BUSMAKERS NEWS * China - Automaker to deliver double-decker buses for London Olympics
Chinese red double-decker buses, to serve the 2012 Summer Olympic Games
(Photo: Big bus tours in Shanghai)
Hefei,China -Xinhua -Oct. 8, 2011: -- A Chinese automaker has clinched a deal with a UK tour operator to provide the latter with red double-decker buses, a national symbol of Britain, to serve the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, which will be held in London... The Anhui Ankai Automobile Co., Ltd. signed a contract with Britain's Big Bus Tours sightseeing company on Sept. 29 to export 34 open-top double-decker buses, which will be used for sightseeing tours during the games, sources with the bus company said Saturday... The deal marks the first time for China-made double-decker buses to enter the UK market, where there are a stricter certifications for automobiles... Ankai, a major Chinese bus manufacturer, has been working to tap overseas markets in recent years. The company received a 3,000-unit order from Saudi Arabia and a 280-unit order from Russia earlier this year...
* Sweden - Volvo Bus to double annual capacity by 2015
(Photo: Volvo buses. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation -MSRTC)
Bangalore,India -Reuters, by Aftab Ahmed and Bhaswati Mukhopadhyay -Oct 13, 2011: -- Volvo Bus Corp, part of Swedish truckmaker Volvo AB, expects to double its annual global manufacturing capacity by 2015 as it ramps up its presence in Asia... The company expects Europe and North America, which are its largest markets, to remain weak and is depending heavily on the Asian market to drive growth... Volvo Bus plans to increase its global manufacturing capacity to 30,000 units a year from 15,000 units -- half of which will be made in Asia... In India, Volvo Bus plans to increase capacity at its existing facility near Bangalore to 2,500 units a year from 1,000 units a year and will set up a new plant to accommodate the rest... Sales of trucks and buses in India, a key pointer to economic activity in the country, rose 18.05 percent to 70,634 in September, according to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers...* Poland - Solaris builds electric, hybrid buses
Warsaw,Poland -Automotive World (UK) -October 17, 2011: -- The Polish bus and coach builder Solaris has built a pure electric bus based on the 8.9m Urbino family midibus. Its powertrain uses a 120kW four-pole asynchronous traction motor supplied by Vossloh Kiepe, powered by two liquid-cooled, 120kWh lithium-ion batteries weighing 700kg each. They have a rated voltage of 600V... The battery capacity gives the Solaris Urbino electric a range of up to 60 miles and a maximum speed of 30mph. The batteries are the source of power not only for the traction system but also for all auxiliary systems, including power steering, heating, ventilation and door control. Batteries are charged with a Walter plug-in connector. A full recharge from the 3x400 V, 63A terminal takes approx. four hours...
* USA - Voith Turbo opens hybrid powertrain centre
(Image: SteamTrac System - Waste Heat Revovery System Using a Steam Cycle)
Poway, San Diego, CAL,USA - Automotive World -October 17, 2011: -- Voith Turbo has opened a hybrid powertrain development centre to further develop hybrid diesel/electric drive systems for buses... The office, warehouse and testing facilities cover more than 5,000 square feet, and the building features a solar panel installation that provides electricity for most day-to-day facility operations... Hit herto much of Voith’s R&D and engineering has been based in Germany... The California-based Maxwell Technologies will supply ultracapacitors for Voith Turbo's hybrid technology... Solaris has built a DIWA hybrid prototype Urbino 18 bus in Poland...Labels: busmakers news worldwide
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