QUEENSLAND’S electric bus roll-out has been “supercharged” following the government commissioning 16 Bustech e-buses – to be made on the Gold Coast – for the state’s first fully electric depot, it was announced recently.
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NSW E-BUS TRANSITION STRATEGY FEEDBACK WELCOMED
BREAKING: Any Australian bus industry concerns over a lack of consultation on how best to – and when to – transition to ‘greener’ bus transport systems may well soon be addressed in NSW, following a statement released this morning welcoming such feedback on its electric bus strategy.
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VOLVO-IRIZAR TARGET SMALLER SCHOOL BUS MARKET
BREAKING: Bringing Euro flair to the Australian small-to-medium sized school bus segment could give Volvo an edge via the launch of its new ‘short’ Euro 6 B8R chassis matched to Irizar i6 3700 body, the company announced today.
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WHATS NEXT? – Michel Van Maanen
INTERVIEW: Bringing years of comprehensive experience with him, founded on a range of roles – most pertinently at Transdev with multiple exec roles worldwide – Michel Van Maanen speaks exclusively to ABC magazine about where we are at with e-vehicles now, what’s on the radar soon and how the full evolution will take place in the near future and beyond.
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TRANSDEV MELBOURNE BUS DISRUPTIONS: SERVICE RESTORATION ASAP
MELBOURNE Sunshine West bus services will be restored as soon as possible, following the area earlier today being declared a Tier 2 Covid exposure site.
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ABC ISSUE 408 – OUT NOW!
EDITORIAL: Another day, another lockdown. Still, like Marty Feldman’s character said in Mel Brooks’s masterpiece Young Frankenstein: “It could be worse, could be raining.”
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AUST-MADE BUSES LOCAL MANUFACTURING LESSON FOR STUDENTS
ASIDE FROM the recently announced batch of 20 Bustech-made buses offering local South Australian students a ‘greener ride’ to and from school, they demonstrate 'local vehicle manufacturing' is possible, according to the Adelaide-based company.
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VOLVO BUS BOLSTERS WA PTA SUPPORT TEAM
Volvo Bus Australia (VBA) has added a senior field-service engineer to its Perth bus team, as an integral part delivering on the Public Transit Authority (PTA) supply contract of both electric and diesel buses, the company announced recently.
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COMFORTDELGRO SEEKS CDC AUSTRALIA ASX FLOAT BY YEARS END
SINGAPOREAN parent company ComfortDelgro is seeking an initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) for its local CDC Australia subsidiary by end 2021, the company announced recently.
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NEW BUS INDUSTRY CONFEDERATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WELCOMED
FOLLOWING a recent announcement from Australia’s Bus Industry Confederation (BIC) naming Roz Chivers as its new executive director, the NHVR has welcomed the appointment and offered congratulations to her, recently.
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