Company type | Limited Liability Company |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1993 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Alexey Bakulin (CEO) |
Products | Buses |
Revenue | More than 625 million rubles (2004) |
7,000,000 rubles (2004) | |
Number of employees | circa 900 |
Website |
volgabus |
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. [2]
The company was founded in 1993, the first five years leasing buses made by the Likinskiy Bus plant. [3] 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. [4] In 2015 the company had revenues of 3.2 billion rubles, making it the third largest bus manufacturer in the country. [5]
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. [6]
The company currently produces urban, suburban, and intercity buses, and special purpose vehicles under the brand "Volzhanin", or "Volgabus" in foreign markets.