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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]

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History

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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

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

Urban buses

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Volzhanin Sitiritm II for 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

Commuter buses

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Intercity coaches

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Special purpose buses

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References

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Literature

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  • 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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