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Den Oudsten purchased Flyer Industries in 1986, and the newly renamed New Flyer introduced the High Floor series with the D40HF in 1987. A B85 was sent to the United States for testing in 1988, and New Flyer subsequently developed and launched the Low Floor series with the D40LF, which began production in 1991 at the Grand Forks assembly plant ...
For example, a New Flyer D40-88 is a 40-foot (nominal) rigid high-floor bus with conventional diesel power, built in 1988. The -## suffix was used between 1987 and 1990. After this time, no suffix was added to the model number, while buses from the Low Floor series, which were introduced in 1991, did have LF for a suffix.
The New Flyer Invero (D40i) is a line of low-floor transit buses that was manufactured by New Flyer Industries between 1999 and 2007. Produced as a 40-foot (nominal) rigid bus, the Invero was typically sold with a conventional diesel combustion engine, although a few diesel-electric hybrids were built, integrated by Stewart & Stevenson .
1941 Western Flyer. New Flyer was founded by John Coval in 1930 as the Western Auto and Truck Body Works Ltd in Manitoba. The company began producing buses in 1937, selling their first full buses to Grey Goose Bus Lines in 1937, [1] before releasing their Western Flyer bus model in 1941, prompting the company to change its name to Western Flyer Coach in 1948.
Model Fleet (Qty.) Notes 1961 General Motors: TDH-4517 61 (1) 1991 New Flyer Industries D60 912–914 (3) 1992 Orion Bus Industries Orion I 921–929 (9) 1995 New Flyer Industries D40LF 951–959, 961–968 (17) 1996 New Flyer Industries: D40LF 971 (1) 1998 NovaBus LFS 981 (1) 1999 New Flyer Industries D40LF 990–998 (9) 2005 General Motors
The CHARGE model can be equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell (model code XHE), which acts as an on-board charger to extend range. [23] Earlier New Flyer fuel cell buses were based on the preceding Low Floor chassis, designated H40LFR, and integrated by an outside vendor.
New Flyer D30LF: 30 foot 1997-98 9981-9983 (3 buses) Metro Local Diesel New Flyer D40LF: 40 foot 1998 3000-3019 (19 buses) Metro Local Diesel New Flyer C40HF: 40 foot 1999-2000 5000-5222 (122 buses) Metro Local CNG NABI 40-LFW: 40 foot 1999-2000 7000-7214 (215 buses) Metro Local Metro Rapid Metro Express CNG 2000-01 7300-7514 (215 buses) Metro ...
As of 2013, many truck stops have added DEF pumps. These are usually adjacent to fuel pumps so the driver can fill both tanks without moving the truck. In Europe, increasing numbers of fuel stations offer dispensers that pump Diesel Exhaust Fluid rather than the traditional method of using disposable, single-use plastic containers.