OPTIMA BUS CORPORATION

'Optima Bus, LLC', formerly 'Chance Coach Inc.', was a manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses based in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1976.
It was originally the streetcar and bus production business of Chance Industries Inc. In 1998, Chance Coach, Inc. was sold to American Capital Strategies which rebranded the company as Optima Bus Corporation. American Capital subsequently sold Optima to North American Bus Industries, which announced that the Kansas assembly plant would be closed.[1]

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Products
Current
Historical
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Products


Current


Opus: under 30' or under 35' low-floor bus with Wrightbus bodywork

★ American Heritage Streetcar
;Opus ISE series hybrid
There is a hybrid Opus version, called Opus ISE Series Hybrid Buses.
It utilizes ISE-Siemens ThunderVolt hybrid technology built around Siemens ELFA motors, generators and inverters.
Historical


RT-52

References



Optima website

Opus ISE Series Hybrid Bus

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