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1.11.16

THE CUTA TRANSIT SHOW * Canada: November in Vancouver

* British Columbia - Grande West to attend CUTA Vancouver Transit Show

--- Grande West Transportation Group Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of heavy-duty mid-sized transit buses for sale in Canada and the United-States, is pleased to announce it will be participating in the upcoming Canadian Urban Transit Association's ("CUTA") Transit Show... CUTA will hold its one day Transit Trade Show in Vancouver on November 8th 2016. As Canada's largest transit and bus exhibition, the show attracts senior transit system decision-makers, public officials from all levels of government, industry stakeholders as well as key technical professionals. Visitors will enjoy over 60,000 square feet of products, vehicles and services from manufacturers and suppliers from around the world at the Vancouver Convention Centre... Grande West will showcase its 30 foot Vicinity bus in a premier location at the convention... 
(Photo: Aerial photo of Vancouver)   --  Vancouver, BC, CAN - CNW/Edmonton Journal - Oct. 28, 2016

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13.7.16

New Flyer & Nova Buses * Canada: To be made in China

* British Columbia - Future B.C. Transit buses to be made in China

--- Premier Christy Clark and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a massive influx of $616 million into B.C.’s public transit infrastructure on Thursday, but what they failed to mention is where new buses will be manufactured. The answer? China... Unifor, the union representing Canadian auto workers, says they are disappointed to learn Canadian bus manufacturers New Flyer and Nova Bus were overlooked for a $35-million contract to construct 112 new buses, which has instead been given to Grande West Transportation... The Canadian-run Grande West manufactures Vicinity buses in China, including those currently used throughout the B.C. Transit region outside Metro Vancouver, and sells to many public transit markets across Canada... According to a May 10, 2016 release from the company, B.C. Transit awarded them a five-year contract worth over $35 million with an initial order of 41 buses for $13 million. An optional 71 buses are further included in the contract with the ability for units to be increased during the five-year term...
(Photo: B.C. Transit buses will be constructed in China, not Canada. Santa Bus) -- Vancouver, BC, Canada - Global News, by Jill Slattery - June 17, 2016

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26.3.16

NEW FLYER's NEWS * Canada

* Manitoba - Big year for bus maker New Flyer Industries

-- New Flyer Industries had a big year in 2015 that culminated in the December purchase of crosstown highway bus company Motor Coach Industries... The Winnipeg-based company — now the undisputed No. 1 bus company in North America — reported year-end revenue of US$1.54 billion, up 6.1 per cent from the year before... While the top line grew modestly, the bottom line looked even better... Total adjusted EBITDA for the year was up 41.1 per cent to US$151.4 million, and net earnings more than doubled to US$53.9 million... 
(Photo by TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) -- Winnipeg, Manitoba , CAN - Winnipeg Free Press, by Martin Cash - 24 March 2016

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13.5.15

BUSMAKER NEWS * Canada - Ballard & Solaris buses

* British Columbia - Ballard receives order for additional next-gen Fuel Cell Bus module from Solaris
-- Ballard has received a follow-on order from Solaris Bus & Coach (Solaris) for a fuel cell power module to be used in a zero-emission bus planned for deployment in Europe. The next-generation FCvelocity®-HD7 power module will be incorporated into a new 24 meter (80 foot) fuel cell bus design. Delivery of the power module to Solaris is planned for later this year... Solaris, based in Poland, is one of the leading players in the European bus industry. The Company manufactures intracity, intercity and special-purpose buses as well as low-floor trams. Since starting production in 1996, over 10,000 Solaris vehicles have been deployed in 28 countries, including Poland, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates... Ballard’s next-generation FCvelocity®-HD7 fuel cell power module features reduced parts count – including fewer moving parts – an integrated air compressor and coolant pump along with reduced parasitic load... 
Burnaby, BC, Canada - Vancouver, BC, CAN - Ballard - May 12, 2015

