BUSMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE
* Australia - Custom Coach is ADL’s Australian Acquisition
Sydney,NSW,Australia -Busworld (Belgium) -11 June 2012: -- Britain’s biggest bus and coach manufacturer, Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), stepped up its globalization programme today with the acquisition of Sydney-based Custom Coaches, one of Australia’s major bus manufacturers. The multi-million deal sees ADL take 100% control of the Australian business, which employs over 400 people at manufacturing sites in Sydney, New South Wales, and in Adelaide, South Australia... It currently has annual sales of around £55million (A$90m) and a 24% share of the Australian bus market... Custom’s is producing a raft of sophisticated specialist vehicles such as articulated, CNG powered and hybrid-electric buses, along with a unique range of low floor buses incorporating under-floor luggage space...
* Colombia - Marcopolo launches new Gran Viale BRT bus in
* Canada - Prototype electric New Flyer transit bus in operational testing
Manitoba,Canada -Green Car Congress -8 June 2012: -- An all-electric, battery-powered prototype demonstration bus under joint development by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), the government of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, Red River College and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC has been completed and was recently unveiled in Manitoba, Canada... The bus will be demonstrated on the streets of Winnipeg over the next two years... The 40-foot “E-Bus” is based on New Flyer’s 40-foot Xcelsior heavy-duty transit bus and is powered by a 120 kWh lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack developed by MHI...
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"mahesh" said: I love this van, I have also a Citroen berlingobut a few years ago. I had no idea it was going to another I think I'll save to buy soon
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