Volvo Eicher launches new luxury intercity bus [Oct 19, 2021]
Volvo Eicher launches new luxury intercity bus
To launch electric and city buses
Since the merger of Volvo Bus India into VECV less than a year ago, the company has been offering connectivity in all of its trucks and buses and so, the new Eicher bus also boasts connectivity features.
Volvo Eicher Commercial Vehicles stepped into a new segment of buses with a new Coach & Sleeper bus range. So far, VECV had light-, medium-duty buses and a long-distance chassis. The new product, on the other hand, Eicher 6016 R LPO 12.4 m is a complete factory-built bus of which the driveline and chassis will be built at the VECV plant at Pritampur, Indore and the body at Volvo Buses body building Hosakote facility near Bengaluru. The facility earlier only built Volvo Bus bodies, but it will now also manufacture bodies for Eicher front-engine luxury buses. The new buses will come in configurations of 43 pushback seats or as a sleeper coach that can accommodate 30 passengers.
Since the merger of Volvo India into VECV less than a year ago, the company has been offering connectivity in all of its trucks and buses and so the new Eicher bus also features connectivity. On-board telematics ensures benefits like GPS location, electronic ticketing, fleet management and also vehicle diagnostics.
We had a chat with Akash Passey, President, Bus Division, VECV, who tells us that the new bus will be Eicher’s finest bus in India with a design etiquette from Volvo. The company is targetting sales of 5,000-6,000 buses in the air-conditioned premium front-engined bus segment, which is currently serviced by Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland. Moreover, Eicher’s will be the first factory-built bus in this category. The target market will be long-distance fleet operators.
Volvo Eicher will be launching more new products in the next six-wight months, including electric and city buses.