40’ diesel and hybrid and 208 60’ hybrid buses...
* India - Special edition Volvo 9400 Signature series AC-buses
New Delhi,New Delhi,India -Wheels Unplugged -13 Dec 2008: -- Volvo Buses India has launched its special edition Signature series, which is touted to be the first coach with a multi-axle configuration in the country, thereby taking the inter-city luxury AC coach segment to its next level... The company claims that the newly-launched Signature series will offer the best-in-class riding comfort and is backed by well-proven technology in India and the new model will offer a new standard in performance-economy ratio among all the vehicles in this segment. The coach is equipped with an electronic architecture, which offers even greater benefits for operators... Labels: busmakers' news worldwide
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