Volvo Buses

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{{Short description|Swedish transportation manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Volvo Bussar AB
| trade_name = {{Unbulleted list|Volvo Buses|Volvo Bus Corporation}}
| logo = Volvo-Iron-Mark-Black.svg
| logo_size = 160px
| type = [[Subsidiary]] of the [[Volvo Group]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1968}}
| location = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| areas_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
| Anna Westerberg (President)
}}
| industry = [[Bus manufacturing]]
| brands = {{ublist|[[Volvo]]|[[Prevost Car]]|[[Nova Bus]]}}
| revenue = {{increase}} {{SEK|25.386 billion|link=yes}} (2016)<ref name="AR2016">{{cite web |url=http://www.volvogroup.com/content/dam/volvo/volvo-group/markets/global/en-en/investors/reports-and-presentations/annual-reports/annual-and-sustainability-report-2016.pdf |pages=81, 95 |title=Annual and Sustainability Report 2016 |publisher=Volvo |access-date=12 July 2017 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702031810/http://www.volvogroup.com/content/dam/volvo/volvo-group/markets/global/en-en/investors/reports-and-presentations/annual-reports/annual-and-sustainability-report-2016.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{SEK|0.911 billion}} (2016)<ref name="AR2016"/>
| num_employees = 7,353 (2016)<ref name="AR2016"/>
| parent = [[Volvo]]
| website = {{URL|www.volvobuses.com}}
}}

'''Volvo Buses''' ('''Volvo Bus Corporation'''; formal name: '''''Volvo Bussar AB'''''), stylized as '''VOLVO''', is a [[subsidiary]] and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker [[Volvo]], which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in [[Gothenburg]].

It is one of the world's largest [[bus]] manufacturers, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation. The product range includes complete buses and [[coach (vehicle)|coaches]] as well as [[chassis]] combined with a comprehensive range of services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=The World's 10 Largest Coach Bus Manufacturers |url=https://www.carlogos.org/reviews/largest-coach-bus-manufacturers.html |access-date=17 April 2022 |website=Carlogos.org |language=en-US |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131024527/https://www.carlogos.org/reviews/largest-coach-bus-manufacturers.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The bus operation has a global presence, with production in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. In India it set up its production facility in Bangalore. A former production facility was located in [[Irvine, Ayrshire|Irvine]], Scotland (closed in 2000).

==Products==


===Chassis===
Codes in parentheses are VIN codes for the chassis models.
====Historical====
*1930s/40s: B10, B12
*1950s: B627
*1950s–1960s: B615/B616/B617
*1950s–1960s: B635/B638
*1950s–1960s: B705
*1950s–1960s: B725/B727
*1951–1963: B655 (mid-engine)/B656/B657/B658
*1960s: B715
*1963–1965: B755
*1960s–1980s: [[Volvo B57|B57 & BB57]]
*1965–1982: [[Volvo B58|B58]]
*1966–1971: [[Volvo B54|B54]]
*1970–1980: [[Volvo B59|B59]]
*1973–1985: [[Volvo Ailsa B55|Ailsa B55]]
*1978–2001: [[Volvo B10M|B10M/B10MA/B10MD]] (1M) – the double deck city bus version B10MD, built from 1982 to 1993, was also known as ''Citybus''
**1983–1996? B9M (9M) – low-budget version of the B10M
**1988–1991 [[Volvo B10C|B10C]] (1C) – special Australian coach version of the B10M
*1978–1991: [[Volvo B10R|B10R]] (1R)
*1978–1987?: [[Volvo B6F|B6F/B6FA]] (6A)
*198?–198?: [[Volvo B6M|B6M]] (6M) – for Asia Pacific
*1990–2002: [[Volvo B10B|B10B]] (R1)
*1991–2011: [[Volvo B12R|B12]] (R2) – known as B12R, later B380R/B420R in Brazil
*1991–1998: [[Volvo B6|B6/B6LE]] (R3)
*1992–2000: [[Volvo Olympian|Olympian]] (YN) – modified from [[Leyland Olympian]]
*1992–2004: [[Volvo B10BLE|B10BLE]] (R4)
*1993-2000s: [[Volvo B10L|B10L/B10LA]] (R5)
*1999–2006: [[Volvo B7L|B7L/B7LA]] (R7)
2002-2014: [[Volvo B7RLE]] (R7) - Replacement for the B7L, superseded by The B8RLE chassis.
*1998–2002: [[Volvo B6BLE|B6BLE]] (R3)
*1997–2011: [[Volvo B12B|B12B]] (R8)
**2001–2011: [[Volvo B12BLE|B12BLE/B12BLEA]] (R8) – articulated version was introduced in 2005
*1998–2004: [[Volvo Super Olympian|Super Olympian]] (S1) – also known as B10TL
*1999–2006: [[Volvo B7TL|B7TL]] (S2)
*2000–2003: B10R (S3) – for Brazil
*2002–2018: [[Volvo B9TL|B9TL]] (S4) – low-floor double-decker, once known as Olympian in Volvo official website
*2010?–2013: [[Volvo B9RLE|B9RLE]] (S5)
*2012–2021: [[Volvo B5TL|B5TL]] (T9) – low-floor double-decker

