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8.11.12

BUSMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE

* UK - Alexander Dennis reveals hundreds of new bus orders

Priorswood Place,East Pimbo,Skelmersdale,UK -Transport Engineer, by John Challen -8 Nov 2012: -- Alexander Dennis took the wraps off its new-generation, three-axle Enviro500 double deck bus at the Euro Bus Expo, this week... The company also announced that it had received advance orders for more than 530 of its new bus... Promising lighter construction and designed to be more fuel efficient than other buses in its range, the new bus was designed with the Asia-Pacific market in mind... So far, buses have been purchased by Hong Kong operators, including KMB, Long Win Bus and Citybus... 


* UK - Optare looking to an electric future for buses

Leeds,EN,UK -Transport Engineer, by John Challen -8 Nov 2012: -- Optare, has reaffirmed the company's position on electric power for buses, stating that it will bring the technology to market on a larger scale throughout the UK... Speaking at Euro Bus Expo show at the NEC yesterday (Wednesday 7 November 2012), Optare CEO, Jim Sumner, said: "Electric bus technology will dominate post-Euro 6" ... He also revealed that the company's own electric bus – the only one of its kind in operation in the UK (in Coventry) – has been shortlisted for the Society of Motor Manufacturers' Innovation Award... The bus manufacturer's stand at the Birmingham event featured an electric bus – alongside three other new buses – and Sumner emphasised the importance of using alternative propulsion systems in the bus market...

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