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26.11.14

BUSMAKERS NEWS WORLDWIDE * India - * Germany - * Canada/Scotland (UK) - * Russia

* India - VE Commercial Vehicles launches Eicher Skyline Pro Series buses

(Photo: Buses are available in school, staff and tourist variants with seating capacity ranging from 36 to 60)
Gurgaon,Haryana,India -Business Standard -24 Nov 2014: -- VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), a 50:50 joint venture between Sweden’s Volvo Group and Eicher Motors has launched Eicher Pro series of light duty for school and staff category... According to VECV, new buses will meet the demands of the emerging premium market segment by providing enhanced passenger safety, fuel efficiency and comfort with superior aesthetics. Eicher Skyline Pro buses are available in school, staff and tourist variants with seating capacity ranging from 36 to 60 per the segment requirement... The company is currently in discussion with various state governments and city authorities to provide these buses for public transportation. Under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, (JNNURM) the Government has sanctioned purchase of buses for various mission. The company is set to add one big order of 560 buses from Bihar and another order of 65 buses from Indore. It has supplied more than 3000 buses to the various state transport undertakings. In Maharashtra, there are 38 buses while it has supplied highest in Gujarat of 1101 units...



* Germany - "Ride and Drive": the new test drive programme from Daimler Buses 

(Photo: Setra ComfortClass 500) 
Mannheim/Neu-Ulm –Media Daimler -Nov 24, 2014: -- Daimler Buses are stepping up its test drive programme for European customers: The provision of the first new vehicles now establishes an additional range of test-drive vehicles for Daimler Buses on site at the respective brands' locations in Mannheim and Neu-Ulm...  The following new Mercedes-Benz buses will be available for test drives at the ONC new bus centre in Mann­heim from mid-November 2014 to the end of March 2015: Citaro G with horizontal OM 936h engine, new on-board electronics and new articulation control system (ATC), Travego Safety Coach with Active Brake Assist 3 (ABA3) and "anticipatory" cruise control system Predictive Powertrain Control (PPC), and a Tourismo with Lane Assistant (SPA) and Advanced Emergency Braking System (AEBS)... In Neu-Ulm, four world premieres from Setra are available for test drives: the new LE business low-entry inter-urban vehicle, the new mid-decker ComfortClass 500 MD, Setra's longest touring coach at present, in the guise of the S 519 HD, and the S 511 HD, which continues Setra's 60-year club coach tradition in a new generation...


* Canada - Scottish bus maker to establish Ontario plant as part of Metrolinx deal

(Photo: An Alexander Dennis 253 double-decker bus)
Toronto,Ontario,CAN -Canadian Manufacturing (CAN) -November 24, 2014: -- Metrolinx has signed a deal with Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) to buy 253 double-decker buses that will see the Scotland-based bus maker establish a local chassis assembly facility near Toronto... According to Metrolinx, Ontario’s Crown transportation agency for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), it has reached an agreement with the company that will see the fully accessible, low floor, double-decker buses delivered to its GO Transit arm over five years beginning in 2016... Construction of the chassis facility is expected to begin in mid-2015 and the first order of buses is expected by 2016... 


* Russia - GAZ Group delivers 30 articulated LIAZ Euro-5 buses to Nizhny Novgorod

(Photo from Wikipedia: A GAZ articulated bus, model LiAZ-6213, in Moscow) 
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia -Busworld (Belgium) -23 Nov 2014: -- The GAZ Group Bus Division recently delivered to the Nizhny Novgorod administration 30 low-floor articulated buses of the type LIAZ-621322, fitted with a Euro 5 driveline. All vehicles are adapted to passengers with limited mobility. Total cost of the buses is more than 300 million rubles... The new buses are equipped with a MAN diesel Euro 5 engine producing 290 hp, a six-speed ZF automatic gearbox and ZF axles, and a kneeling system in the air suspension, a mechanical ramp, communication buttons with the driver, a fire extinguishing system, air conditioning and ten CCTV cameras... The bus is designed to transport 146 people. There are 34 seats and an extra seat for people with limited mobility... The bus LiAZ-621322 is the first domestic low-floor articulated bus... 