====Current====
*1997–: [[Volvo B7R|B7R]] (R6) – known as B290R in Brazil since 2011
*1999–: [[Volvo B12M|B12M/B12MA]] (R9) – known as B340M in Brazil since 2011 (bi-articulated version was introduced in 2002)
*2003–: [[Volvo B9R|B9R]] (S5) – known as B340R/B380R in Brazil 2011–2012
*2002–: [[Volvo B9S|B9S]] (S6) – bi-articulated version was introduced in 2006, known as B360S in Brazil since 2011
*2005–: [[Volvo B9L|B9L/B9LA]] (S7) – low-floor
*2008–: [[Volvo B5LH|B5LH]] (T1) – low-floor [[hybrid-electric bus]]
*2009–: [[Volvo BXXR|BXXR]] (T2)
**2009–: [[Volvo B13R|B13R]] – 12.8-litre engine
**2011–: [[Volvo B11R|B11R]] – 10.8-litre engine, known as B340R/B380R/B420R/B450R in Brazil
*2011–: [[Volvo B270F|B270F]] (T5) – front-engined
*2012–: [[Volvo B5RLEH|B5RH/B5RLEH]] (T8) – step-entrance/low-entry hybrid-electric bus, known as B215RH/B215LH in [[Brazil]]
*2013–: [[Volvo B8R|B8R]] (T7)
**2013–: [[Volvo B8RLE|B8RLE/B8RLEA]] (T7) – low-entry version of the B8R
*2015–: BE (U1)
*2016–: [[Volvo B8L|B8L]] (U2) – low-floor double-decker
*2021–: [[Volvo BZL|BZL]] – low-floor single/double-decker
*2024–: [[Volvo BZR|BZR]] – flexible electric chassis<ref>{{Cite web |last=Orla |date=2024-03-29 |title=Volvo Bus launch the BZR Electric Chassis for the World |url=https://fleet.ie/volvo-bus-launch-the-bzr-electric-chassis-for-the-world/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Fleet Transport |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Complete buses===
[[File:Praha, Holešovice, Výstaviště, Czech Bus, hybridní autobus Volvo.jpg|thumb|Hybrid Volvo 7700H bus at the Czech Bus Fair 2011]]
* [[Volvo C10M|C10M]] (built in 1980s)
* 5000/7500 [[low-floor bus|low-floor]] [[transit bus|citybus]] (B10L/B7L/B9S Articulated chassis)
* 7000/[[Volvo 7700|7700]] low-floor citybus (B10L/B7L/B9L chassis)
* 7250/7350 coach (Volvo/Drögmöller B10-400/B7R chassis) – for Mexico
* 7400 – for India
* 7400XL – for India
* 7450/7550 coach
* 7700A articulated low-floor citybus (B7LA/B9LA chassis)
* 7700 Hybrid low-floor citybus (B5LH chassis)
* 7800 articulated BRT bus (B9S Articulated chassis) – for China
* [[Volvo 7900|7900]] low-floor citybus
* 7900 Hybrid low-floor citybus (B5LH chassis)
* 7900A Hybrid articulated low-floor citybus (B5LAH chassis)
* 8300 [[Intercity bus|intercity]] (B9R chassis) – for Mexico
* 8400 citybus (B7RLE chassis) – for India
* [[Volvo 8500|8500]] TX intercity (B7R/B12M chassis)
* 8500A articulated intercity (B12MA chassis)
* 8500LE citybus (B10BLE/B7RLE/B12BLE/B9S Articulated chassis)
* 8600 (B8R chassis) – for Europe, built in India
* [[Volvo 8700|8700]] TX intercity (B7R/B12B/B12M chassis)
* 8700LE citybus (B7RLE/B12BLE chassis)
* 8700LEA articulated citybus (B12BLEA chassis)
* [[Volvo 8900|8900]] intercity (B7R/B9R/B8R chassis)
* 8900LE citybus (B7RLE/B9RLE/B8RLE chassis)
* 9100 coach – for Asia, built in India
* 9300 coach (B9R chassis) – for Mexico
* 9400 intercity (B7R/B8R/B9R chassis) – for India
* 9400XL(6X2) intercity (B9R chassis) – for India
* 9400PX coach (B11R chassis) – for India
* 9500 coach (B9R/B8R chassis)
* 9600 coach (B9R chassis) – for China
* [[Volvo 9600|9600]] coach (B8R chassis) – for India<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volvo Buses India launches 9600 platform |url=https://www.autocarpro.in/news-national/volvo-buses-india-launches-9600-platform-92383 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=Autocar Professional |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Volvo 9700|9700]] TX intercity/coach (B12B/B12M/B7R/B9R/B13R/B11R/B8R chassis)
* 9800 coach (B12M chassis) – for China
* 9800 coach (B13R chassis) – for Mexico
* 9800 Double Decker coach (B13R chassis) – for Mexico
* [[Volvo 9900|9900]] coach (B12B/B13R/B11R chassis)

