Lviv Bus Factory

Lviv Bus plant

Type	Closed joint stock company
Founded	May 21, 1945
Headquarters	Lviv, Ukraine

ElectroLAZ 2008 G1 — ElectroLAZ E183 trolleybus

The Lviv Bus Factory, (L’vivs’ky Avtomobil’ny Zavod), literally "Lviv Automobile Factory"), mostly known under its obsolete name L’vivs’ky Avtobusnyi Zavod, literally "Lviv Bus Factory") is a bus manufacturing company in Lviv, Ukraine.

Their brand-name is LAZ (ЛАЗ), and the company and its products are often referred to with this acronym rather than the full name.

It was one of the major bus manufacturers in the Soviet Union and the largest-ever industrial company in the city. Now it is a private, closed joint stock company It still Manufactures buses of the highest class

Some of its most widely-known products include the 695 city bus and its stretched tourist-oriented version, the 699. ElectroLAZ, the distinctive modern LAZ trolleybus can be seen circulating in several Ukrainian cities.

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Media related to LAZ vehicles at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (English)

v · d · e Automobile manufacturers of states of the former Soviet Union

Russia	Avtoframos · Avtotor · AvtoVAZ (GM-AvtoVAZ · Lada · VIS) · DARTZ · Derways · Ё-mobile · GAZ (KAvZ · LiAZ · PAZ · UralAZ) · Izhmash · KaMAZ · Marussia Motors · Moskvitch · NefAZ · SeAZ · Sollers JSC (UAZ · ZMA) · TagAZ · ZiL

Ukraine	Anto-Rus · Bogdan · (LuAZ · Cherkaskyi Avtobus) · Eurocar · Etalon (BAZ · ChAZ · HalAZ) · KrASZ · KrAZ · LAZ (DAZ) · Ruta · Stryi-Avto · UkrAVTO (ZAZ · IZAA)

Belarus	BelAZ · MAZ · Minsk Tractor Works · MZKT · Neman

Latvia	Russo-Balt · RAF

Lithuania	KAG

Armenia	ErAZ

Georgia	KAZ

Azerbaijan	Ganja Auto Plant · NAZ · AzSamand

Uzbekistan	UzDaewooAuto · GM Uzbekistan · SamAuto

Kazakhstan	Azia Avto

List of Bus Manufacturers

This list is under construction
Please add relevant additions

Early UK & Ireland Bus Builders
All Types ex-Steam

AEC • Albion • Atkinson • Bean • Bedford • BMC • BMMO • Bristol • Charles H. Roe • Commer • Crossley Motors • Daimler Motor Company • Dennis • Dodge (GB) • Duple Coachbuilders • Eastern Coach Works • East Lancashire Coachbuilders • Guy • Karrier Motors(crew bus) • Leyland Commercial Vehicles/Leyland Motors Ltd/Leyland Steam Motor Co. • Marshall Bus • Morris Commercials/Morris • Northern Counties • Park Royal Vehicles • Sentinel • Shefflex • Shelvoke & Drewry • Straker-Squire • Thornycroft • Tilling Stevens • Vulcan

Modern UK & Ireland Bus Builders
(1960s-current)
(Factories in the UK)

Bedford • BMMO • Alexander Dennis • Darwen East Lancs/Darwen Group • Eastern Coach Works Ford of Britain(mini / Crew buses) Ford Trucks/Iveco(chassis) • Leyland Daf & Leyland Bus • MCV Bus and Coach • Optare • Plaxton Volvo Buses

European Manufacturers

Active	Autodromo (Italian) Automet (Polish) Autosan (Polish) • Ayats (Spanish) • Berkhof (Dutch) • Beulas (Spanish) • Biamax (Greek) • BredaMenarinibus (Italian) • Cacciamali (Italian) • Carsa (Spanish) • Castrosua (Spanish) • Chavdar (Bulgarian) • Contrac Cobus (German) • Credo (Hungarian) • DAF (Dutch) • ELBO (Greek) • EvoBus (German) • Fabrika automobila Priboj (Serbian) • Fiat Professional (Italian)• Hess (Swiss) • Hispano Carrocera (Spanish) • Hispano-Suiza (Spainish) • Ikarbus (Serbian) • Ikarus Bus (Hungarian) • Indcar (Spanish) • Irisbus (French) • Iveco (Italian) • Jelcz (Polish) • Jonckheere (Belgian) • Kapena (Polish) • Man (German) • Mauri (Italian) • Mercedes Benz (German) • Neobus (Serbian) • Neoplan (German) • Noge (Spanish) • Praga (Czech) • Roman (Romanian) • Saab-Scania AB/Scania (Swedish) • Salvador Caetano (Portuguese) • Saracakis (Greek) • Setra (German) • Sfakianakis (Greek) • Škoda Works (Czech) • Solaris (Polish) • Solbus (Polish) • SOR Libchavy (Czech) • TEDOM (Czech) • Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor (Slovenian) • VDL Bova/VDL Bus Chassis (Dutch) • Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (German) • Volvo (Swedish)

