Volgabus (known as Volzhanin until 2008)[1] is a Russian automotive company located in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd region, and includes leasing company, a distribution center, a network of dealers, and logistics center. Its products include buses, electric buses and trolleybuses. The general manager is Alex Bakulin, son of the vice-speaker of the Volgograd Regional Duma.[2]
History
The company was founded in 1993, the first five years leasing buses made by the Likinskiy Bus plant. 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.[3] In 2015 the company had revenues of 3.2 billion rubles, making it the third largest bus manufacturer in the country.