In addition, NABI introduced the streamlined low-floor BRT line, marketed for bus rapid transit services in 2004.
[13] Body production was shifted from Hungary to Anniston gradually starting in 2011; in late 2012, the transition was complete.
[15][16] The 2008 restyle also brought a hybrid bus variant, with Citizens Area Transit (serving Las Vegas, Nevada) as the lead customer.
The first NABI LFW buses (40-LFW) were ordered in 1997 by Valley Metro, the transit agency serving Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona.
[17] NABI was acquired by New Flyer in 2013 and production of NABI-designed buses continued through 2015 to fill the existing backlog.
[18] After the backlog was filled, the NABI factory in Anniston, Alabama was retooled to produce New Flyer Xcelsior low-floor buses for the United States transit market.