ZF to Offer Driveline, Chassis Technology for New Buses in Hungary
23 December 2013
www.chinabuses.org: Automotive parts supplier ZF Lenksysteme has received a contract from the Hungarian transport company Volánbusz to offer driveline and chassis technology for new vehicles of the urban public transport authorities in Budapest and Pécs.
The order includes a total of 172 buses including 106 MAN Lion's City buses and the remaining Volvo 7900's. All the city buses will be equipped with the ZF-EcoLife six speed automatic transmission.
The new vehicles will also feature chassis technology AV 132 low-floor driven axle from ZF.
These commercial vehicle components from ZF will contribute to reducing fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
ZF buses & coaches business unit axle and transmission systems head Andreas Moser said: "In modern local passenger traffic, environmental friendliness and cost-effectiveness are equally important, and I am convinced that we can be particularly excited about the new major orders from Hungary because our driveline and chassis technology excellently meets both requirements."
Source : www.chinabuses.org
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