EXCLUSIVE: In the barren, open mining spaces of Australia’s Outback regions, low to no carbon emissions might seem the last priority on any heavy vehicle operator's list - or it used to. If diesel is soon to be dust, is hydrogen the answer? Hyzon and BLK Auto sure do think so.
Read More
POWER TO THE PEOPLE – VOLVO BZL ELECTRIC
EXCLUSIVE: If brand loyalty counts for anything and market leadership is its currency, Volvo Bus Australia will be pinning its future success here on its newly launched BZL electric chassis. Bus rivals not worried? They should be…
Read More
Read More
AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – BIG RED KIDNEY BUS
KIDNEY DISEASE affects more Australians than many think it does – and that’s even if people know they have it. A Big Red Kidney Bus helps those patients, now fully aware of their ‘silent killer’, to get back some quality of life through travel. A new Royans-Coachworks-refurbished ‘BRKB’ adds to the charity’s vital patient support program.
Read More
Read More
SUPER 8 – MARCOPOLO G8 SERIES
REGULAR coach passengers worldwide might have used that transport mode out of pure necessity, habit, or simply personal choice. Post-pandemic, coach tourism’s challenge is to woo them back in droves – as well as newcomers en masse. To do so, and if first impressions count, then Marcopolo’s new G8 series of coaches has all the calculations covered.
Read More
Read More
KINGS OF LEON – MAN LIONS CITY 12 E
EXCLUSIVE: In Europe, MAN’s e-bus tech and stylish body design is winning it all sorts of awards and plaudits from within industry. Think the big German’s tech advances may never make it here in time - or at all? Think again.
Read More
Read More
POSITIVELY CHARGED – TRANSDEV PROJECT AURORA
EXCLUSIVE: Selecting, building and running electric buses day-to-day is one thing, but unless the critical data behind what works and what doesn’t marries up to overall public transport success, you’d have to ask: what was the point? Transdev Australasia’s Aurora Project, in our region, aims to provide that answer.
Read More
Read More
TRANSVISION VAMP – GBV 3-AXLE HYDROGEN CITY BUS
In an exciting first for New Zealand, a two-year trial of a hydrogen fuel-cell city bus has begun in Auckland, using a vehicle designed and manufactured in the country. With plans to transition the whole bus fleet to low-emission technology by 2040, this is an important part of the ‘transition vision’ journey towards achieving this goal.
Read More
Read More
FALLING INTO LINE – INTERLINE BCI CITIRIDER E-BUS
On course to be the second largest e-bus operator in NSW, Interline’s initial 10-vehicle fleet in 2021 kicked off with its first BCI Citirider E delivered for south-west Sydney, recently. Owner Joe Oliveri took some time out for ABC magazine to talk all things electric bus and where the industry should go from here – and why.
Read More
Read More
COME AS YOU ARE – MCI D45 CRT LE
The strength of any public transport system or mode is its ability to move all passengers en masse ‘quickly’, ‘safely’ and ‘conveniently’. The landmark, award-winning North American MCI D45 CRT LE high-floor coach breaks all the design rules to achieve all of the above – plus crucially one more … ‘equitably’.
Read More
Read More
CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES – BCIS 2000TH OZ-DELIVERED BUS
Be it business or personal, in life our ‘journeys’ will be hallmarked with many ups and downs – just as it should and always will be. It’s the milestones along the way, though, that make said journey all the more special. BCI’s 2,000th Australian-delivered bus is one such moment.
Read More
Read More