Scania receives large order for biofuel buses in Sweden

Scania receives large order for biofuel buses in Sweden

Scania has received an order for 158 buses from public transport company
Keolis Sverige. By ordering buses that run on biofuels, the company
strengthens its position in sustainable urban transport.

The delivery to Keolis consists of urban, suburban and intercity buses.
The majority, 123 urban and suburban buses, will be used in the greater
Stockholm area, where Keolis operates for Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
(SL).

“The order is very important to us and helps strengthen our position as
a strong partner in the public transport industry,” says Ove Forsberg,
Bus Sales Manager at Scania-Bilar Sverige. “We have had a rewarding
partnership with Keolis in Sweden for a long period, and we see this
order as a result of that.”

Scania has previously delivered ethanol- and biogas-fuelled vehicles to
Keolis, and the new buses will be equipped with engines for the
renewable fuels ethanol and rapeseed methyl ester (RME). Compared to
using a conventional diesel engine, Keolis reduces carbon-dioxide
emissions by 70 percent by using ethanol; for RME, the corresponding
figure is 64 percent.

Deliveries of the buses will take place from April until July, and the
buses will start operating between June and August.

Keolis Sverige's vision is to use locally suited, sustainable transport
to double transit ridership in Swedish cities. By the second half of
2011 Keolis' vehicle fleet in Sweden will consist of approximately 2,000
buses, of which over 60 percent will be running on renewable fuels.

Keolis' Technology and Environmental Director Håkan Björk says, “This
and previous large orders to Scania are a result of a close cooperation,
giving us well-developed and customised products for our operations.”

Scania has more than 20 years of experience with ethanol buses, having
delivered a total of about 800 ethanol buses. More than 700 of them have
gone to Swedish cities, but the company has also delivered ethanol buses
for commercial service to countries such as Great Britain, Spain, Italy,
Belgium and Norway.

The world's largest fleet of ethanol buses operates in the greater
Stockholm area, where Stockholm County Council has set the goal that at
least 50 percent of all passenger traffic will employ renewable fuels by
2012.

Ethanol accounts for around 90 percent of renewable vehicle fuels
available today. It is the most cost-effective such fuel in the market
in terms of availability, infrastructure and access to tried-and-tested
technology

For further information, please contact:

  · Leif Nyström, Marketing Director, Scania-Bilar Sverige, +46 8
553 511 52
  · Hans-Åke Danielsson, Press Manager, Scania, +46 8 553 856 62