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kevlaf983
Age: 41 Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 99 Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
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DE60LF
Joined: 03 Oct 2007 Posts: 142 Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe if Nova re-enters the U.S. market, they could provide a viable third solution for an articulated bus. I know that the LFS sold poorly when Nova was in the U.S. market, however, the LFS may now prove to be a viable option for some TAs.
Only two bus manufacturers in the U.S. market produce artics (New Flyer and NABI). New Flyer mostly dominates this market. NABI is primarily a niche manufacturer for artics now, as only NABI currently produces CNG artics. I have heard that the NABI 60-LFW and 60-BRT are very unreliable buses, which is probably why New Flyer is currently dominating for most artic orders. Depending on how reliable is the Nova LFS artic, they could be a viable second option for artics, and could pull ahead of NABI in terms of market share. If/when Nova begins to offer a diesel-electric hybrid variant of the LFS artic, they could even win more market share. I know NABI offers a diesel-electric hybrid 60-BRT, but has yet to receive any orders for it; much of NABI's orders for low floor artics so far have been CNG models. |
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