The Kama Auto Plant (KamAZ) of Naberezhnye Chelny, has expanded its city bus portfolio to include a low-floor articulated city bus, KAMAZ-6299, in its own name.

The GAZ Group has begun sales of a new 10.34m low-entry bus model called KaVZ-4270 LE (Low Entry) bus, which is to be manufactured at the Kurgan Bus Plant (KaVZ).

GAZ Group of Nizhny Novgorod – a JSC Russian Machines subsidiary - has developed a prototype city bus (LiAZ-529267-72-30) running on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

In spite of the corona-virus pandemic, new light commercial vehicles (N1 category - gross vehicle weights of up to 3.5t - including buses of the M2 category up to 5t gvw) fell by just 12.8% in January to June this year to 40,082 units compared with 45,964 units in the same period of last year, according to figures from Avtostat Info.

According to statistics collated by LLC Avtostat Info, Russia registered 6,263 new buses (>5t gvw) in the first half of 2020, which was 1.2% up on 6,187 units in 1H/2019.

In Q1/20, the Russian bus market (GVW>5t) registered 3,448 new buses, which was 29.9% more than 2,655 vehicles in the same period of 2019, according to LLC Avtostat Info.

The GAZ Group at the start of the year began assembly of the new GAZ-A68R52 GAZelle City minibus featuring a low floor in the middle with easy access.

The Likino Bus Plant, which produces a range of large buses and coaches at its headquarters in Likino-Dulyovo, and is a member of Russian Buses, division of the GAZ Group - has started producing a new low entry version of its LiAZ-5292 bus for suburban operations.

The Russian bus and coach market reached 13,963 units in 2019, an increase of 5.2% on 13,274 in 2018, according to statistics collated by LLC Avtostat Info.

Portuguese bus and coach manufacturer, CaetanoBus and PB GUP Passazhiravtotrans, the largest bus operator in North-Western region of Russia, which signed a co-operation agreement during Busworld Europe, have announced Passazhiravtotrans began testing Caetano’s e.City Gold electric bus in St. Petersburg.

The government of Moscow city and PJSC KAMAZ have signed an agreement whereby Kamaz will set up an assembly plant in the city for building more than 500 electric buses annually.

Volgabus has delivered ten Volgabus CR12E electric buses to the city of St. Petersburg.