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Singapore Orders 400 Scania Euro 5/ EEV City Buses
8 September 2008
SBS Transit, Singapore’s leading public transport company, has ordered 400 Scania buses in addition to the 500 units ordered in 2007. With engines featuring exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) technology, these buses will meet both 2009 European emission standards (Euro 5) and the stricter enhanced environmentally friendly vehicle (EEV) standard. (Earlier post.)
The buses are of the low-entry type and will be equipped with Scania’s 230 hp (172 kW), 9-liter Euro 5 engine employing Scania EGR technology and particulate filters to meet the stricter EEV standard.
The delivery also includes Scania’s systems for logging and monitoring of vehicle performance data.
The order is part of SBS Transit’s on-going replacement of its fleet of 2,800 buses with vehicles featuring better environmental performance. The buses that Scania will now deliver are the first in the SBS fleet that will meet both Euro 5 and EEV standards.
Scania’s commitment to SBS Transit includes training the company’s drivers in fuel-efficient and safe driving and supporting the build-up of systems for monitoring the performance and operating costs of the buses. All the buses will have bodywork produced by Gemilang Coachworks in Malaysia. Deliveries will begin next year.
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Posted by: Henry Gibson | September 08, 2008 at 01:14 PM
Singapore is not in China you geographically inept berk!
Posted by: eric | September 08, 2008 at 05:44 PM
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It is almost unimaginable that so many buses destined for China are not energy saving hybrids. There is no reason to not have a large number of buses that are mainly electric and pick up energy at stops. A small diesel engine generator can fill in where there are no electrified stops. The ZEBRA battery is in production and can run electric buses for tens of miles at least. A bus version of the Parry People Mover could be much more efficient. The UPS hydraulic hybrid would have been another good model. ..HG..