BUSMAKERS NEWS * USA & Canada
* South Caroline / USA - GM boosts its stake in electric bus maker
Greenville,S.C.,USA -The Detroit News, by Melissa Burden -November 21, 2012: -- Automaker's venture capital unit, 6 others invest $23M in firm... GM Ventures, the venture capital arm of General Motors Co. created in 2010, has invested for the second time in Proterra Inc., a company that makes a battery-electric, fast-charge bus... Proterra plans to use the new cash infusion to grow delivery of its battery-electric EcoRide buses to new customers and markets. The EcoRide can complete a fast charge in 10 minutes and has up to 40 miles of range... In 2011, GM's venture capital arm invested $6 million into Proterra, as part of $30 million Proterra raised...
* Ontario / Canada - Breakthrough order for Nova Bus in Toronto
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Busworld (Belgium) -28 Oct 2012: -- Nova Bus has secured an order valued at $143 million for up to 153 articulated buses for the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Delivery of the first 27 LFS Artic is scheduled for 2013... The corrosion- and fatigue-resistant stainless steel structure of the LFS Artic, as well as its proven track record and overall design were key features for the TTC... Nova Bus vehicles for the TTC will be entirely assembled in Canada and feature a high level of Canadian content... The 62-foot LFS Artic is designed to handle high-volume routes...
* North Carolina / USA - Thomas Built to develop CNG SAF-T-Lines C2 Schoolbus
High Point,NC,USA -Busworld (Belgium) -12 Nov 2012: -- Daimler Trucks' subsidiary Thomas Built Buses announced that it will further expand its alternative-fuelled offerings with the addition of a CNG Saf-T-Liner C2 school bus. Thomas Built plans to fit this bus with a Cummins Westport ISB6.7 G 6.7-litre natural gas engine currently in development and expected to be available in 2015... The ISB6.7 G engine, based on Cummins’ ISB6.7 diesel, will use Cummins Westport’s spark-ignited, stoichiometric-cooled exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) technology. Thomas Built Buses launched its Type D CNG-fuelled rear-engine Saf-T-Liner HDX school bus in 1992, since when the company has put more than 1,300 HDX CNG buses on the road and says it has seen demand increase in the last five years...
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