Volvo B12M
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Volvo B12M | |
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A Volvo B12M with Berkhof Axial coach bodywork in the Hodge's Coaches fleet | |
Overview | |
Manufacturer | Volvo Buses |
Production | 2002-2022 |
Assembly | Borås, Sweden, and other locations (including Curitiba, Brazil, where it was last produced) |
Body and chassis | |
Doors | 1-4 |
Floor type | High |
Powertrain | |
Engine | Volvo DH12 12-litre Diesel |
Power output | 310-460BHP |
Transmission | ZF 5/6HP602C Manual Voith automatic |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Volvo B10M |
The Volvo B12M is an underfloor mid-engined bus/coach chassis introduced by Volvo Buses in 2002 as a replacement for the Volvo B10M. It is available with a variety of bodies such as the Van Hool T9 Alizee, Sunsundegui Sideral and Plaxton Panther/Paragon. Large British users of the B12M include Wallace Arnold, Park's Motor Group and Southern Vectis.[1]
In Brazil, the B12M replaced the B10M in articulated/bi-articulated versions, not being built in a solo bus version like its predecessors B58E and B10M, and is produced since 2004. Also, in Curitiba, there are bi-articulated buses on Volvo B12M chassis in a 28-meter configuration, making them some of the world's longest buses. Since 2011, the B12M was renamed as B340M, and the chassis was updated to the Proconve P7/Euro V emission standard rules in the following year. Both articulated and bi-articulated versions are rated for 340 hp. After Euro VI-based Proconve P8 emission standard became mandatory in Brazil in 2023, the B340M chassis was discontinued with no diesel successor being developed; instead, Volvo developed an electric bi-articulated bus chassis which belongs to the BZR range;[2] a single-articulated variant is presumably also in development.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Niederle, Pavel. "Volvo B12". Volvo club. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ^ "Volvo Buses starts validating electric bi-articulated buses in Latin America – the first buses from its BZR electromobility platform on trial". Volvo Buses. 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
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