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TRANSDEV VOLGREN E-BUS
TRANSDEV INCREASES VOLGREN E-BUS FLEET
Manufacturing Workers Union, and AiGroup representatives celebrating the delivery of new Australian-made electric buses.
Following a successful trial of its first Volgrenbodied BYD electric bus around the downtown streets of Melbourne, an additional four units to operator Transdev Australasia’s fleet have been added. 22
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ith up to 87 per cent of content in Volgren e-buses being local, according to Australia’s largest bus manufacturer, the four zero-emission e-buses are rolled off the production line at Volgren in Dandenong, Victoria – which is “another milestone towards the development of a sustainable, long-term zero-emissions bus manufacturing industry in Australia”, the companies state. Transdev Australasia CEO Luke Agati
says the decision to manufacture the buses locally was an acknowledgement of the skill and expertise of Australia’s local bus manufacturing sector. “Australia is on the cusp of an e-mobility revolution in public transport,” Agati said. “For Transdev, it is our global experience paired with local ingenuity that is driving our charge towards the introduction of new zero-emissions fleets across our networks. “We want to see more Australians travelling on zero-emissions electric and hydrogen-powered buses, and we want Australian bus manufacturers to lead the
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