The first customer trials for UD city bus was flagged off on Saturday in Bengaluru. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will operate this bus on key routes over the next two months. The buses were flagged off at a function by Ramalinga Reddy, Transport Minister, and Dr. Ekroop Caur, Managing Director, BMTC, along with senior members of the transport corporation. Akash Passey, Senior Vice President – Business Region International, Volvo Bus Corporation, and Suresh Chettiar, Vice President and Head – Commercial, Volvo Buses India were also present.
The UD SLF is a semi low-floor city bus that will create the benchmark in the value segment with features that impart the best performance with focus to excel on essentials such as fuel efficiency, reliability and optimized uptime.