Volvo Buses (Volvo Bus Corporation / formal name: Volvo Bussar AB) (stylized as VOLVO) is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Gothenburg.

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Volvo Bussar AB

Trade name	Volvo Buses Volvo Bus Corporation
Company type	Subsidiary of the Volvo Group
Industry	Bus manufacturing
Founded	1968
Headquarters	Gothenburg, Sweden
Areas served	Worldwide
Key people	Anna Westerberg (President)
Brands	Volvo Prevost Car Nova Bus
Revenue	25.386 billion kr (2016)[1]
Operating income	0.911 billion kr (2016)[1]
Number of employees	7,353 (2016)[1]
Parent	Volvo
Website	www.volvobuses.com

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It is one of the world's largest bus manufacturers, with a complete range of heavy buses for passenger transportation. The product range includes complete buses and coaches as well as chassis combined with a comprehensive range of services.^[2]

The bus operation has a global presence, with production in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. In India it set up its production facility in Bangalore. A former production facility was located in Irvine, Scotland (closed in 2000).

Bus makers owned/acquired by Volvo:

• Säffle Karosseri AB, Säffle, Sweden (1981, known as Volvo Bussar Säffle AB from 2004, plant closed in 2013)
• Leyland Bus, United Kingdom (1988, all Leyland products ceased production by July 1993)
• Steyr Bus GmbH, Steyr, Austria (75% in 1990,^[5] plant closed in the 1990s)
• Aabenraa Karrosseri A/S, Aabenraa, Denmark (1994, plant closed in 2004)
• Drögmöller Karosserien GmbH & Co. KG, Heilbronn, Germany (1994, later known as Volvo Busse Industries (Deutschland) GmbH, plant closed in 2005)
• Prevost Coaches, Quebec, Canada (1995), now known as Prevost Car
• Merkavim, Israel (1996), jointly owned by Volvo Bus Corporation & Mayer Cars & Trucks Ltd., importer of HONDA cars & bikes in Israel^[6]
• Volvo Polska Sp. z o.o., Wrocław, Poland (1996), the largest Volvo Buses factory in Europe
• Carrus Oy, Finland (January 1998,^[7] known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy from 2004)
  • Carrus Oy Delta, Lieto, known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy Turku Factory from 2004, became independent in 2008 and renamed Carrus Delta Oy
  • Carrus Oy Ajokki, Tampere, known as Volvo Bus Finland Oy Tampere Factory from 2004, plant closed in 2008
  • Carrus Oy Wiima, Vantaa, plant closed in 2001
• Nova Bus, St-Eustache, Quebec, Canada (1998)
• Mexicana de Autobuses SA (MASA), Tultitlán, Mexico (1998), renamed Volvo Buses de México^[8]
• Alfa Busz Kft, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, (2002)
• EUROBUS, Zagreb, Croatia (1994.-1999.) on chassis B10, B12
• Proterra (2023) ^[9]

• Borås, Sweden
• Hoskote, Bangalore, India
• Curitiba, Brazil
• Wroclaw, Poland
• Tultitlán, Mexico

• Volvo bus used in White Buses action of 1945
• Volvo B12 Bus 1940
• Volvo B10 Bus 1938
• Volvo B512 Bus 1948
• Volvo B513X Bus 1948
• Volvo B617 Bus 1952
• Volvo B655 Bus 1952
• Volvo Bus 1953
• Volvo B638 Bus 1953
• Volvo B727 Bus 1953
• Volvo B70501 Bus 1959
• Volvo B655 Bus 1963
• 1967 Volvo B58 bus
• Volvo B58 Bus 1968
• A Van Hool-bodied Volvo B10M single-deck coach
• Volvo B10MA, 1985
• Volvo Olympian 1996
• A 1993 built B10B bus with Alexander Strider bodywork, pictured as a training bus for First Greater Manchester
• Volvo B9TL, 2013
• Volvo B7RLE, 2012
• Volvo B8RLE, 2013
• Volvo B8RLEA, 2015
• Volvo B12BLEA, 2009
• Volvo B11R, 2018
• Volvo B7R, body made by Autodelta Coach Builders Inc., 2017