World's largest ethanol bus fleet grows by 85 new Scania buses

World's largest ethanol bus fleet grows by 85 new Scania buses

Scania is delivering 85 ethanol-powered buses to Nobina, which operates
on behalf of the Stockholm regional public transport company,
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). Ethanol buses will help SL fulfil its
decision to invest only in buses that operate on renewable fuels
starting in 2010.

The order includes buses for city, suburban and regional traffic to be
stationed at SL's depots in Bromma, Tyresö and Södertälje outside
central Stockholm. Deliveries will begin in August. The buses will be
equipped with Scania's third generation five-cylinder 270 hp ethanol
diesel engines, which meet Euro 5 and EEV emission standards.

Scania has more than 20 years of experience with ethanol buses. The
company has delivered a total of about 700 ethanol buses, more than 600
of them to Swedish cities. In recent years, Scania has also delivered
ethanol buses for commercial service in Great Britain, Spain, Italy,
Belgium, Norway and elsewhere.

Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, has the world's largest fleet of
ethanol buses, and as recently as during the past year, Scania delivered
85 ethanol-powered articulated buses for operation in SL's service area.

SL's owner, the Stockholm County Council, has set a target that at least
50 percent of all passenger transport in its territory should occur
using renewable fuels by 2012. At the end of 2009, the figure was nearly
30 percent.

Ethanol accounts for around 90 percent of renewable fuel vehicles
available today. It is the most cost-effective such fuel in the market
in terms of availability, infrastructure and access to tried-and-tested
technology.

Compared to a conventional diesel engine, ethanol-powered vehicles can
reduce fossil carbon dioxide emissions by up to 90 percent.

For further information, please contact:

  · Leif Nyström, head of bus and coach sales at Swedish distributor
Scania-Bilar Sverige, mobile
+46 70 566 21 52
  · Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager, Scania, tel +46 8 553 856 62