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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MADE YOU LOOK – BLK DD3 DOUBLE DECKER
COVERSTORY: Where some bus designs are things ‘best left unsaid’, the stunning BLK (Bonluck) DD3 luxury double-deck at BusVic 2019 did all the talking for itself without even saying a word.
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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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INTO TEMPTATION – ADL ELITE NZ COACH
IT USUALLY TAKES a sublime combination of coveted destinations and supreme luxury coach product to easily sell commuters the ‘bus travel’ dream. In ‘Aotearoa’, ADL’s Elite New Zealand model is doing its bit to tempt as many others as it can.
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A BEAUTY AND A BEAST – 500HP+ EURO 6C MAN 3-AXLE
WE MAY LIVE in a world of unavoidable compromise, but this blissful 1000th Coach Design-bodied, 500hp+ Euro 6c MAN chassis special for Cooma Coaches, NSW, does its best to try to buck that trend. And then some…
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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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DO THE RIGHT THING! VICPOL ADT BBW-IVECO BOOZE BUS
EXCLUSIVE: IF EVER THERE WERE a reason to do another Mad Max movie, this bus is it! Movie-star looks aside, Victoria Police’s next-gen, award-winning ‘booze bus’ is an Australasian manufacturing collaboration at its best.
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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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THE HEART OF DARKNESS – COACH CONCEPTS SIGNATURE SERIES / VOLVO B11R
Discerning tastes come with supreme appreciation for the finer things in life. Add in a need to move your posse from A to B in style and nothing but VIP-cool status counts. Kanga Coachlines knew what it wanted - and how to get it.
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