Pinnacle Industries Designs Interiors Of Cityflo’s New Proprietary Bus
Pinnacle Industries, India's commercial vehicle seating & interiors company that offers end-to-end solutions for commercial vehicle OEMs across the ICE and EV space, has partnered with Cityflo, A Mumbai’s app-based commute company, to design, develop and manufacture the seating & interiors of their new proprietary bus.
The company says that this will be a first-of-its-kind-in-the-country bus design, which will be built specifically for urban Indian commuters. Cityflo aims to add 1,500 such new buses.
The design and manufacturing process for the Cityflo bus took almost 2 years to complete and saw the coming together of key mobility industry stalwarts to create the next edition of buses. Pinnacle Industries worked on the design, development and manufacturing of seats, interior trims panels, luggage racks, driver partitions/magazine holders, umbrella holders, roof, flooring & ambience lighting for the new, proprietary bus.
The design, development, and manufacturing of the interiors of Cityflo’s new proprietary bus were done by Pinnacles Industries.
Based on exhaustive customer research within the Cityflo customer base, three prototypes of the seat were created before arriving at the final seat form, which considered customer behaviour onboard the bus. The bus was built with various iterations to meet the required standard & expectations using the Bharat Benz chassis. The existing bus interior was completely redesigned and converted to the new look accordingly.
The new ergonomic seat profile has an adjustable neck rest with memory foam cushions, stiff lumbar support, individual charging ports per passenger, a centre armrest between seats and an intuitive reclining and seat sliding mechanism for a seamless experience in a shared commute.
Apart from the seat, the overhead luggage rack has been redesigned to increase headroom and enhance the perceived volume in the bus. The aesthetics and environment of the bus have also seen a face-lift with the incorporation of a more premium colour palette, sturdier materials, and ambient lighting to induce a calm, comfortable and relaxed surrounding.
