Communiqués de presse

Today, Volvo Buses is inaugurating a new body plant in Bangalore, India. This means that the company gains a base for production of complete buses for India and other strongly growing markets in Asia.

“We would achieve the greatest environmental effect if politicians did not decide which technology the bus manufacturers use, but rather what environmental targets the technology should achieve.” This is what Edward Jobson, Volvo Buses Environmental Director writes on his new Internet blog.

Nova Bus, a subsidiary of Volvo Bus Corporation, has received an order for 141 hybrid buses to TransLink in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The contract includes an option for an additional 110 buses.

A Volvo B7R bus is participating in this year’s run of the tough Budapest-Bamako desert rally. It is the only bus participating in the competition class and it is basically one of the intercity buses that normally operates in Budapest.

Read about a customer in Germany and his experience of Volvo 9700 - Coach of the Year 2008. There is also articles about Volvo Buses environmental offer and how Movia direct the public transport in Copenhagen to become more environmental friendly.

This issue of our customer magazine is dedicated to Bus Rapid Transit. Read more about the benefits with bus based transport systems and some of the cities in the world who has choosen this transport mode.

Former US President Bill Clinton’s climate initiative has chosen Volvo as its partner with regard to hybrid buses and efficient bus systems. Together with the Clinton Climate Initiative, Volvo’s solutions can contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions pursued by 40 of the world’s large cities.

With much pomp and ceremony, Volvo Buses’ President Håkan Karlsson received the impressive prize signifying that the Volvo 9700 was named Coach of the Year 2008. In his speech, Jury Chairman Stuart Jones praised the bus’s many positive features.

Le car de tourisme Volvo 9700 a été nommé Autocar de l’année 2008 par un jury d’éminents journalistes de la presse spécialisée européenne. Le jury a fait l’éloge du grand confort et des caractéristiques de conduite du 9700 : « Un véhicule extraordinaire à conduire.

Volvo’s 9700 tourist coach has been named “Coach of the Year 2008” by a jury consisting of leading European trade press journalists. The jury praised the 9700’s high level of passenger comfort and driving characteristics - “a super vehicle to drive”.