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Old 10-16-2015, 05:05 AM   #2486
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Originally Posted by timun View Post
"Apparently" according to whom?


Vicinity's product is a shortened (≤30') version of a full-size (≥40') bus, it's nothing 'new'. Calgary Transit has a couple dozen of them already. Arboc makes one. New Flyer makes one now. Nothing special or unique about the 'niche' it fills...
Apparently? Well ultimately GM is the source:

This link is from the ambulance industry that uses the same gm chassis and drivetrain as the ARBOC's purchased by Calgary Transit. The Facebook posting describes the change at GM better than my recall of conversations with bus vendors.

https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php...55503890770118
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