BUSMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* USA - Industry Beginning to Receive First EGR, SCR Diesel Engines
Fort Valley,GA,USA -School Transportation News, by Ryan Gray -10 May 2010: ... Blue Bird announced that its "Blue Bird Demo Bus Campaign" began last month and that more than 100 new school buses were on the way to customers this spring and early summer. The company chose Cummins to supply the diesel engines that utilize Selective Catalyst Reduction, or SCR, to perform after treatment of NOx to meet the EPA emissions requirements... Thomas Built Buses is also using Cummins SCR for 2010. Nelson's Bus Service in Whitewater, Wis., southwest of Milwaukee, has been testing SCR in Saf-T-Liner C2 conventional school buses since February. In all, Daimler Trucks North America said orders had been taken on about 1,500 SCR Thomas school buses... Meanwhile, IC Bus announced that 28 buses with Navistar MaxxForce Advanced Exhaust Gas Recirculation, or EGR, diesel engines werealready purchased by Waters Transportation in Columbus, Miss., and are currently being used... (Photo from schoolbus.lunarpages: School Vision Overview)* USA - Bus Recalls - Thomas Built Buses HDX, 2009-2010 models
Washington,DC,USA -NHTSA (PR) -14 May 2010: -- The 30th. April 2010, the NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION repported that Daimler Trucks North America must to recall certain shool buses manufactured on Nov. 15, 2007 through June 15, 2009... Cause: The heater coolant flow valve actuator O-Ring may allow coolant leakage into the heater core compartment and the actuator PC Board Area, potentially causing the actuator to overheat and/or melt... Consequence: An overheated and/or melted may result in a vehicle fire... The Potential Number of Units Affected: 1515... DTNA it's notifing owners, and repairs Thomas Built shool vehicles' free of charge...
* Germany - ZF technology in buses and coaches. Safe and comfortable on the road
Friedrichshafen,Germany -ZF PR -14 May 2010: -- People who place their trust in buses and coaches have a right to expect maximum safety and comfort. To achieve this, the driveline, chassis and steering systems must be of the highest quality and perfectly matched for compatibility. This is what makes buses and coaches one of the safest and most comfortable means of transport. ZF sets standards in this field... Buses are as comfortable for travelers as they are practical for city dwellers. To compete with other modes of transportation, vehicle manufacturers, bus companies and transit authorities focus on exclusivity, comfort, safety and environmental sustainability. For over 20 years, ZF transmissions make more economical driving and resource conservation possible – in big-city traffic as well as on long-distance intercity routes...* Sweden - Major environmental benefits from Göteborgs Spårvägar’s hybrid bus
Goteborg,Sweden -Volvo Buses (PR), by Per-Martin Johansson -9 May 2010: -- Volvo’s hybrid bus has now been tested by Göteborgs Spårvägar for a year and the results have revealed major environmental benefits. Fuel consumption and carbon emissions have fallen 30%... When the operator Göteborgs Spårvägar started its field test using Volvo’s new Volvo 7700 Hybrid bus a year ago, it was the first company in the world to deploy the bus in operation. Prior to the field test, it was hoped that fuel consumption could be reduced by 25-30%. Traffic in the first year has shown that the bus surpassed this figure with a saving of 30-35%... Volvo’s hybrid bus has a small diesel engine and an electric engine that can be operated individually or jointly. Energy from braking is used in the batteries to operate the electric engine. The diesel engine shuts off at bus stops and the bus starts by using its electric engine. The diesel engine starts up again once the bus has reached a speed of 15-20 kph... The field test in Göteborg will continue for some time. A particle filter, which will further reduce particle emissions, is next in line to be tested... (Photo: A Volvo 8700 Low Entry)Labels: busmakers' news
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