The international tire manufacturer and automotive supplier Continental is presenting its portfolio of bus tires, electronics, fleet management and instrumentation solutions, as well as ergonomics at Busworld in Kortrijk, Belgium. Highlights include the fully configurable instrument cluster MultiViu Professional 12 and the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) ContiPressureCheck.
Solaris will present further models of its new bus generation at Busworkd Kortrijk. The zero-emission new Urbino 12 electric and the new Urbino 12 LE, developed mainly for suburban routes, will be available to see at the Solaris stand.
The minibus building company Integralia will show a selection of its products at Busworld
Kortrijk, starring its in-vip plus model. This model is a development on
the in-vip, which was recognised as the minibus of the year in Spain during the same year as
its market launch.
A city with half a million inhabitants would save about 100 million Swedish Kroner per year if the city’s buses ran on electricity instead of diesel. This is the finding from extensive analysis conducted in collaboration between the Volvo Group and the audit and advisory firm KPMG. The analysis has taken into consideration such factors as noise, travel time, emissions, energy use, taxes and the use of natural resources.
Altas, the Lithuanian minicoach convertor, is completing a simple, easily-installed Intelligent Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (iPHEV) system, which can be installed in the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and can provide up to 45km of emission-free running.