Volvo Buses’ US subsidiary Nova Bus has started the year with a New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) contract for 165 hybrid buses, the second recent MTA contract for Volvo. Following on from an order for 307 Prevost commuter buses, this newly awarded contract is for 165 hybrid buses with options for 126 hybrids and 209 diesel buses, making a potential order of up to 500 transit vehicles.
“With these two orders, and the possible options, we continue to develop our long-standing relationship with New York. We are immensely proud to be a trusted partner in the development of public transport in North America.
In this journey we continue our strong focus on providing excellence in uptime, reliability and service,” said Håkan Agnevall, President of Volvo Buses.
Martin Larose, Vice-President and General Manager of Nova Bus, said: “Nova Bus’s superior delivery schedule and greater New York State Content for the hybrid buses are qualities recognised by the Nova Bus customers, and certainly MTA. We are more than happy to once again have the confidence of that MTA for its buses. We are proud of our economic contribution to the State of New York, and we believe it’s, in addition to our proven reliability, why we met the criteria for this contract.”
“In the last couple of months, our Nova Bus and Prevost subsidiaries have been awarded contracts from MTA with a total of 472 buses and coaches with a further potential of 348 buses. We are proud of and grateful for the trust and confidence the MTA has put in us and in the Nova Bus team for this order and we are looking forward to bringing more sustainable transport solutions to the citizens of New York,” concluded Håkan.
The first hybrid buses will be delivered in May 2020 and the remaining deliveries will begin in December 2020, to be completed in 2021.
