Heavy-duty transit bus manufacturer, New Flyer Industries has secured a contract from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to repair its 1,029 buses in the US. Under the mid-life overhaul program that is expected to start by first quarter ...
Tags: bus manufacturer, New Flyer Industries, Chicago Transit Authority
Audio-Technica has expanded its role as sponsor of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a non-profit state-of-the-art mobile recording and multimedia studio. For several years, A-T has served as the Bus's microphone sponsor, and they now ...
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Atmel says it is shipping production quantities of the its SAMA5D3 series microprocessor, which is based on the ARM Cortex-A5 core with an on-chip floating point unit. The SAMA5D3 microprocessors are fabbed on a 65nm process technology ...
Computer-on-Modules (COMs) show the way to faster Freescale QorIQ processor-based design without need for costly and time-consuming full-custom design, writes Gerhard Szczuka, product manager for Computer-on-Modules at Kontron Europe. The ...
Tags: Computer-on-Modules, processors, data-intensive applications
Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles Scania will start sales of its coaches and buses in India. The company will launch the Scania Metrolink, a new range of buses and coaches for intercity and tourist services at the Busworld India ...
Tags: commercial vehicles, Scania, India
The BRAIN Dealer Tour glided across the Golden Gate Bridge early Wednesday to start a day visiting bike shops in Marin County on a 35 mile-plus day of riding around the beautiful area. It's no secret even to folks who haven't ...
In December lest year, new commercial vehicle registrations in the European Union continued the downward trend which prevailed throughout 2012, amounting to 125,825 units. Demand reached its lowest level since October 2009, with a ...
Tags: commercial vehicle, vehicle registrations, vehicle industry
German chemical company BASF is delivering paints for the ComfortClass 500 bus produced by Setra, a brand of Daimler subsidiary EvoBus. The new bus, which was unveiled at the 2012 International Automobile-Ausstellung (IAA) Commercial ...
Dynalite is a lighting and automation control system developed in Sydney, Australia by a company of the same name. In 2009 the company was bought by Phillips to become Phillips-Dynalite. The system is commonly used for lighting control, ...
Global fleet management system revenues are expected to reach $27.61bn by 2018 from $9.08bn in 2013, according to the Commercial Telematics report by the ABI Research. According to the report, the increase in the number and importance of ...
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Brazilian bus manufacturer Marcopolo will buy about 19.99% stake in Canada-based New Flyer Industries with an investment of CAD116m ($116.7m). The secured investment will be used by New Flyer in its future development and diversification ...
The stringent requirements for energy efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions make the selection of the electrical components increasingly important in the design of cars. From electric power-steering and stop-start technologies ...
Tags: energy efficiency, CO2 emissions, electrical components
Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo has delivered its first B5R Hybrid bus to the CAT service run by the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia. Powered by an EEV 5L diesel engine that produces output of 215hp, which is ...
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C-Bus is a product of the Clipsal brand made by the Australian company Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd, a division of Schneider Electric. C-bus is a two-wire bus, that carries both power and data. It is primarily used as a Lighting control ...
Tags: Clipsal C-Bus, Lighting Brands
Originally budgeted for $319m and promised to open in 2009, the Southern Sydney Freight Line is finally open at a cost of $1b, allowing container trains 24-hour access to Port Botany and unhindered passage for Brisbane-Melbourne freight ...
Tags: Southern Sydney Freight Line, freight trains, logistics