some snippets::
features of B7R - the 'volvo' we know.
http://www.volvo.com/NR/rdonlyres/6FB6E80B-7882-48E5-B0F0-1DAA282798CA/0/B7RBusBrochure.pdf
ROOF TOP AIR INTAKE. To avoid the suction of road dust
Hill start aid - the wheel brakes release at a certain engine torque
or when the clutch is released to avoid roll back
ABS anti-lock braking system
TCS anti-spin (Traction Control System)
B7R is fitted with an air suspension with two air bellows in the front
and four airbellows in the rear.
Tubeless radial tyres
D7E 290 CRDI 290hp 1200Nm Euro III
6 gears
http://www.volvo.com/bus/india/en-in/buses/conceptinindia/truebuschassis/
Up until the first Volvo bus came along with the true bus chassis,
typical buses were all built on a truck chassis
The Volvo B7R bus on the Jaipur – Delhi sector clocked 39, 545 kms, an
average of 617 km a day, providing RSRTC with a revenue of
Rs.14,78,961.00 at just 70% load factor.
Our Volvo B7R has 44 seats and I run these buses between
Nagpur-Pune-Mumbai with 42 to 43 seats full every day. [Prasanna]
The bus leave Nagpur at 5.00 in the evening and reach Pune at around
6.30 in the morning. From Pune it leaves at 8.30 in the morning and
arrives in Mumbai at 11.30. An hour later, at 12.30 p.m., the Volvo
begins its return journey to Nagpur
via Pune.
Each of the two Volvo B7Rs with the customer runs over 1000 km each
day and has covered over 1,35,000 km each in the last 4 months. Each
bus has 6 drivers allotted, so that while one driver takes leave on a
day, two drivers remain on duty.
We typically get an average of 3 to 3.5 kmpl. A Volvo bus delivers
high fuel efficiency per passenger kilometer compared to typical buses
on road today, even though the engine horsepower is much higher and
airconditioning is driven directly from the main engine.
http://www.volvo.com/NR/rdonlyres/425F0B92-A3B9-4986-8BD4-D38436DF2F39/0/wheels_issue_17_12.pdf
At Rs. 52 Lakh, a Volvo B7R bus is twice as expensive as other buses.
Today, the first lot of buses are going to touch 6,00,000 kms.
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