Scania delivering 60 RME-fuelled buses to Gothenburg

Scania delivering 60 RME-fuelled buses to Gothenburg

Scania has sold 60 city buses to Busslink, an operator for the public transport
company Västtrafik in the Gothenburg (Göteborg) region of western Sweden. The
buses have engines that can run on rapeseed methyl ester (RME), which is a fuel
that does not contribute to net carbon dioxide emissions.


“This is our second major transaction this year with Busslink, which previously
ordered 85 ethanol-powered articulated buses to provide service for
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the main public transport company in the
Stockholm region. Our bus and coach sales have been good this year, and so far
we have sold more than 225, mainly for public transport. Behind this success is
our ability to offer a complete range including engines that run on both diesel
and renewable fuels,” says Leif Nyström, bus and coach sales manager at Swedish
distributor Scania Sverige AB.

The two- and three-axle buses for the Gothenburg region are of the Scania
OmniLink type. They will be delivered during the spring of 2010 and will begin
service in June. Eighteen of the buses will be specifically designed for urban
traffic, while 42 will be adapted for regional service.

For further information, please contact Leif Nyström, Scania Sverige, 
tel +46 70 566 21 52.

Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy
transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines. A growing
proportion of the company's operations consists of products and services in the
financial and service sectors, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective
transport solutions and maximum uptime. Employing 35,000 people, Scania operates
in about 100 countries. Research and development activities are concentrated in
Sweden, while production takes place in Europe and South America, with
facilities for global interchange of both components and complete vehicles. In
2008, invoiced sales totalled SEK 89 billion and net income amounted to SEK 8.9
billion. 


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