BUSES' SALES * WORLDWIDE
* UK - ADL has order for 125 “Arrive-and-Go” hybrids
London,EN,UK -Busworld -22 Feb 2013: -- All of the buses – worth around £40m – are Enviro400 double decks. They will go into service in Manchester, Yorkshire and London, with operators such as Stagecoach, London United, London General and Metroline. A spokesman for Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), explained that the latest generation hybrids come with “Arrive- and-Go” technology, capable of shutting the diesel engine down when vehicle speed drops below four mph - and re-starting it when it rises above seven mph.A series of test vehicles in operation have demonstrated a further six percent improvement on the 30% and 35% fuel and CO2 savings made with previous generation hybrids...
* Mexico - Fourteen more Volvo 7300 bi-articulated for Mexico City's BRT System
Mexico,DF,MEX -Busworld -6 March 2013: -- Volvo Buses has delivered 14 new 7300 Volvo bi-articulated buses to the BRT system Metrobús in Mexico City... The increasing demand on line 1, which runs along one of the most important avenues in Mexico City, Insurgentes, is the main reason for the new units being integrated into the system. So far, occupancy has been recorded up to 95% in this line... The new fleet included, Line 1 will have in operation 27 Volvo 7300 bi-articulated of 25 meters long and capacity for 240 passengers in each vehicle...
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