Volgabus
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] HistoryThe 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] ProductsThe company currently produces urban, suburban, and intercity buses, and special purpose vehicles under the brand "Volzhanin", or "Volgabus" in foreign markets. Urban buses
Commuter buses
Intercity coaches
Special purpose buses
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