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ZF success in Russia

RUSSIA ZF Friedrichshafen AG is claiming major success in the Russian bus market as 2011 has seen Moscow transportation authorities order more than 2,000 lowfloor citybuses equipped with ZF driveline, chassis, and steering technology. The […]

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200 MAN lowfloor citybuses for SMRT

SINGAPORE Singapore’s SMRT Buses is taking delivery of 200 complete buses based on MAN low floor NL 323 F chassis from the MAN Truck & Bus sales partner – Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics). Deliveries began […]

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50 NABI BRTs for Broward County

New order will bring the total number of NABI buses in Broward’s fleet to 170 USA North American Bus Industries, of Anniston, Alabama, is supplying 50 articulated BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) buses to Broward County. […]

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IRU seeks to double passenger numbers

Europe Following the publication in March of the European Commission White Paper on the future of EU transport policy until 2050, and prior to the European Parliament debate on the future of the European transport […]

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Volvo developing ‘plug-in’ hybrid

Battery development promotes adoption of plug-in charging Sweden Volvo Buses is developing a plug-in hybrid bus capable of covering long distances silently and exhaust-free on electricity only. Three buses will be tested in Gothenburg, Sweden, […]

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Japanese electric bus

An eight-wheeled electric bus was test driven at the University of Tokyo this month, where it made two round trips between the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Station and the nearest railway station, which is located […]