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Van Hool wins large American order

BELGIUM Van Hool has won two orders from ABC, its American distributor, for a total of 510 vehicles. The manufacturer is building 210 coaches in Belgium, and is also setting up a foreign plant to […]

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Toronto’s iconic GMs withdrawn

CANADA Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) withdrew its last five iconic General Motors (GM) buses on December 16. The vehicles, which were dubbed “Fishbowls” due to their curved windshields, had been serving passengers in Canada’s largest […]

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Volvo receives order from Jamaica

JAMAICA Volvo Buses has announced an order worth €16.3m for 230 buses for Kingston, Jamaica. The order, which includes 210 conventional B7Rs and 20 B12M articulated buses, will be delivered over a three-year period, with […]

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China-based Higer enter Australian bus market

Imports cost 40% less than comparable current offerings from native manufacturers CHINA Chinese-made Higer city buses will arrive in Australia within three months, at prices 40% below comparable current offerings from native manufacturers. Importer WMC […]

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Daimler sells stake in MB tech

GERMANY Daimler AG and AKKA Technologies S.A. will now jointly manage MBtech Group – a prominent international engineering and consulting company based in Sindelfingen. The move was agreed by both partners on Wednesday (December 7). […]

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Largest ever Columbia deal for Volvo Bus

COLUMBIA Volvo Bus Latin America has sold 688 bus chassis to Colombia’s capital city, Bogotá. The deal, which includes chassis for conventional buses as well as articulated and biarticulated buses, is the company’s largest ever […]

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CNG coaches for LA

USA Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has the first batch of its 95 new Motor Coach Industries (MCI) Commuter Coaches, fuelled by compressed natural gas (CNG). They will be used on LADOT’s Commuter Express […]