Editing Nova Bus

{{Short description|Canadian bus manufacturer}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = NovaBus Inc.
| logo = Nova Bus Logo.svg
| logo_size = 220px
| image = CTT Nova 1050.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption = [[Connecticut Transit]] Nova Bus LFS Articulated bus
| type = Subsidiary
| predecessor = [[General Motors Diesel Division]]<br />[[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation]]
| former_name = NovaBus Corporation
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1979}} (plant)<br />{{Start date and age|1993}} (company)
| location = [[Saint-Eustache, Quebec]], Canada
| area_served = Canada and United States
| key_people = Paul Le Houillier ([[President (corporate title)|President]])
| num_employees = 
| owner = [[Volvo]]
| industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
| products = [[Public transit]] [[buses]]
| revenue = 
| homepage = {{url|http://www.novabus.com/|novabus.com}}
}}

'''Nova Bus''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] transit bus manufacturer headquartered in [[Saint-Eustache, Quebec]]. Nova is owned by the [[Volvo]] Group.

The company has roots in the [[General Motors Diesel Division]], which opened in 1979. Nova Bus was established in 1993, by [[Pierce Manufacturing|Nova Quintech]], through the acquisition of [[Viad|Dial Corporation]]'s transit division which consisted of [[Motor Coach Industries]] and [[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation]]. Volvo took partial ownership of Nova Bus in 1998 and complete ownership in 2004.

== History ==
Nova Bus's Saint-Eustache factory is a former [[General Motors]] plant that built [[public transit|city transit]] buses for the Canadian and US market. Inaugurated in 1979, the plant was used to produce the [[GM New Look bus|New Look bus]] (up to 1983) and the [[Classic (transit bus)|Classic]] (starting 1982) model for sales in Canada. In 1987, GM sold its bus-building holdings to [[Viad|Greyhound Dial Corporation]], the parent company of [[Motor Coach Industries]] (MCI) while GMC's [[Rapid Transit Series]] (RTS) product was moved to join MCI's own designs at [[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation]] in [[Roswell, New Mexico]].

By the 1990s, Dial intended to sell its transportation manufacturing and service divisions. The St-Eustache facility was faced with closure. The entity, known as '''Nova Bus Corporation''', was formed by individuals from [[Pierce Manufacturing|Nova Quintech]] and the Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec to acquire MCI's St-Eustache facility from Dial. Nova Quintech was formed in 1991 after a group of investors purchased the assets of the bankrupt fire truck manufacturer Camions Pierre Thibault Inc. The Government of Quebec agreed to contribute a $2.5-million, interest-free loan, and $10 million in loan guarantees. In addition, they agreed to purchase over 300 buses between 1993 and 1994.<ref>https://www.acces.mce.gouv.qc.ca/documents-publies-ministere/demandes-acces/memoires/1993-03-31.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512233638/https://www.acces.mce.gouv.qc.ca/documents-publies-ministere/demandes-acces/memoires/1993-03-31.pdf |date=May 12, 2022 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The sale of the MCI's St-Eustache operations occurred on 6 July 1993.

MCI and TMC were spun-off from Dial in 1993, and merged with Mexican [[DINA S.A.]], who sold the TMC plant and RTS rights to Nova Bus in 1994. The RTS model was continued to be produced in the Roswell plant to meet [[Buy America]] requirements.

The Nova Classic and Nova RTS were later discontinued in order to concentrate on the Nova LFS, a [[low floor]] city bus, which was announced in 1994 with deliveries starting in 1997. The last Classic model was produced in 1997. Sales of Nova RTS were insufficient and Nova Bus closed its Roswell and [[Niskayuna (town), New York|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]], who became defunct around 2012. The [[Chicago Transit Authority]] (CTA), which in 1998, placed an order for 484 LFS units that were manufactured and delivered between 2000 and 2002, was the first [[US]] customer to purchase a large order of this model, and remains one of the larger operators of Nova LFS buses.

By 1998, Nova Bus was then acquired by [[Volvo Buses]] and [[Prevost Car]] who owned 51% of the company while [[Henlys Group]] owned 49%. Volvo acquired Henlys remaining interest in 2004.

