Bus roofs are either dead real estate or untapped space to advance design innovation. This custom Scania coach, for the Swedish national cross-country skiing team, does the latter to harness the power of the sun.
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COMING CLEAN – GO-AHEAD UK AIR-FILTERING BUS
It might take acrid bushfire smoke or visible city pollution to get people to even think about the air we breathe, but one UK bus operator is tackling the ‘clear’ stuff already, one rooftop at a time.
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CRUISE CONTROL – BCI-MB ‘NEW MODEL’ CRUISER
A unique body-on-chassis relationship between BCI and Mercedes-Benz in Australasia throughout the past seven years forms the basis for their latest success. And the stylish new Cruiser coach replacement looks set to ‘represent’ the brands well for many more years to come.
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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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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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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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