Net sales for Volvo Group decreased 3% in 2016 to SEK301,914m/£27,414.99m (2015: SEK312,515m/£28,377.6m), according to its latest financial results. The company put the decrease down to the lower demand for vehicles in North America. Group operating income fell too, reaching SEK20,826m/£1,891.08m (2015: SEK23,318m/£2,117.37m). Deliveries of Volvo buses increased 8% to 9,553 units (2015: 8,825 units) […]
Scania is expanding its industrial and commercial presence in Thailand. It has identified the country as one of the key markets in Asia. A new assembly facility for bus chassis and trucks is due to be established in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, supporting production, logistics and purchasing as well as research and development. The total […]
Australian airport ground transportation provider, Carbridge, has placed orders for 40 more pure electric buses from BYD. The contract was signed at the end of January, three months after the first BYD Electric Blu bus made its commercial debut at Sydney Airport. The Electric Blu bus has a carrying capacity of 70 passengers, features purpose […]
Cardiff Bus is to invest £1.5m in ten new ADL Enviro200 MMCs. They will feature CCTV, contemporary fresh interiors, comfortable seating, free 4G Wi-Fi and USB charging points, as well as next stop announcement systems. MD at Cardiff Bus, Cynthia Ogbonna, said, ‘We are continuously looking for ways to improve our services and are looking […]
A number of documents have been released by the EU regarding proposals to change Driver CPC. The main plans are that courses cannot be repeated within the five year period, one course must be specifically related to ‘Road Safety’ and e-learning may be recognised. There are also numerous minor post-implementation issues being clarified following the […]
Exterion Media has announced the winner of its Kids’ Wrapped Bus competition. Isla Thoms, aged 10, from Glasgow Gaelic School (Sgoil Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu) was crowned the winner, seeing her design displayed on a First bus in Glasgow. Isla’s bus wrap design features the River Kelvin as well as other landmarks in the city, such as […]
Reading ‘Die Welt’ over breakfast on my way back from Nuremberg, I was alarmed by an article which implied that Germany was very close to running out of electricity during the last week of January. Like the UK, the country has made significant strides towards renewable energy options and its shift away from conventional and […]
Bus campaign group, Greener Journeys, has heralded what it calls a ‘bus renaissance’. It cites official Government figures showing passenger numbers have been growing in certain towns and cities, particularly more affluent parts of the south. It claims this is bucking the trend of long term decline across the UK as a whole. A new […]