Volgabus

Volgabus
Type	Limited Liability Company
Industry	Automotive
Founded	1993; 28 years ago
Headquarters	Volzhsky, Volgograd Region, Russia
Key people	Alexey Bakulin ; (CEO)
Products	Buses
Revenue	More than 625 million rubles (2004)
Net income	7,000,000 rubles (2004)
Number of employees	circa 900
Website	volgabus.ru

Volgabus (known as Volzhanin until 2008)^[1] is a Russian bus manufacturing company located in the city of Volzhsky Volgograd region, and includes leasing company, a distribution center, a network of dealers, and logistics center. The general manager is Alex Bakulin, son of the vice-speaker of the Volgograd Regional Duma.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

The company was founded in 1993, the first five years leasing buses made by the Likinskiy Bus plant. Volgabus was the first company in Russia to manufacture low-floor buses with aluminum body and electronic control systems. Revenues in 2004 exceeded 625 million rubles. In 2005, they produced 240 buses.

In 2011 it announced the launch of a compressed natural gas-powered bus, in partnership with Gazprom.^[2] In 2015 the company had revenues of 3.2 billion rubles, making it the third largest bus manufacturer in the country.^[3]

In 2016 Volgabus presented a prototype of an electronic driverless bus at the Skolkovo Innovation Center, the first such vehicle to be developed in Russia.^[4]

Products[]

The company currently produces urban, suburban, and intercity buses, and special purpose vehicles under the brand "Volzhanin", or "Volgabus" in foreign markets.

Urban buses[]

Volzhanin Sitiritm II for 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi

– small alternative to the minibus
– large bus, designed for multi-purpose use on regular routes
– one-section, large capacity bus
– low-floor bus with a body made of aluminum alloy
– low-floor city high capacity bus with a body made of aluminum alloy
– urban low-floor bus with extra-large capacity and a jointed body made of aluminum alloy
– built upon the technical requirements for Moscow; has an articulated 18-meter stainless steel body, automatic transmission and a new generation of engine, similar to the bus