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10.7.12

BUSES SALES * WORLDWIDE

* UK - London adds 300th hybrid bus introduced to fleet 

 (Photo: London's hybrid bus)
London,EN,UK -EVolution, by Mike Millikin -6 July 2012: -- London has introduced its 300th hybrid bus into its fleet; 1,000 hybrid buses are set to be introduced in the next four years as part of the Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s plans to improve air quality... The 300th hybrid bus is now in service on route 211 between Waterloo and Hammersmith. A further 104 hybrid buses are on order using £5 million (US$7.8 million) funding from the Department for Transport... The diesel-electric hybrid buses deliver fuel savings of 30% reducing operational costs for TfL but also a 20% reduction in NOx delivering environmental benefits for Londoners... 

* India - Eicher Motors' JV secures 1,019 bus chassis order from GSRTC

(Photo: Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicle Factory Pithampur) 
New Delhi,India -Accord Fintech/Yahoo News –6 Jul, 2012: -- Volvo-Eicher Commercial Vehicles, a joint venture (JV) between Volvo Group and Eicher Motors has bagged contract from Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC). The order is for supply of 1,019 bus chassis to the Gujarat transport body. However, the company did not reveal the total contract value... GSRTC is already using Eicher buses for meeting the inter-city and rural connectivity requirements of that state...

* Germany - 2,000th Setra bus for Switzerland
 
Stuttgart,Germany -Wheelsology -13 July 2012: ... Sales of Setra buses, now one of the brands of the Stuttgart-based Daimler AG, began in Switzerland back in 1953. And now the 2,000th Setra bus has been delivered to the Swiss Confederation, the owner of the new S 431 DT TopClass... 400 double-deck coach is the company Ernst Marti AG in Kallnach, in the Canton of Berne... The three-axle coach has four-star classification and seats a total of 78 passengers...  With a range of features that include proximity-controlled cruise control with Active Brake Assist, the Lane Assistant system and an automatic fire extinguishing system in the engine compartment, the 13.89-m-long luxury touring coach includes all the assistance systems on offer from Setra to help make travelling even safer...

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