Scania receives ethanol buses order in Sao Paulo
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Published:29-November-2010
By Staff Reporter
Scania, a manufacturer of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, has become part of the Brazilian public transport system with the order of ethanol buses from Sao Paulo out of which the first 50 buses will go into service in May 2011.
Scania is receiving the ethanol bus order after a few years of field trials in Sao Paulo, coordinated by experts with links to the University of Sao Paulo and with participation by ethanol suppliers, bus bodybuilders, operators and Sao Paulo transport authorities.
The new Scania buses will operate in Sao Paulo, where transport authority SPTrans is aiming at an initial fleet of 200 ethanol buses and all buses will be manufactured in Brazil.
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