ELECTRIC AGE – BCI CITIRIDER E

AUSTRALIAN bus manufacturer BCI debuted its new Citirider E electric bus at BusVic 2019, recently. Using the latest generation lithium-phosphate batteries that are around 10 per cent lighter than previously, it will be interesting to see what this all means here for the BCI brand.
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HEY NOW, YOURE AN ALL-STAR – VOLVO B8R

IT’S IS NO easy ‘feat’ when you indeed need big ‘feet’ to fill the shoes of a successful predecessor, but that’s just what Volvo’s more powerful B8R chassis needed to do. About 20 months after launch, it seems it’s filling those big shoes in the tough Australian bus market.
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ELECTRIC POTENTIAL – MERCEDES-BENZ eCITARO

AT THE IMPENDING 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles Show this September in Hannover, Germany, electric vehicles will be big news – and not just prototypes. Two in particular will stand out for different reasons. One will be the evolution of the best-selling low-floor city bus ever; the other will showcase a battery capacity that puts electric bus performance benchmarks on notice. Both are German. Let’s take a look…
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WISH UPON AN IRIZAR – i6S

TRIM, TAUT AND TERRIFIC. Irizar’s new i6S luxury coach body gives updated i8 looks to the hugely successful i6 formula – and thus evolves another new winner for local operators from the Spanish body-building team. Let’s take a look…
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A TALL STORY – DAIMLER SETRA S 531 DT

The beauty of the new Setra S 531 DT high-end double-deck coach is twofold – and a mere listing of specifications in no way would do it justice. What it represents in other aspects of city bus travel and greater coach tourism in future truly sets it apart. A game-changer? Indeed. And then some…
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