ABB has envisaged to make India into a complete electric bus nation by 2030. ABB India recently confirmed about plans to test flash charging of electric buses in India on a pilot basis. The intention is converting 1.5 lakh diesel buses into electric buses. India, apart from pollution caused by burning diesel and petrol, also pays around INR 8 lakh crore just to fulfil its crude oil needs.
New Flyer of America Inc., a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. and an important North American transit bus and motor coach manufacturer, will have the industry’s first 60-foot electric heavy-duty transit bus to undergo testing at the Federal Transit Administration’s (“FTA”) proving grounds in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Daimler is preparing to achieve pan-Indian presence for its bus business by the end of this year. Also, the company’s vehicle manufacturing factory near Chennai is set to export its first fully-built bus soon. The company said it had sold over 1,000 Oragadam-built buses in both domestic and export markets (only chassis) since the start of its bus sale in November 2015. Now, with expanded reach, the company seeks to enter faster-growth curve.
BAE Systems celebrated its 7,000th delivery of a series hybrid-electric system for buses by meeting orders for Canada’s Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC) in Quebec. Global demand for hybrid-electric and fully-electric transit solutions is increasing as more legislation is passed setting clean air regulations and transit agencies continue to establish goals for greener fleets.
The new factory will exclusively build Scania Touring and Scania Higer dual branded high end buses and coaches. Scania and Higer started to cooperate in 2006. Ten years later, the cooperation has grown into a successful project, although it has developed differently from what we first thought it would be. Both parties expected that China would be the main market for this cooperation, but, as it has turned out, most of the joint products have been sold overseas.