Order for 260 Volvo buses in India

Order for 260 Volvo buses in India

Volvo Buses has received order for 260 buses in India. Among these the city of
Bangalore purchased an additional 140 Volvo 8400 city buses.

The customer in Bangalore, BMTC, already operates more than 300 Volvo buses in
Bangalore and these buses have radically changed the view of what it is like to
travel with city buses in India. For example, the buses are air-conditioned and
feature low floors for fast and easy boarding and exiting.

“Surveys show that 60% of the passengers in these buses previously traveled in
their own car or by motorcycle,” related Akash Passey, Managing Director of
Volvo Buses in India. “For many Indian cities, the goal is to have more people
use mass transit and, consequently, this requires new, modern buses.”

Volvo buses are also used in Bangalore for transportation to and from the
airport.

“Each new Volvo bus placed in traffic increases the exposure of buses. As a
result, increasingly more of the population views buses as a better alternative
than traveling in their own vehicle,” says Akash Passey.

Volvo Buses has also received orders for 120 Volvo 9400 inter-city coaches to
the State of Karnataka, in which Bangalore in the capital and to the State of
Maharasthra, in which Mumbai is the capital. The orders are from customers
already operating Volvo coaches and who have favorable experiences of them.

“Our customers have seen that passengers prefer these coaches, are prepared to
pay extra to travel in them and that, as a result, the coaches generate highly
favorable productivity,” says Akash Passey.

The buses will be assembled at Volvo Buses' plant in India and deliveries will
be made in 2009. 

March 27, 2009

For further information, please contact Per-Martin Johansson, press officer, +46
31 322 52 00, per-martin.johansson@volvo.com


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