predecessor motor coach industries transit transportation manufacturing corporation founded 1993 headquarters saint eustache quebec canada key people raymond leduc president products public transit buses owner volvo parent volvo buses website official site nova bus is a canadian bus manufacturer in north america owned by volvo buses and headquartered in saint eustache quebec canada . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 current 2.2 past 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit nova bus s saint eustache factory was built as a general motors plant for building city transit buses for the canadian market . in 1987 gm sold its bus building holdings to motor coach industries mci which had been formed from companies that had been owned by greyhound lines . the plant was used to produce the classic model for sales in canada while gmc s rapid transit series rts product was moved to join mci s own designs at transportation manufacturing corporation in roswell new mexico . mci divested its urban rapid transit models in 1993 and nova bus was created to continue producing the classic and rts models at the saint eustache and roswell plants respectively . the classic and rts were later discontinued in order to concentrate on the nova lfs a low floor city bus which was introduced in 1995 . the last classic model was produced in 1997 . sales of nova lfs were insufficient and nova bus closed its roswell and niskayuna new york plants in 2002 to concentrate all efforts on the canadian market . the roswell plant was later acquired by a local consortium millennium transit services that almost went bankrupt in 2008 then emerged from bankruptcy in 2011 . the chicago transit authority cta with 480 lfs units in its active bus fleet remains one of the larger operators of nova buses . on february 2 2008 nova bus announced plans for the construction of a new assembly plant in plattsburgh new york signifying the company s return to the u.s. bus market . the plant opened for business on june 15 2009 . 1 its first us order under american production came from the new york city transit authority for 90 lfs articulated buses counting lfs rigids operated by the same agency the nycta now counts nearly 500 lfs buses in its active fleet . in march 2010 nova bus received the first us built order for its redesigned lfs from honolulu hawaii s thebus . the 24 buses arrived in december 2010 ; there were plans to order more in the future but since then thebus chose to go with gillig instead . 2 in march 2012 the walt disney company announced that it plans to test a nova articulated bus on certain high traffic routes at the walt disney world resort . in 2012 the southeastern pennsylvania transportation authority septa placed an order for 315 buses which included 225 articulated buses to replace its aging neoplan an460 articulated buses and its remaining north american bus industries nabi 416 standard buses . 3 in 2014 septa rolled out its new nova bus lfs hev 62 102 articulated buses onto the streets of philadelphia on october 27 2014 . 4 in 2013 cta placed an order for 300 40 foot nova bus clean diesel buses with an option to buy an additional 150 . 5 products edit current edit main article nova bus lf series differing powertrain layouts original asymmetrical left and new centred right . the current nova bus lfx articulated bus rapid transit brt applications . the rigid lfs entered mass production in 1995 and the lfs artic and lfx models were introduced in 2009 . the standard lfs is also available in a single door commuter configuration . both the rigid and articulated versions of the lfs lfx are available with a hybrid drivetrain that uses an allison ep40 ep50 parallel hybrid system . these options were first delivered in 2007 to soci t de transport de l outaouais sto in gatineau quebec 40 foot model annod in 2011 to connecticut transit 62 foot articulated model . in october 2011 the rear window became an option . the original powertrain layout mounted on the left at the rear was changed to a center mounted powertrain with ventilation through the roof on all lfs models starting in 2009 . however some demonstrators and test buses were built in 2008 with this update . in 2013 a new fourth generation rear layout was introduced and became standard mid 2013 . some early 2013 models were delivered with the third generation rear . past edit model length width photo years produced notes rapid transit series rts 9.14 m 30 ft 10.67 m 35 ft 12.19 m 40 ft 2.44 m 96 in 2.59 m 102 in 1995 2004 developed by general motors 1968 1977 acquired from transportation manufacturing corporation in 1994 rights now owned by millennium transit services tc40102a tc40102n 12.19 m 40 ft 2.59 m 102 in 1993 1997 updated version of the original gmc new look originally produced by general motors diesel division 1983 1987 then mci 1987 1993 air conditioning optional a model tc60102n 18.29 m 60 ft 2.59 m 102 in 1993 based on the 1982 gmdd model ta60 102n but with a full classic body see also edit buses portal companies portal wikimedia commons has media related to nova bus . list of buses references edit bus assembly plant proposed for plattsburgh the press republican press release from nova bus march 11 2010 septa plannning to buy 245 new buses . philly.com . retrieved 2014 11 08 . septa rolls out hybrid buses in philly . nbcphiladelphia.com . retrieved 2014 11 08 . cta approved to purchase 300 new clean diesel buses . transitchicago.com . retrieved 2015 02 15 . external links edit official site v t e north american bus builders active blue bird corporation dina s.a. environmental performance vehicles ford motor company gillig corporation girardin minibus glaval bus ic bus lion bus millennium transit services new flyer industries motor coach industries new flyer north american bus industries nova bus optima bus corporation proterra inc. prevost car rev group champion bus incorporated collins bus corporation eldorado national goshen coach setra stallion bus and transit corp. starcraft bus thomas built buses trans tech van con defunct acf brill aerocoach am general amtran beck canadian car and foundry carpenter body company crown coach corporation dupont industries eagle bus fageol fifth avenue bus company fitzjohn flxible general motors diesel division gm coach gm truck and coach division kenworth lag motorcoach les enterprises michel corbeil mack trucks marmon herrington masa neoplan usa orion international pullman standard st. louis car company superior coach company transportation manufacturing corporation twin coach u.s. bus corporation ward body works wayne corporation wayne wheeled vehicles white motor company yellow coach manufacturing company v t e volvo buses 4.8 5.1 l b5lh b5rleh b5tl 5.5 l b6 b609 b6ble b6f b6fa b6le b6m 6.7 7.3 l b7f b7fa b7l b7la b7r b7rle b7tl 7.7 l b8r b8rle 9.4 l b9l b9la b9r b9rle b9s b9tl 9.6 l b9m b10b b10ble b10c b10l b10la b10m b10ma b10md b10r b10tl 12.0 12.1 l b12 b12b b12ble b12blea 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