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18.8.14

BUSMAKERS NEWS WORLDWIDE * Australia - Canada - Egypt

* South Australia - Most Custom Coaches jobs to go in Adelaide despite bus firm's sale to consortium
(Photo: Most of Custom Coaches' Adelaide workforce is going) 
Adelaide,SA,Australia -ABC News -18 Aug 2014: -- Just 13 jobs will be saved in Adelaide following the sale of troubled bus company Custom Coaches to a consortium... More than 100 Sydney jobs and 62 in Adelaide were lost after the company went into administration in July... Of the 300 people employed before July, about 120 will now stay with the new company, including 110 in Sydney... Adelaide's Royal Park site is gradually being closed with manufacturing operations to be based solely in Sydney... 


* Canada / Quebec - Bus maker Foton (China) orders more than 200 TM4 SUMO HD systems
Boucherville,QC -Inside EVS, by Mark Kane -14 August 2014: -- Canadian company TM4 has had a busy summer, as its Chinese joint-venture Prestolite E-Propulsion Systems (PEPS) received an order for more than 200 SUMO HD electric powertrains... This multi-million dollar order comes from Foton, one of China’s largest bus manufacturers, which would like to use the SUMO HD in both the 12 meter and 18 meter bus configurations... PEPS was established about two years ago with Prestolite Electric Beijing Limited. Previously, in July got the company got its first volume order for more than 100 powertrains...
Those were for SUMO HD and smaller SUMO MD units for BLK buses platforms of 6 and 8 meters... All together PEPS will deliver more than 300 powertrains, but the company has capacity to produce over 10-times more annually in Beijing...
(Video from YouTube, by TM4 -Jun 4, 2014: This video showcase TM4's products for buses and trucks electrification and hybridization, such as electric motors / generators, motor controllers / inverters units and vehicle controllers)
“Developed for performance and durability, the TM4 SUMO systems are optimized for medium-and heavy-duty electric and hybrid vehicles such as 6-18 meter buses, delivery trucks, shuttles, tow tractors and more. By allowing direct-drive operation, the TM4 SUMO systems reduce the powertrain’s complexity and cost, allowing for a simple, efficient and low-maintenance solution. A direct-drive system yields over 10% efficiency gains throughout the driving cycle, representing an equivalent gain in battery usage. Some of TM4 SUMO systems are offered with a double-ended shaft option, allowing for easy integration in many hybrid-electric powertrain architectures” ...


* Egypt - UAE project to offer 600 buses
(Photo: The Egyptian company Ghabbour Auto disclosed a $ 70 million joint venture with Brazil's Marcopolo for a bus assembly facility project in Suez on the Red Sea) Cairo,Egypt -Gulf Today -August 15, 2014: -- The GB Auto, it's a leading manufacturer of bus and commercial vehicles... At the GB Auto facility, UAE Minister of State, and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC), Dr. Bin Ahmed Sultan Al Jaber, viewed the final model of buses, which the UAE Project in Egypt will supply 600 of them to the Transport General Authority... 300 buses will be manufactured by UAE-based bus manufacturers Hafilat Industries while the remaining 300 will be built by Egyptian auto importer and manufacturer Ghabbour Auto... The fleet will meet 30 per cent of the public transport programme requirements of Greater Cairo and ease traffic movement...

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13.6.14

BUSMAKERS NEWS * Canada: Nova Bus'

* Quebec - Nova Bus to deliver 55 Nova LFS buses to the Toronto Transit Commission 
St. Eustache,QC,CAN -Canada NewsWire /Digital Journal -June 11, 2014: -- Nova Bus has secured an order valued at $32.6 million for 55 buses to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the largest transit authority in Canada. Delivery of the first of the 40-foot diesel buses, including a pilot bus, will begin in 2015... The vehicles will be entirely assembled in Canada at the company's main plant in St-Eustache, Quebec and will include a high level of Canadian content. Nova Bus and the Volvo Group count on more than 65 component manufacturers and suppliers in Ontario, with millions of dollars in spending each year in the Greater Toronto Area... Nova Bus is part of the Volvo Group...

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