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Nova Bus is a Bus manufacturing company based in Saint-Eustache, Quebec , Canada . The company is now owned by Prevost , which is a division of Volvo Buses .

Nova Bus was created by a reorganization of the transit bus division of MCI in 1993 , and continued the production of the Classic model (which was started by General Motors Diesel Division Buses in late 1982 ) until MCI bought the transit division in 1987 . The '''RTS''' model, originating from General Motors , was also acquired by NovaBus.

They currently produce a single product, the Nova LFS, a Low-floor urban Transit bus, which was introduced in 1995 . The last '''Classic''' model was produced in 1997 . After closing their American assembly plants in Roswell, New Mexico and Niskayuna, New York in 2002 , Nova Bus basically withdrew from the American bus market, instead completely focusing on Canadian transit.


PRODUCTS

  • Rapid Transit Series (RTS) - developed by General Motors Diesel Division Buses ( 1977 - 2002 , although no longer produced by NovaBus, a small company ''' Millennium Transit ''' now builds them)

  • Classic - high floor buses developed as a redesign of the original GMC New Look ( 1982 - 1997 ), originally produced by GM, then MCI

  • LFS - low floor and wheelchair accessible ( 1995 -present)


NovaBus now produces a series of vehicles developed from the Nova LFS.
  • 40 foot Low floor transit bus with a stainless steel structure and diesel engine.

  • 40 foot Suburban bus (single and two door variations)

  • 40 foot shuttle bus

  • 60 foot Articulated Bus , currently in testing in Quebec City for RTC , to reach full production in 2007 for RTC and STM in Montreal.


In 2008 , the option of a hybrid diesel-electric engine will be offered to new customers. These enhancements come out of a want to become more competitive outside of eastern Canada (where few NovaBus products have been sold) and to provide more options for Quebec-based agencies (who, by provincial law, are given only the option of NovaBus for new buses due to their Quebec plant location).


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