Volgabus

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Volgabus
Company typeLimited Liability Company
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1993 (1993)
Headquarters
Volzhsky, Volgograd Region
,
Russia
Key people
Alexey Bakulin
(CEO)
ProductsBuses
RevenueMore than 625 million rubles (2004)
7,000,000 rubles (2004)
Number of employees
circa 900
Websitevolgabus.ru

Volgabus (known as Volzhanin until 2008)[1] is a Russian automotive company located in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd region, and includes leasing company, a distribution center, a network of dealers, and logistics center. Its products include buses, electric buses and trolleybuses. The general manager is Alex Bakulin, son of the vice-speaker of the Volgograd Regional Duma.[2]

History

The company was founded in 1993, the first five years leasing buses made by the Likinskiy Bus plant.[3] Volgabus was the first company in Russia to manufacture low-floor buses with aluminum body and electronic control systems. Revenues in 2004 exceeded 625 million rubles. In 2005, they produced 240 buses.

In 2011 it announced the launch of a compressed natural gas-powered bus, in partnership with Gazprom.[4] In 2015 the company had revenues of 3.2 billion rubles, making it the third largest bus manufacturer in the country.[5]

In 2016 Volgabus presented a prototype of an electronic driverless bus at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, the first such vehicle to be developed in Russia.[6]

In 2024 Volgabus presented its first serial trolleybus named "Peresvet" (Пересвет) with Khabarovsk to become the first city to employ Volgabus trolleybuses.[7]

Products

The company currently produces urban, suburban, and intercity buses, and special purpose vehicles under the brand "Volzhanin", or "Volgabus" in foreign markets.

Urban buses

Volzhanin Sitiritm II for 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

Commuter buses

Intercity coaches

Special purpose buses

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Volzhanin buses.
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    Volzhanin-6270.10
  • Volzhanin 6270.06 "CityRhythm-15" in Moscow
    Volzhanin 6270.06 "CityRhythm-15" in Moscow
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    Volzhanin-5285

References

  1. ^ "ИЗ ИСТОРИИ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЯ". Volgabus. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ^ Тимур Хасанов (November 4, 2020). "Создателя российского автопилота Matrёska завалили исками" (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  3. ^ Economic Encyclopedia of Russian Regions 2005, p. 455.
  4. ^ "Gazprom teams up with Volga Bus to build NGVs". Ngvjournal.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. ^ "The largest Russian manufacturers of buses and trolley buses by solvency ratio". Credinform.ru. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Russia's first driverless electronic bus unveiled at Skolkovo". Russia Beyond The Headlines. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Новые серии троллейбусов: «Пересвет» для Хабаровска, «Синара» для Ярославля". tr.ru (in Russian). 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-10-01.

Literature

  • Экономическая энциклопедия регионов России. Южный Федеральный округ. Волгоградская область [Economic Encyclopedia of Russian regions. Southern Federal District. Volgograd Region] (in Russian). Moscow: Ekonomika. 2005. ISBN 978-5282024951.
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