List of trolleybus manufacturers
Since the invention of the trolleybus, well over 200 different makers of trolleybuses have existed.[1] This is a list of trolleybus manufacturers, both current and former.
Current
- Astra Bus (Romania)
- Belkommunmash (Belarus)
- VDL Berkhof (Netherlands)
- Bogdan (Ukraine)
- Bashkir Trolleybus Plant (BTZ), Ufa
- BredaMenarinibusIT (Italy)
- CAIO InduscarPT (Brazil)
- DesignLine (New Zealand)
- DINA (Mexico)[2]
- Dongfeng Yangtse (China)
- Electrotrans-Service
- Eletra Industrial Ltda (Brazil)
- ELBO (Greece)
- Foton Motor (China)
- Fiat Group (Italy)
- Hess (Switzerland)
- Liannex
- LiAZ (Russia)
- LuAZ (Ukraine)
- LAZ (Ukraine)
- Materfer (Argentina)
- Mercedes-Benz (Germany)
- MAZ (Belarus)
- MTRZ
- New Flyer Industries or Flyer Industries (Canada/USA)
- Scania AB (Sweden)
- Škoda Electric (Czech Republic)
- Solaris Bus & Coach (with electrical equipment by Ganz (owned by Škoda) and DP Ostrava) (Poland)
- SOR Libchavy[3] (with electrical equipment by Škoda) (Czech Republic)
- Sunwin (China)
- Trans-Alfa (VMZ) (Russia)
- Trolza, major producer in Russia
- Van Hool (Belgium)
- Volvo Buses (Sweden)
- Youngman (China)
- Yutong (China)
- Zhongtong Bus
- ZIU (Uritsky) – see Trolza
Former
- Alfa Romeo, Italy
- AM General, USA
- AnsaldoBreda and predecessors Ansaldo Trasporti and Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie (but a related company, BredaMenarinibus, is still making trolleybuses), Italy
- Aviant Aircraft Factory, Kiev, Ukraine
- Associated Equipment Company, UK
- Berna, Switzerland
- British United Traction, UK
- Brown Boveri & Company (using GM New Look bus body) for Edmonton, Canada
- Busscar, Brazil
- Canadian Car and Foundry, Canada
- Chavdar, Bulgaria
- Crossley Motors, UK
- Daimler Motor Company, UK
- Dennis Specialist Vehicles, UK
- Electric Transit, Inc., USA-based joint venture
- Fiat (subsidiary Irisbus is still manufacturing trolleybuses), Italy
- FBW, Switzerland
- Gräf & Stift, Austria
- Guy Motors, UK
- Henschel, Germany
- Hispano-Suiza, Spain
- Ikarus, Hungary
- J.G. Brill, USA
- Jelcz, Poland
- Lancia, Italy
- Leyland Motors, UK
- Mafersa, Brazil
- Marmon-Herrington, USA
- Menarini, Italy – acquired by Breda in 1989, forming BredaMenarinibus
- MASA (Mexicana de Autobuses SA) – now part of Volvo, Mexico
- NAW, Switzerland
- Neoplan, Germany
- Neoplan USA
- Pegaso, Spain
- PTMZ, Russia
- Praga, Czech Republic
- Pullman-Standard, USA
- Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, UK
- Richard Garrett & Sons, UK
- Rocar, Romania
- Saurer, Switzerland
- Salvador Caetano, Portugal
- St. Louis Car Company, USA
- Socimi, Italy
- Sunbeam, UK
- Tatra, Czech Republic
- Tushino Mechanical Plant, Russia
- Twin Coach, USA
- Valmet, Finland
- Vétra, France
- Viseon Bus, Germany (formerly Neoplan's trolleybus production)
- Volgograd transport and machinery plant
- Yaroslavl motor plant, Russia
- YuMZ - Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
References
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