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HESS/VOLGREN RECOMMENDED AS PREFERRED SUPPLIER FOR BRISBANE METRO SYSTEM

November 27, 2019 Jon Thomson

Brisbane City Council has announced European vehicle manufacturer HESS, in partnership with local bus manufacturer Volgren, and electric infrastructure company ABB, as then preferred tenderer for the design and build of the Brisbane Metro pilot […]

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SCOTT DUNN SELLS TELFORDS

November 24, 2019 Jon Thomson

In a move that many in the industry have been expecting, the Dunn Group has divested itself of Telfords, the  bus company with which it established its Australian presence, selling the operation to Kinetic, the […]

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TRANSIT SYSTEMS GROUP WINS MAJOR LONDON DOUBLE DECKER ELECTRIC BUS CONTRACTS

November 24, 2019 Jon Thomson

A British subsidiary of Australian company,Transit Systems, has won a major London transport contract which significantly is set to be operated with fully electric double decker buses. Transport for London (TfL) has awarded Tower Transit, […]

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VOLKSWAGEN BACK IN THE MINI BUS MARKET

November 24, 2019 Jon Thomson

VW has pitted  itself  against its Euro counterparts like Benz and Renault in the mini bus sector with the unveiling of  a mini bus version of its Crafter van in either a 15-seat front drive […]

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VOLVO DEMOS AUTONOMOUS BUS IN DEPOT MODE

November 19, 2019 Jon Thomson

Volvo has demonstrated an autonomous drive electric bus at a bus depot near Gothenburg in Sweden, which it claims is the first demo of an autonomous bus at a real depot. The depot is operated […]

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NEW COACH & BUS – OUT NOW

November 18, 2019 Jon Thomson

In this issue of Coach & Bus we give you a full rundown on  Busworld  in Belgium and our own BusVic Expo in Melbourne, where as we say electrics were the  star turn at both […]

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VOLGREN ROLLS OUT ITS 5000th BUS FROM DANDENONG

November 15, 2019 Jon Thomson

Australia’s largest bus body builder, Volgren, has celebrated the roll-out of the 5000th bus built at its Dandenong manufacturing headquarters in Melbourne. The milestone bus, an Optimus Low-Floor Route Bus, was handed over to operator […]

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CANBERRA BUYS ELECTRIC YUTONG FOR BUS FLEET

November 13, 2019 Jon Thomson

The ACT will be adding its first electric bus to Canberra’s ACTION bus fleet with a new Yutong Electric E12 bus to be operating all over Canberra. ACT Minister for Transport Chris Steel said transport, […]

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TOYOTA TO MOVE OLYMPIC ATHLETES AUTONOMOUSLY IN TOKYO

November 5, 2019 Jon Thomson

Toyota has announced it will supply up to 20 specially designed “Tokyo 2020 Version” e-Palette vehicles to support athlete mobility at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. The vehicles will operate in the automated, […]

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FUSO UNVEILS NEW BUS MODELS IN TOKYO

October 28, 2019 Jon Thomson

Fuso will unveil two new and upgraded buses on its stand at the Tokyo Motor Show this week, with both a new version of its Aero Queen large bus and Rosa light bus. Fuso says […]

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