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 US bus market. The plant opened on June 15, 2009.<ref>[http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_033054524.html "Bus-assembly plant proposed for Plattsburgh"], ''The Press Republican''</ref> The first order from a US-based customer came from the [[New York City Transit Authority]] (NYCTA) for [https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority_1200-1289 90 LFS articulated buses]; the NYCTA now has nearly 500 [[Articulated bus|articulated]] and non-articulated LFSs. In March 2010, Nova Bus received the first order for the US-built, redesigned LFS from [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|Honolulu, Hawaii]]'s [[TheBus (Honolulu)|TheBus]]; 24 were delivered in December 2010. TheBus planned to order more, but ultimately chose buses from [[Gillig Corporation|Gillig]] instead.<ref>[http://www.novabus.com/press/news-list/city-of-honolulu-partners-with-nova-bus.html Press release from Nova Bus (March 11, 2010)]</ref> 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 [[SEPTA|Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority]] (SEPTA) ordered 315 buses, including 225 articulated buses to replace its aging [[Neoplan USA|Neoplan]] [[Neoplan Transliner (North America)|AN460]] articulated buses and its remaining [[North American Bus Industries]] [[NABI SFW|NABI 416]] standard buses;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-15/news/31197445_1_hybrid-buses-septa-board-new-buses|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216012756/http://articles.philly.com/2012-03-15/news/31197445_1_hybrid-buses-septa-board-new-buses|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 16, 2014|title=SEPTA planning to buy 245 new buses|publisher=philly.com|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref> the articulated hybrid buses were introduced in [[Philadelphia]] on October 27, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/traffic/transit/SEPTA-Rolls-Out-Hybrid-Buses-Philadelphia|title=SEPTA Rolls Out Hybrid Buses in Philly|date=October 28, 2014 |publisher=nbcphiladelphia.com|access-date=November 8, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, the [[Chicago Transit Authority]] placed an order for 300 40 foot Nova Bus clean-diesel buses, with an option to buy an additional 150.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transitchicago.com/news/default.aspx?Archive=y&ArticleId=3133|title=CTA Approved to Purchase 300 New Clean Diesel Buses|publisher=transitchicago.com|access-date=February 15, 2015}}</ref>

On June 21, 2023, Nova Bus announced that it would again exit the United States market in 2025, and close the Plattsburgh plant. The company cited continuing financial losses in its decision to restructure operations to focus on Canada.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-06-21 |title=Nova Bus ends bus production in the US |url=https://news.cision.com/ab-volvo/r/nova-bus-ends-bus-production-in-the-us,c3791861 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |website=[[Cision]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wanek-Libman |first=Mischa |date=2023-06-22 |title=Nova Bus to cease bus production in the U.S. in early 2025 |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/vehicles/article/53064174/nova-bus-to-cease-bus-production-in-the-us-in-early-2025 |access-date= |website=Mass Transit}}</ref>

On March 28, 2024, Nova Bus announced the retirement of president Ralph Acs, who retired on April 1st, 2024. Mr. Acs was succeeded by Paul Le Houillier on June 1st, 2024. Mr. Acs remains part of the Nova Bus Board of Directors.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://novabus.com/blog/2024/03/28/nova-bus-welcomes-paul-le-houillier-as-its-new-president/ | title=Nova Bus welcomes Paul le Houillier as its new President | date=March 28, 2024 }}</ref>

== Products ==
=== Current ===
[[File:NFTA-Metro Nova Bus LFS (cropped).jpg|thumb|A fourth-generation Nova Bus LFS in Buffalo, New York.]]
{{Main|Nova Bus LFS}}The LFS (Low Floor Series) is currently the only vehicle built by Nova Bus. It was the first bus designed by the company and entered production in 1996.

Since being introduced, the LFS has been redesigned several times, across four generations. Introduced as a diesel-fueled, rigid {{Convert|40|ft|m|abbr=out|adj=on}} bus, several variants have been offered over the last several decades of production.

Several alternative powertrains have been offered including [[compressed natural gas]] (CNG) fueled engines, diesel-electric hybrids (both series and parallel arrangements) and battery-electric. [[Articulated bus|Articulated]] {{Convert|62|ft|m|abbr=out|adj=on}} versions have been offered since 2009. Nova Bus also offers suburban configurations of their 40-foot buses with one door and [[Coach (bus)|motorcoach]] style seating, and previously offered special bodywork styling packages for 62-foot buses intended for use on [[bus rapid transit]] services.{{clear}}

=== Past ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Model
! Length
! Width
! Photo
! Years Produced
! Notes
|-
! [[Rapid Transit Series]] (RTS)
| {{Unbulleted list|{{convert|9.14|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}|{{convert|10.67|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}|{{convert|12.19|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}}}
| {{Unbulleted list|{{convert|2.44|m|in|0|abbr=on}}|{{convert|2.59|m|in|0|abbr=on}}}}
| [[File:MBTA Crosstown Bus 0276.jpg|150px]]
| 1995–2004
|
* Developed by General Motors (1968–1977)
* Acquired from [[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation]] in 1994
* Rights sold to [[Millennium Transit Services]]
|-
! [[Classic (transit bus)|Classic]]<br />(TC40102A, TC40102N)
| {{convert|12.19|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| {{convert|2.59|m|in|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Metro Transit 979 new livery.jpg|150px]]
| 1993–1997
|
*Updated version of the [[GMC New Look|New Look]] bus
*Originally produced by General Motors Diesel Division (1983–1987), then [[Motor Coach Industries]] (1987–1993)
*Air conditioning optional (A model)
|-
! Classic<br />TC60102N
| {{convert|18.29|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| {{convert|2.59|m|in|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Metro Transit 708.jpg|150px]]
| 1993
|
*Based on the 1982 General Motors Diesel Division model TA60-102N, but with a full Classic body
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Buses|Companies}}
* [[List of buses]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Nova Bus}}
*{{Official website|http://www.novabus.com/}}

{{North American bus builders}}
{{Volvo Buses}}
{{AB Volvo}}
{{Automotive industry in Canada}}
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