Defunct	ACMAT (Greek) • Alfa Romeo (Italian) • AMZ-KUTNO (Polish) • Ajokki (Finnish) • Arna (Norwegian) • Avia (Spanish) • Barreiros (Spanish) • Berliet (French) • Borgward (German) • Brons (Dutch) • Büssing (German) • Carrus (Finnish) • Citroën (French) • DAAG (German) • Dansk Automobil Byggeri (Danish) • Delta Plan (Finnish) • Den Oudsten (Dutch) • Drögmöller (German) • Ebro (Spanish) • Emelba (Spanish) • Henschel (German) • Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau (East German) • Intrall (Polish/English) • Isotta-Fraschini (Italian) • KMC (Cyprus) • Kässbohrer (German) • Lancia (Italian) • Magirus/Magirus-Deutz (German) • OAF (Austrian) • Pegaso (Spanish) • Renault (French) • Riga Autobus Factory (Latvian) • Saurer (Swiss) • Saviem (French) • Scania-Vabis (Swedish) • Seida (Spanish) • Steyr-Daimler-Puch (Austrian) • Tangalakis (Greek) • Tatra (Czech) • Tidaholms Bruk (Swedish) • United Bus (Dutch) • Vest (Norwegian) • Wiima (Finnish)

North American Manufacturers

Active	Advanced Bus Industries • ALFA (Mexican) • AMHER (Mexican) • AYCO (Mexican) • BECCAR (Mexican) • Blue Bird Corporation • Champion Bus Incorporated • Chevrolet • Coach and Equipment • Collins Bus • DaimlerChrysler • DesignLine International • Dodge • Dupont Industries • Eagle Bus • ElDorado National • Elkhart Coach • Eurocar (Mexican) • Federal Coach • Ford • GARZA (Mexican) • Glaval Bus • Gillig • Girardin Minibus • GMC • Godoy (Mexican) • Goshen Coach • IC Bus • Integra (Mexican) • International/Navistar International • Millennium Transit Services • Motor Coach Industries • New Flyer Industries • North American Bus Industries • Nova Bus • Optima Bus Corporation • Orion International • Prevost Car • RECO (Mexican) • Spartan Motors • Stallion Bus Industries • Starcraft Bus • Thomas Built Buses • Trans Tech • Trident Bus Industries

Defunct	Aerocoach • AmTran • Canadian Car and Foundry • Carpenter Body Company • Crown Coach Corporation • DINA S.A. (Mexican) • Electric Transit • Fageol • Fifth Avenue Bus Company • Fitzjohn • Flxible • General Motors Corporation (buses)/General Motors Diesel Division • J.G. Brill • Kenworth • Les Enterprises Michel Corbeil/Corbeil • Mack Trucks • Marmon-Herrington • Mid Bus • Neoplan USA • Pullman Company • Ramirez (Mexican) • REO •Studebaker • Superior Coach Company • Thomas Dennis Company LLC • TMC • Twin Coach • U.S. Bus Corporation • Ward • Wayne Corporation • White Motor Company • Yellow Coach

South American Manufacturers

Active	Agrale (Brazilian) • Apple Bus (Peruvian) • Andinas (Venezuelan) • ArMar (Argentenian) • Busscar (Brazilan) • CAIO (Brazilan) • CARBUS (Argentenian) • Cepeda (Ecudoran) • Ciccobus (Brazilan) • Ciferal (Brazilan) • Comil (Brazilan) • Corwin (Argentenian) • El Quinto (Argentenian) • Galicia (Argentenian) • Ibimco (Ecuadoran) • IMETAM (Ecuadoran) • Intercar (Venezuelan) • Inrecar (Chilean) • Italbus (Argentenian) • La Favorita (Argentenian) • Lucero (Argentenian) • Marcopolo S.A. (Brazilan) • Mascarello (Brazilan) • Marri (Argentenian) • Manhjos (Argentenian) • Materfer (Argentenian) • Maxi Bus (Brazilan) • Megabuss (Ecuadoran) • Metalpar (Argentenian)(Chilean) • Metalsur (Argentenian) • Modabus (Peruvian) • Navarro (Argentenian) • Neobus (Brazilan) • Niccolo (Argentenian) • Pauliscar (Brazilan) • Pauny (Argentenian) • Perego (Argentenian) • Picosa (Ecuadoran) • ROSMO (Guatamalan) • Saldivia (Argentenian) • San Antonio (Argentenian) • Sateci (Peruvian) • Servibus (Venezuelan) • SudAmericanos (Argentenian) • TATSA (Argentenian) • Technoporte (Argentenian) • Todobus (Argentenian) • Troyano (Argentenian) • Ugarte (Argentenian) • Uni Buss (Brazilan) • VARMA (Ecuadoran) • Vegutzi (Peruvian) • Volare (Brazilan) • Volkswagen Trucks and Buses (Brazilian)

