Volvo Buses at the 2013 UITP Congress:New plug-in hybrid and innovative software solution that automatically adapts the drive to the route
The global community for public transport gathers at the 2013 UITP Congress in Geneva today – with Volvo Buses presenting news that strengthens the company’s position as the global partner for sustainable transport. On top of displaying a ground-breaking plug-in hybrid that reduces fuel consumption with 75 percent compared to a diesel bus, Volvo Buses also presents an innovative software solution that integrates vital parts of the physical traffic environment into the brain of the bus.“The software enables the creation of “virtual fences” which makes it possible to automatically adapt