Volvo Buses' Plug-in Hybrid

75% lower fuel consumption: Volvo’s plug-in hybrid bus to hit the streets

5/14/2013 3:58 AM EST
Tomorrow’s bus is already here – silent, cleaner and with dramatically lower fuel consumption. Volvo Buses’ new plug-in hybrid buses will hit the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden in May as part of a field test. The innovative technology will facilitate a reduction in fuel consumption by a full 75% compared with current diesel buses.
With more than 1,000 hybrid buses sold, Volvo Buses is world leading in terms of hybrid technology for heavy vehicles. Volvo is now taking another key step toward...
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4/30/2013 10:08 AM EST
A humble confession: When the Volvo 7700 Hybrid was introduced in 2010 we were all nervous. Introducing a hybrid bus in the middle of the worst recession since the 1930:s. Still, the sales exceeded the forecasts and we were all taken by surprise. The experience and the success has given us the strength to continue [...]
4/24/2013 4:14 AM EST
Last week, I visited the transportation conference (Stora Transportdagen; #storadag13) in Stockholm. The event was followed by opinion leaders, transport industry representatives and lots of other stakeholders. Johan Norberg (researcher in the history of ideas and culture) held an interesting speech (yes, a speech and not a presentation) about the importance of travel. I will [...]
4/15/2013 7:37 AM EST
The legendary Greyhound buses are doing well. Greyhound is nowadays present in many countries and in the US the interest for bus rides are growing again after some tough years. And it’s growing fast. The travelers today have higher demands on comfort and convenience. WiFi and possibilities to charge the surf pads and note books [...]
4/5/2013 4:32 AM EST
The hybrid interest is growing rapidely in Europe. A few weeks ago Volvo delivered the first BeNeLux 7900 Hybrid buses to the City of Luxemburg (AVL). The buses are painted in the new eye catching color scheme of the city.   Luxemburg private operator Sales-Lentz was pioneering the Volvo hybrid technology already in 2009. It [...]
3/19/2013 4:44 AM EST
All megacities have one thing in common: challenges posed by the transport of people and goods. Unlike most cities that “just” struggle with noise, city smog, energy use, emissions of greenhouse gases and the cost for the transports, megacities face severe shortage of road and other infrastructure for transports. Mostly the street space is consumed [...]
3/8/2013 7:52 AM EST
EU has launched new guidelines for financial incentives to promote Energy efficient vehicles (Regulation (EC) No 715/2007). In 2009 EU presented a directive for promoting “clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles” (Directive 2009/33/EC). The directive gives a scale for the environmental cost for society. The spirit was to harmonize the environmental definition in Europe [...]
2/18/2013 2:58 AM EST
Recently the first Volvo Hybrid was delivered to Australia. The transport ministry in Western Australia, Perth, is interested in environmental performance, noise and fuel savings. The Volvo B5RH (that we internally also call the “Global Hybrid”) has been equipped with a body built in aluminum, by the local body builder Volgren.     The Volvo [...]
2/1/2013 6:52 AM EST
When I was 10 years old, I got an electronic kit for Christmas. There was an instruction how to build radio receivers, radio transmitters and other electronic constructions that were most exciting to build. The one component attracting most of my interest was the photovoltaic cell. It was advertised to give an impressive 1% efficiency. [...]
1/25/2013 10:08 AM EST
When the hybrid buses were introduced on route 60 in Göteborg, Sweden last summer we bragged about the low noise (3 dB less). The reaction did not wait, after a few days two noise complaints were registered from citizens living close to one of the bus stops. Obviously, we had raised the expectations too much. A [...]
1/11/2013 4:21 AM EST
The 7th of January one of the first fleets of Volvo 7900 Hybrid was taken into service in Kolding in Denmark. I had the opportunity to say a few words about the environmental performance. The new hybrid buses will significantly reduce the environmental impact relative to the main environmental alternative gas (CNG): +50% less fuel [...]