Defunct	Avecar (Chilean) • CAMETAL (Argentenian) • Cameval (Bolivian) • Carica (Chilean) • El Detalle (Argentenian) • Santa Matilde (Brazilan) • SEG (Chilean) • Tutto Transporti (Brazilian) • Zanello (Argentenian)

Middle East, Asian
and Australasia

Active	Ankai (Chinese) • Ashok Leyland (Indian) • BCI (Australian) • BMC (Turkish) • Bonluck Bus (Chinese) • Bustech (Australian) • Cerita Motors (Indian) • Changjiang Bus (Chinese) • China Flxible (Chinese) • Daewoo Bus (South Korean) • Daimler-Hyundai Truck (South Korean) • Dandong (Chinese) • Denning (Australian) • DesignLine International (Kiwi (New Zealand)) • Dongfeng Motor Corporation (Chinese) • Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel (Chinese) • FAW Bus and Coach (Chinese) • Force Motors (Indian) • Ghandhara (Pakistani) • Ghandhara Nissan (Pakistani) • Golden Dragon (Chinese) • Guangqi Hino Motors (Chinese) • Guangzhou (Chinese) • Higer (Chinese) • Hino Motors (Japanese) • Hinopak Motors (Pakistani) • Hengtong Bus (Chinese) • Huanghai Bus (Chinese) • Iran Khodro Diesel (Iranian) • Anadolu Isuzu (Turkish) • JAC Motors (Chinese) • Karsan (Turkish) • King Long (Chinese) • Lifan (Chinese) • Lishan Bus (Chinese) • Master Motors (Pakistani) • Micro Cars (Sri Lankan) • Mitsubishi Fuso (Japanese) • Mudan Auto (Chinese) • NEOMAN Bus (Turkish) • Otokar (Turkish) • Saipa Diesel (Iranian) • Shaanxi (Chinese) • SsangYong (South Korean) • Sunlong Bus (Chinese) • Swaraj Mazda (Indian) • Tata (Indian) • TEMSA (Turkish) • UD Nissan Diesel (Japanese) • Volvo-Eicher (Indian) • Wuling • Wuzhoulong (Chinese) • Yaxing Coach • Yema Auto • Youngman (Chinese) • Yutong (Chinese) • Zhongtong (Chinese)

Defunct	Asia Motors (South Korean) • Guangzhou Isuzu Bus (Chinese) •

Former Soviet Union Manufacturers

Active	Bogdan (bus) (Ukranian) • ErAZ (Armenian) • GAZelle (Russian) • KAvZ (Russian) • Kamaz (Russian) • LiAZ (Russian) • Lviv Bus Factory (Ukranian) • Minsk Automobile Plant (Russian) • NefAZ (Russian) • Pavlovo (Russian) • UAZ (Russian) • Volzhanin (Russia) • ZiL (Russian)

Defunct	• Kauno Autobusų Gamykla (Lithuanian)

Africa

Trucks and Bus Company(Libya) •

Types & Technology

Specialist bus chassis builders

Alexander Dennis • Van Hool • Shelvoke & Drewry ?

Specialist bus bodybuilders
/ Converter

Charles H. Roe • Irizar • Plaxton • Walter Alexander Coachbuilders

Types of
Internal combustion engine

Diesel engine • Hot Bulb Engine • Petrol engine • Steam engine • TVO Engine • Two Stroke • Four stroke • Six stroke

Fuel / propulsion technologies

Dual-mode bus • Electric bus • Fuel cell bus • Guided bus • Gyrobus • Hybrid electric bus • Trolleybus • Bio fuel • CNG • Diesel • Hybrid powered • Hydrogen • Kerosene • Paraffin • Petrol • Producer gas • TVO

Configuration (Bus Types)

Articulated bus • Bi-articulated bus • Charabanc • Chicken bus • Coach • Double-decker bus • Lowbridge double-deck bus • Low-floor bus • Midibus • Minibus • Multi-axle bus • Omnibus • Open-top bus • Single-decker bus • Tour bus • Trailer bus • Tram car • Trolleybus • Truck bus •

Special uses

Advert bus • Airport bus • Armoured bus • Campaign bus • Party bus • Police bus • School bus • Sleeper bus • Transit bus • Training bus • Tour bus • Trolley-replica bus

Bus manufacturing • Category See also List of Engine Manufacturers
for Light commercial vehicle based Buses see Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers

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