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RISE OF HYDROGEN – FOTON FUEL-CELL

EXCLUSIVE: Boasting a hydrogen fuel-cell bus ‘resume’ from as early as the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, Foton’s ambition to bring its first electro-mobility buses to Australian soil is much closer than many would expect. With March next year the target and earlier local trials planned, the countdown clock to hitting Aussie roads is ticking – fast.
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TOP CAT – VOLVO-VOLGREN E-BUS

EXCLUSIVE: Brand fans have long awaited news of when leading European e-bus tech might start to seep into Australasian market waters. Volvo’s massive Transperth supply order and CAT bus system is where this Swede will pounce first. We speak exclusively with Volvo Bus Australia’s David Mead about all things electric bus.
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STREET SMART – YUTONG U12

INSPIRED BY ITS current global e-bus spread, Australian width requirements seem the only inconsequential restriction to Yutong’s Euro-focussed, Busworld award-winning electric U12 landing here, too – someday in future, at least. Are its bold ‘smart phone’ looks its only magic trick? It seems not.
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WORLDS APART – VOLVO 9700 DD

INTERNATIONAL air travel is not predicted to return to ‘old world’ levels until 2023. Social distancing on public transport means bus passenger numbers are reduced – for now. With some coach operations still running ‘essential’ services within their states at least, could coach travel make greater inroads into domestic tourism if and when travel restrictions decrease or end?
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ALL THE ELEMENTS – DENNING ELEMENT ELECTRIC BUS

EXCLUSIVE: Now under the ownership of the Custom Bus Group, a ‘sleeping giant’ of the Australian bus game has ‘reawoken’ with a next-gen, market-leading electric bus claim. Here, behold, world-exclusive concept images of the new Denning Element e-bus! An export-potential game-changer? On paper, indeed. And given its international components and Aussie manufacturing cred – it soon will be with us ‘in the flesh’.
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LIGHT SABRE – EBUSCO 3.0

EXCLUSIVE: F-35 jet fighter technology underlines Ebusco’s new lighter weight 3.0 electric bus. The carbon-bodied Dutch e-bus’s 500km range, razor-sharp good looks and its recent 2019 Busworld Innovation Label award has certainly drawn deserved global attention. Here’s why…
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