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Egyptian bus bodybuilder MCV has inaugurated today, 16 September, a new production facility in Cairo dedicated to Volvo’s electric bus range for Europe. The Volvo MCV plant is announced with a production capacity of 1,200 vehicles per year, confirming the strategic shift initiated in March 2023, whe...

Brazilian city of Goiânia will be handed over the first Volvo electric bi-articulated bus based on chassis BZRT. As a result of a deal between Volvo Buses and GreenMob Capital, an investment company of the HP Group, specialized in structuring capital-intensive projects associated with the urban mobi...

Volvo Buses announces it has started the production of its first electric bi-articulated bus chassis. The Volvo BZRT model, in articulated and bi-articulated versions, is manufactured at Volvo’s Brazilian plant in Curitiba, which is now capable of exporting the chassis to BRT systems worldwide, the ...

Volvo Buses is in the midst of a significant transition. Two years after announcing a major shift in its European business model, the company is now moving into series production with a new partner, reshaping its manufacturing footprint, and adjusting its market focus to secure long-term profitabili...

Volvo Buses has launched the first electric articulated and bi-articulated bus manufactured in Mexico: the Volvo 7800 electric bus is built on the BZR platform, launched in March 2024, and headed to BRT system in the country. A 28-meter bi-articultated e-bus model by Volvo was tested in the region i...

Volvo Buses announces it has received an order from Svealandstrafiken for a total of 106 electric buses to operate in the counties of Västmanland and Örebro in Sweden. We had already anticipated this order, based on reporting from trade media Bussmagasinet.se, as the operator switched electric bus o...

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We had an exclusive opportunity to test drive the new Temsa Prestij, the compact tourist coach that the Turkish manufacturer Temsa will officially launch at Busworld Europe 2025 in Brussels. First introduced in 1992, this model has sold nearly 20,000 units worldwide. The updated Prestij, announced i...

The HÜBNER Group will showcase its innovations at Busworld Europe from October 4 to 9, 2025, in Brussels in Hall 7, Booth 755. In this interview, Managing Director Uwe Bittroff, a member of the HÜBNER Group’s General Management and responsible for the Mobility Road division, discusses the company’s ...

At Busworld Europe 2025 in Brussels, TSA will present two standout motors from its ROAD-motors portfolio: the agile light-duty LD motor for compact and mid-size electric buses, and the heavy-duty motor HD.T3, designed to perform in the toughest city-center duty cycles. TSA’s Permanent Magnet Synchro...

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Volvo Buses has officially started a test regarding the second life of electric bus batteries. Sustainable Bus already reported about the preparations HERE. Today, 5th December, the company announced the official inauguration of what is probably Europe’s first ever energy warehouse using electric bu...

13 Volvo electric buses 7900 will start operating on route 7 in Malmö from mid-December. The vehicles are part of one of the biggest investments ever in all-electric bus traffic in Sweden. The buses, deployed by Nobina, are equipped with fast charging systems and are charged at the end stations of t...

Volvo Buses has been the first manufacturer to stop the production and commercialization of dieseI buses for European market, at the moment of the entrance into force of Euro VI standard. We met the president of Volvo Buses Håkan Agnevall at IAA 2018, where the company received the Sustainable Bus A...

Batteries: there’s a whole life beyond the bus! Reusing and recycling of battery is one of the key issue of the transition to electromobility. Volvo Buses is developing a test in Gothenburg, where bus batteries that have finished their life on an electric bus try to be useful again for storing...

Nearly 60% of surveyed UK transport users are willing to embrace full electric bus network. It’s the result of a new survey commissioned by Volvo Buses. Getting public support for the implementation of greener transport policies continues to divide public opinion. Concerns with air quality con...

The city of Grudziądz in northernd Poland has signed a contract for the delivery of seven Volvo 7900 Electric Hybrid buses (plugin hybrids), that will occur in spring 2019. Charging stations will be delivered by Heliox. The buses are equipped with a 5 litres diesel engine and a 150 kW electric motor...

Volvo hometown, Gotheburg, takes the lead in the transition to zero emission bus system in Sweden. Volvo Buses, indeed, has just received an order for 30 electric buses 7900 from Gs Buss, subsidiary of Göteborgs Spårvägar, and Public Transport Authority Västtrafik. It is the biggest order so far for...

Arriva company has ordered 23 electric buses by Volvo, that will be deployed in the city of Leiden, in the province of South Holland. Arriva Netherland, besides, is putting strong efforts in the shift to electromobility, as proved by the fact that, in 2011, it was among the first in Europe to order ...

Oslo is turning greener step by step, and Volvo Buses has received an order for 17 Volvo 7900 Electric buses from Norgesbuss. In the Norwegian capital will also go into service 40 electric buses (thirty articulated and ten 12 meters) by Vdl Bus & Coach, that will be deployed by the operator Unib...

Volvo Buses enters the autonomous era with its first driverless bus concept. Starting on June 15 and throughout the Volvo Ocean Race competition in Gothenburg (Sweden), the autonomous bus by Volvo will be shown to specially invited guests. The race has also been the occasion for Volvo Buses to unvei...

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New MCV facility inaugurated in Cairo for the production of Volvo e-buses headed to Europe

Brazil, Volvo will deliver 24-meter e-buses to Goiânia’s BRT. They’ll be produced in Curitiba

Volvo begins production of 28-meter e-bus chassis BZRT in Brazil, aiming at the global BRT market

Volvo Buses’ transition journey in Europe: strategy, economics and next steps in EU’s head Thomas Nylund’s words

Volvo launches articulated (and bi-articulated) 7800 e-bus for Mexican BRTs

Volvo scores first order for the intercity 8900 Electric (within a 106-units e-bus purchase) in Sweden

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VIDEO TEST DRIVE On the road with the new generation Temsa Prestij

HÜBNER at Busworld 2025: “Strengthening bus transportation is a shared responsibility”

TSA to present LD and HD.T3 motors for electric buses at Busworld in Brussels

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Volvo electric bus batteries used to store solar energy in apartment block

13 Volvo electric buses to begin regular service in Malmö

Sustainability according to Volvo Buses. An interview with president Håkan Agnevall

Electric bus’ battery to be reused for energy storage? A test by Volvo Buses

Volvo Buses, full electric bus network supported by 60% UK transport users

Volvo Buses and hybridization in Poland: seven 7900 Electric Hybrid to Grudziądz

Sweden, the biggest order of electric buses to date goes to Volvo

Volvo for Arriva Netherlands: 23 units with fast charging by Abb

Volvo electric buses for Oslo, 7900 order from Norgebuss (17 units)

Volvo shows its first autonomous bus concept. Ready for smart depot

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