There have been plenty of innovations and celebrations for Scania Australia since its first fully imported bus hit Australian roads in 2010, with 2024 cementing itself as a breakthrough year for the brand. Starting back in March, popular demand spurred Scania onto breaking ground on its latest heavy vehicle branch in WA’s Hope Valley. The new sales and service outlet aims to be open for business in 2025 to capitalise on the increasing sales of Scania products and steady growth plan.
“For a significant reduction in tailpipe emissions, biodiesel is an obvious and real-world ready choice,” Gurney told ABC. “Our electric-hybrid solution also makes sense because there is little or no additional infrastructure required for real-world running.”
Yet Scania expects 2023 to be a defining year for the brand’s battery-electric chassis option.
“Our battery electric bus chassis, in isolation, is capable of showing what a zero emissions future will look like today,” Gurney says.
“But this technology needs to exist as part of an eco-system, one that must be devised, implemented and funded by governments, energy suppliers, public transport bodies and private bus operators, in order to gain the benefit from running on wholly green energy.
“The Scania message is that we have a range of solutions available; let us know what you want.”