Scania delivering 85 ethanol buses to Stockholm suburbs

Scania delivering 85 ethanol buses to Stockholm suburbs

Scania has sold 85 ethanol-powered articulated buses to Busslink, operator of
bus services for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), the regional public transport
company in the Swedish capital. 

“A continued commitment to ethanol power is consistent with SL's decision to buy
only buses that operate on renewable fuels starting in 2010,” says Leif Nyström,
who is in charge of bus and coach sales at Scania's Swedish distributor, Scania
Sverige AB.


The order from Busslink is Scania Sverige's largest single bus transaction in
the Swedish market since 2004. Scania's bus sales in Sweden began 2009 very
strongly, and some 100 such vehicles have been registered so far this year. 

“Behind this success is our ability to offer a complete bus and coach range
featuring both diesel and renewable fuel engines. The buses that were just
ordered will be equipped with third-generation Scania ethanol engines, which
shows that our strategy has been correct,” Mr Nyström says.

Today Stockholm already boasts the world's largest fleet of ethanol buses
providing service in the central areas of the city. The 85 buses for Busslink
will go into service on routes supplied from depots in the northern and southern
suburbs of Stockholm. Forty of the buses are specifically designed for urban
traffic while the others are adapted for regional service. Deliveries will begin
this autumn and will be completed during the spring of 2010.

Scania has more than 20 years of experience with ethanol buses in practical
operation. The company has delivered 600 such buses, about 500 of them to
Swedish cities. Internationally, there is now growing interest in
ethanol-operated vehicles. In recent years, Scania has also delivered ethanol
buses for commercial service in Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Norway and
elsewhere. 

Ethanol accounts for around 90 percent of renewable vehicle fuels 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.

The Clinton Climate Initiative, CCI (www.clintonfoundation.org) regards Scania's
ethanol buses as one of the best available solutions for reducing carbon dioxide
emissions from urban traffic. In this respect, the Stockholm public transport
system is viewed as a role model for the other 40 large cities that collaborate
with CCI.

Carbon dioxide from renewable fuels is part of the natural eco-cycle and does
not contribute to increased CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. There is heavy
demand for ethanol as a vehicle fuel, and production is rapidly increasing all
over the world. Ethanol is handled in the same way as other liquid vehicle
fuels, which means that the existing distribution infrastructure can be used.

For further information, please contact:

•Leif Nyström, Sales Manager, mobile +46 70 566 21 52
•Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager, tel. +46 8 553 856 62

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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