Shaping the future of the Indian Bus Industry - Volvo Buses India integrates with VECV
· Offering the widest range of public transport solutions under Volvo and Eicher brands · Strengthening Volvo and Eicher Bus position in India through synergies in product development, purchasing and manufacturing · Addressing future megatrends - urbanization, e-mobility, connectivity and sustainability · Definitive agreements signed for transfer of Volvo Bus India to VE Commercial Vehicles; transaction expected to be closed within the next two months · Includes bus manufacturing facility at Hosakote, Bengaluru and all employeesDefinitive Agreements have been signed for the
Volvo Buses and Famco Al Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co (Famco) have been selected supplier of 373 city buses to Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). This is Volvo’s largest chassis order to date in Dubai, and the largest ever purchase of Euro VI city buses in the Middle East region.The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has ordered 373 city buses from Volvo and their local importer Famco. With this latest order, the Volvo bus fleet of Dubai RTA will amount to 571 vehicles. The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority is investing heavily in public transport, with the goal to make it
Volvo Buses is now extending its range of electrified buses with an all-electric articulated bus for quiet and emission-free high-capacity operations – the Volvo 7900 Electric Articulated. The company now has a comprehensive range of electrified vehicles featuring hybrid buses, electric hybrid buses and all-electric buses for the varying needs of a wide range of cities.At the UITP Global Transport Summit, the worldwide public transport fair being held this year in Stockholm from 9-12 June, Volvo Buses announced the introduction this autumn of an all-electric articulated bus with space for
What is probably some of the world’s first electric mobile libraries will enter into traffic in Gothenburg, Sweden, next summer. When Gothenburg City Library decided to invest in modern mobile libraries the choice was electric buses from Volvo.
Silent electirc buses with no exhaust emissions are well suited to function as mobile libraries.
Gothenburg City Library currently has two mobile libraries operating in and around the city, visiting about 70 mobile library stops and 110 preschools. Two new all-electric Volvo buses have now been purchased, scheduled to replace the
The new range of Volvo 9000 coaches wins the prestigious award Coach of the Year 2019 in Spain.The Spanish traveling magazine Revista Viajeros has awarded the new Volvo 9000 coach range Coach of the Year 2019. The Volvo coach range is awarded for its comfort, safety, driveability and productivity. The award ceremony took place January 23 in Madrid.The award is part of the national prizes to the best industrial vehicles of the Spanish market and is granted by a jury composed of a broad representation of operators and professionals of the sector. It is seen as one of the most prestigious
The inauguration of what is probably Europe’s first ever energy warehouse using electric bus batteries is currently under way. Batteries from electric bus route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, are getting a second lease of life for solar energy storage. It is part of a research project where Volvo Buses, Göteborg Energi, Riksbyggen and Johanneberg Science Park are working together to examine electricity storage in apartment blocks that have their own electricity production via solar panels.The reuse and recycling of batteries is a key issue as increasing numbers of cities plan transition to
13 electric Volvo buses will start operating on route 7 in Malmö from mid-December. The Volvo electric buses are part of one of the biggest investments ever in all-electric bus traffic in Sweden.Increasing numbers of Swedish cities are now switching over to electrically powered city bus traffic. Malmö is one of the cities at the forefront, switching to electric buses on the main city bus routes. The first route to be electrified in Malmö by Skånetrafiken, provider of public transport in the Skåne region, is number 7 between Svågertorp and Ön via Malmö Centre, a distance of just under 15 km.
Volvo Buses has in a public tender with Fanalca/Transdev and Somos K been awarded 700 city buses to Bogotá in Colombia. The buses will operate in Transmilenio, Bogotá’s BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system. The new orders are the largest in ten years for Volvo Buses in Latin America and confirm Volvo’s leading position in the BRT segment.[Volvo's biarticulated buses will reduce local pollution with 96% compared to Euro II buses.]
The orders for 700 Volvo buses are part of a public tender in Bogotá whereby 1,441 buses are purchased for the city’s BRT system, Transmilenio. Volvo is in
Volvo’s new coaches for tourist and line-haul operations, which were introduced in Europe in May, have received a very enthusiastic market welcome. Since the start of sales nearly 150 new Volvo 9700 and Volvo 9900 coaches have been sold to customers around Europe.We’re very proud of our new, flexible and competitive range of premium products, which have safety, comfort and environmental properties of absolute world class. Their strong sales performance is confirmation that customers truly appreciate the result of our efforts,” says Niklas Orre, Vice President Retail Segment Volvo Buses.
Volvo Buses has received an order for 303 buses from public transport company Tide Buss AS in Norway. 290 of these are intercity buses of the Volvo 8900 model. This is the largest order that Volvo Buses has ever received from Norway.Public transport operator Tide Buss has secured the tender for bus operations in Tromsö and the Bergen West region and has placed an order for 303 buses from Volvo to meet these needs. The order encompasses 290 Volvo 8900 intercity buses, ten Volvo 9700 long-distance (tourist and line-haul) coaches, and three minibuses.
The Volvo 8900 buses will be delivered
Volvo has received an order for 144 Volvo 9800 coaches from Mobility ADO, one of the largest coach operators in Mexico. The vehicles will be delivered in 2019.The new Volvo coaches will join an already existing fleet of almost 350 Volvo 9800 coaches at Mobility ADO.
The mission of long-distance transport operator Mobility ADO, founded in 1939, is to “improve the quality of life through mobility”. The Mexican company, which also is present in other markets in Latin America and Europe, continues to invest in modern coaches with high safety and technology in order to guarantee comfortable
Facing tough competition from several of Europe’s foremost companies, Volvo Buses took first place in the product campaigns category of the prestigious Digital Communications Award 2018 competition. Volvo Buses competed with its innovative “Light the Lights” introduction campaign for the company’s new electric bus, the Volvo 7900 Electric. The award was handed over at a ceremony in Berlin on September 28.Digital Communications Award has been spotlighting and rewarding innovative communication in digital channels since 2011. All told, there were more than 700 entries to the competition this
Volvo Buses has won the Sustainable Bus Award 2019 for the new Volvo 9900 premium coach. The award was conferred at a ceremony during the IAA trade fair in Hannover on 19 September.The award takes into account environmental performance as well as other sustainability aspects such as safety, comfort, noise level, recyclability and the manufacturer’s general environmental performance.
“The launch of the new 9900 range represents a real turning point for Volvo. Modern design, improved Cx and new driving area, together with the well-known Volvo Dynamic Steering, are just some of the main new
Volvo Buses has secured an order of 23 fully electric buses from public transport company Arriva in the Netherlands. The buses will operate in the city of Leiden in the province of South Holland.Multinational public transport company Arriva, with operations in 14 countries across Europe, is one of the leaders in the introduction of alternative propulsion technologies. In 2011, the company was among the first in Europe to order hybrid buses from Volvo for the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands. Now they have placed an order for 23 fully electric buses from Volvo. The order was signed June