==Acquired companies==
Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:
* Säffle Karosseri AB, [[Säffle]], [[Sweden]] (1981, known as '''Volvo Bussar Säffle AB''' from 2004, plant closed in 2013)
* [[Leyland Bus]], [[United Kingdom]] (1988, all Leyland products ceased production by July 1993)
* [[Steyr-Daimler-Puch|Steyr Bus GmbH]], [[Steyr]], [[Austria]] (75% in 1990,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970128054401/http://www.bus.volvo.se/corpinfo/history.html Brief History Overview] ''Volvo Buses'' (Archived 28 January 1997)</ref> plant closed in the 1990s)
* Aabenraa Karrosseri A/S, [[Aabenraa]], [[Denmark]] (1994, plant closed in 2004)
* [[Drögmöller|Drögmöller Karosserien GmbH & Co. KG]], [[Heilbronn]], [[Germany]] (1994, later known as '''Volvo Busse Industries (Deutschland) GmbH''', plant closed in 2005)
* [[Prevost Coaches]], [[Quebec]], Canada (1995), now known as [[Prevost Car]]
* Merkavim, [[Israel]] (1996), jointly owned by Volvo Bus Corporation & Mayer Cars & Trucks Ltd., importer of HONDA cars & bikes in Israel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cisionwire.com/volvo/increased-deliveries-of-volvo-buses-to-israel|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724164623/http://www.cisionwire.com/volvo/increased-deliveries-of-volvo-buses-to-israel|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2012|title=AB Volvo – press release|publisher=[[Cision|Cision Wire]]|date=22 September 1999|access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref>
* Volvo Polska Sp. z o.o., [[Wrocław]], [[Poland]] (1996), the largest Volvo Buses factory in Europe
* Carrus Oy, [[Finland]] (January 1998,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000302203153/http://www.carrus.fi/carrus.html Carrus] ''Carrus'' (Archived 2 March 2000)</ref> known as '''Volvo Bus Finland Oy''' from 2004)
** Carrus Oy Delta, [[Lieto]], known as ''Volvo Bus Finland Oy Turku Factory'' from 2004, became independent in 2008 and renamed ''Carrus Delta Oy''
** Carrus Oy Ajokki, [[Tampere]], known as ''Volvo Bus Finland Oy Tampere Factory'' from 2004, plant closed in 2008
** Carrus Oy Wiima, [[Vantaa]], plant closed in 2001
* [[Nova Bus]], St-Eustache, [[Quebec]], Canada (1998)
* [[MASA (company)|Mexicana de Autobuses SA (MASA)]], [[Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo|Tultitlán]], [[Mexico]] (1998), renamed '''Volvo Buses de México'''<ref name="janes-online">{{cite web|title=Volvo Buses de Mexico (previously MASA)|date=9 November 2005|publisher=Jane's Urban Transport Systems, [[Jane's Information Group]]|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Urban-Transport-Systems/Volvo-Buses-de-Mexico--previously-MASA-Mexico.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815050446/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Urban-Transport-Systems/Volvo-Buses-de-Mexico--previously-MASA-Mexico.html|archive-date=15 August 2011|access-date=17 September 2015}}</ref>
* Alfa Busz Kft, [[Székesfehérvár]], [[Hungary]], (2002)
* EUROBUS, Zagreb, Croatia (1994.-1999.) on chassis B10, B12
* [[Proterra (bus manufacturer)|Proterra]] (2023) <ref>{{Cite news |date=10 November 2023 |title=Truckmaker Volvo to buy Proterra's battery business for $210 mln |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/truckmaker-volvo-buy-proterras-battery-business-210-mln-2023-11-10/ |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref>

