The UD SLF is a

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single-decker bus A single-decker bus or single-decker is a bus that has a single deck for passengers. Normally the use of the term ''single-decker'' refers to a standard two- axled rigid bus, in direct contrast to the use of the term double-decker bus, which ...

, and also a semi-low-floor city bus made by the

UD Trucks UD Trucks Corporation (UDトラックス株式会社, ''UD Torakkusu Kabushikigaisha'') is a Japanese company whose principal business is the manufacturing and sales of diesel trucks, buses, bus chassis and special-purpose vehicles. Its headquarte ...

. The other city buses of UD is the UD BRT. The BRT is an

articulated bus An articulated bus, also referred to as a banana bus, bendy bus, tandem bus, vestibule bus, wiggle wagon, stretch bus, or an accordion bus, (either a motor bus or trolleybus) is an articulated vehicle used in public transportation. It is usua ...

unlike the SLF, which is a

rigid bus A rigid bus (either a motor bus or trolleybus) is a vehicle used in public transportation services with a single, rigid chassis. A bus of this type is to be contrasted with an articulated or bi-articulated bus, which will have two or more rigid ...

About

The SLF is named from semi low-floor. (Incidentally, the

BRT BRT may refer to: Transportation * Block register territory, a method for dispatching trains * British Rail Telecommunications * Brookhaven Rail Terminal * Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, a former transit holding company in New York City * Bro ...

is named from bus rapid transit. ) It has 36 seats and Denso

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, and is 12 meters length. The GH8 engine is 6 cylinder 8 liter Euro IV diesel engine (turbocharged and intercooled), and ZF 6-speed automatic (230 hp at 2200rpm). Anti-lock Brake System, Door Brake System, Neutral Bus Stopping and 3-point

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s are installed. The manufacturer of the bus is

. The body of prototype was made by Volvo Buses India, but the body of main model is made by Volvo/SM Kannapa JV plant.

History

In 2014, the

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Group introduced UD Buses project. The UD Buses is included the

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, and includes city buses and coaches. The market of UD Buses is

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

at first, but it will be other

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n country finally, too. In 2015, the prototype of the UD SLF was started running at

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