COVERSTORY: With a fully low floor and copious space for up to six wheelchairs - or maybe cumbersome ski gear - the Letenda Electrip 9-metre bus is perhaps a multi-region, all-weather wizard in disguise.
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KANGAROO BUS RECEIVES 1000TH OZ IRIZAR AT VOLVO HQ
AWARD-WINNING Queensland family run bus operator Kangaroo Bus Lines (KBL) has received a milestone Irizar-bodied coach – it’s 1000th Australian-delivered unit – on a Volvo B11R, as its ‘preferred chassis supplier’, at the latter’s Brisbane headquarters, it was announced recently.
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ABC ISSUE 415 – OUT NOW!
The Australasian bus industry has, is and always will be inspiring innovation and best practice globally for many years to come.
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ASX TELCO PARTNERS KELSIAN TO DRIVE BUS EXPANSION
TRANSIT SYSTEMS owner Kelsian Group Limited and similarly ASX-listed telco Macquarie Telecom have signed a deal to enable the former’s further expansion via cloud, mobile and network collaboration, the companies recently announced.
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OZ BUS INDUSTRY VETERAN ANDRICH MARKS 30 YEARS
VOLVO BUS AUSTRALIA stalwart and overall local bus industry veteran Ray Andrich has celebrated his 30-year milestone with the Swedish brand, the company has announced.
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KINETIC TO ACQUIRE NZ BUS LTD
ONE OF New Zealand’s leading electric bus operators – NZ Bus Ltd – is on course to soon be welcomed by Australasia’s largest, Kinetic, in what promises to be a massive regional ‘e-move’.
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VOLGREN RESTRUCTURES COMMERCIAL BUS DIVISION
FIRST-QUARTER staff changes and role shuffling has hallmarked the start of Volgren’s 2022 with a new-look commercial department announced, recently.
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STYLERIDE BUS SEAT LEAN MANUFACTURING GETS GREENLIGHT
QUEENSLAND-BASED Styleride seating is to enhance its bus-seat ‘lean manufacturing’ processes, following its Italian owner’s recent visit to Styleride’s brand new premises, the company confirms.
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HINO AUSTRALIA UNAFFECTED BY FALSE JDM ENGINE EMISSIONS
FOLLOWING Hino Motors Ltd in Japan revealing “falsification” of emissions and engine performance data on certain models of its engines, Hino Australia says there are no implications for the Australian market at this time, the company recently explained.
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NEW SCANIA BATTERY-ASSEMBLY PLANT GETS ABB ROBOTICS
CHARGING SPECIALIST ABB has entered into an agreement with Scania Europe to provide a comprehensive range of robotic solutions for the bus and truck maker’s new 18,000m2 highly automated battery assembly plant in Sweden, the companies announced recently.
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