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On the right is an articulated New Flyer trolleybus, one of 60 articulated ETBs built by New Flyer for Muni in 1993-94 ZiU-9/682 is the most numerous trolleybus model in the world (over 42,000 trolleybuses were produced since 1972) Bogdan/Ursus ΠΆ701.16 in Lublin Foton BJD-WG120FN bimodal trolleybus in Beijing
An Argo Avenger in firefighting service of Austria, seen during a parade. Argo is a Canadian manufacturer of amphibious all-terrain vehicles. It was founded in 1962 as Ontario Drive and Gear (ODG) Limited, in Kitchener, Ontario and was later moved to New Hamburg, Ontario. Argo offers 6×6 and 8×8 amphibious extreme terrain vehicles, as well as ...
The company said the bus would be priced the same as a comparable diesel bus; lower running costs would make operating it cheaper for operators in the long term. [35] In December 2020, Arrival established its North American headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. [36] On 25 March 2021, the company went public on NASDAQ under ARVL symbol ...
The company participated in the development of the VöV-Standard-Bus in the late 1970s and built transit buses for Saudi Arabia in 1979 and 1980. [ 4 ] : 4–95, 4–96 In February 1980, company officials announced they would open a plant in either Lamar or Clearfield, Pennsylvania , ultimately selecting Lamar for its mild winters and sunny ...
The oldest surviving bus manufacturer in North America, Thomas Built Buses traces its roots to 1916. Following the closure of streetcar manufacturer Southern Car Company, Perley A. Thomas (trained as a woodworker and engineer) founded a company specializing in fireplace mantels and home furnishings. [2]
While the first vehicles were built in a wooden shed, the company moved to a brick factory in 1910. [2] After 1910, as carriages gradually became "horseless", Crown experimented with building truck bodies. In 1916, the company built its first bus body for transit use; it was an open-air design heavily influenced by wagon design. [2]
NFI Group was created on June 16, 2005, as the holding company of New Flyer Industries so it could be publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. [4]In October 2008, NFI Group. was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, which was announced in The Globe and Mail newspaper, and the company was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.
Thomas guided his company through a transition to bus manufacturing in 1936. The Perley A. Thomas Car Works was later reorganized as Thomas Built Buses, Inc. , and became one of the three principal builders of large school buses in the United States by the end of the 20th century.