==Production sites==
* [[Sainte-Claire, Quebec]], Canada
* [[Saint-Eustache, Quebec]], Canada
* [[Borås]], Sweden
* [[Hoskote]], India
* [[Curitiba]], Brazil
* [[Wrocław]], Poland
* [[Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo|Tultitlán]], Mexico

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Vitabussar b8dn421 3458.jpg|Volvo bus used in [[White Buses]] action of 1945
File:Volvo B 12 Bus 1940.jpg|Volvo B12 Bus 1940
File:Volvo B 10 Buss 1938.jpg|Volvo B10 Bus 1938
File:Volvo B 512 Bus 1948.jpg|Volvo B512 Bus 1948
File:Volvo B 513 X Bus 1948.jpg|Volvo B513X Bus 1948
File:Volvo B617 Bus 1952.jpg|Volvo B617 Bus 1952
File:Volvo B655 Bus 1952.jpg|Volvo B655 Bus 1952
File:Volvo Bus 1953.jpg|Volvo Bus 1953
File:Volvo B 638 Bus 1953.jpg|Volvo B638 Bus 1953
File:Volvo B727 Bus 1953.jpg|Volvo B727 Bus 1953
File:Volvo B 70501 Bus 1959.jpg|Volvo B70501 Bus 1959
File:Volvo B655 Bus 1963.jpg|Volvo B655 Bus 1963
File:Stockholm bus 01.jpg|1967 Volvo B58 bus
File:Volvo B58 Bus 1968.jpg|Volvo B58 Bus 1968
File:FC9565@88R.jpg|A [[Van Hool]]-bodied Volvo B10M single-deck coach
File:Arriva 7759.JPG|Volvo B10MA, 1985
File:First Manchester Volvo B10B Alexander Strider learner bus.jpg|A 1993 built B10B bus with [[Walter Alexander Coachbuilders|Alexander]] Strider bodywork, pictured as a [[training bus]] for [[First Greater Manchester]]
File:Arriva North West and Wales 3274.jpg|[[Volvo Olympian]], 2007
File:LP563.jpg|[[Volvo Super Olympian]], 2006
File:BJ03EXK National Express West Midlands 4500 Loretta Lynn Volvo B7TL with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork (54196999009).jpg|[[Volvo B7TL]], 2024
File:SBS Transit Volvo B9TL WEG2 (SBS3004X) on Service 80.jpg|[[Volvo B9TL]], 2012
File:East Yorkshire 20828 - NK62 CYE.jpg|[[Volvo B5LH]], 2025
File:Auckland Transport-Ritchies Transport Holdings Designline bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg|[[Volvo B7RLE]], 2025
File:Transperth Volgren CR228L bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg|[[Volvo B7RLE]], 2017
File:Auckland Transport-Go Bus Transport Gemilang bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg|[[Volvo B7RLE]], 2024
File:Auckland Transport-Go Bus Transport GBV NZ Enviroline bodied Volvo B7RLE.jpg|[[Volvo B7RLE]], 2025
File:Veolia 5884-III.JPG|[[Volvo B8RLE]], 2014
File:Transperth 2015 Volgren Optimus bodied Volvo B8RLEA diesel Rt. 530.jpg|[[Volvo B8RLE|Volvo B8RLEA]], 2018
File:ST2001-20-PR (cropped).jpg|[[Volvo B12BLEA]], 2009
File:Transjakarta, Volvo B11R (SAF-025).jpg|[[Volvo B11R]], 2018
File:Victory Liner DMMW DM16S2 Volvo B7R.jpg|[[Volvo B7R]], body made by Autodelta Coach Builders Inc., 2017
File:Victory Liner 558 (2024).jpg|[[Volvo B8R]], body made by [[Truong Hai Group Corporation]], 2024
File:V6X20 KMB 978 15-07-2022.jpg|[[Volvo B8L]], 2022
File:Volvo BZL TowerTransit SG4007T @ 990, Bukit Batok Int 20230717 (53335117397) (cropped).jpg|[[Volvo BZL]], 2023
File:SL Lea Int Bus Company 86182.jpg|[[Volvo BZL]], 2025
</gallery>

== References ==
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