Big biofuel bus order for Scania

Scania has announced a major order for 121 biofuel buses from Nobina, the Nordic region’s largest passenger traffic operator of buses. This is Scania’s biggest order for gas engines to date and represents a breakthrough for the new generation of gas engines introduced by the company in the autumn of 2010.
March 26, 2012 Read time: 1 min
570 Scania has announced a major order for 121 biofuel buses from 4300 Nobina, the Nordic region’s largest passenger traffic operator of buses. This is Scania’s biggest order for gas engines to date and represents a breakthrough for the new generation of gas engines introduced by the company in the autumn of 2010. Of the 121 buses for Nobina, 109 will be run on biogas and the rest on biodiesel. They will be put into service in public transport in Uppland and Skåne provinces in the summer of 2012.

“The choice of main supplier in this major procurement process was based on the environmental performance of the buses and on the fact that Scania is expected to best meet our requirements for low running and maintenance costs during the vehicles’ lifecycle,” says Nobina’s bus fleet manager Martin Atterhall.

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