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Australasian Bus & Coach

Coronavirus – A Love Story • Much of the country is now back in lockdowns or dealing with indefinite restrictions. Our fault? Surely not. Or is it?

TRANSIT SYSTEMS E-BUS FLEET INCREASES

SCHOOL SERVICE EXPANSION ‘URGENT’

GO BUS WINS CONTRACT EXPANSION

SEALINK’S GO WEST ACQUISITION COMPLETES

HYDROGEN COACHES ON TRACK FOR AUSSIE MINING USE

YUTONG BUS AUSSIE SALES TEAM EXPANSION

‘LIGHTER’, ‘GREATER RANGE’ VIA NEW VOITH E-BUS ENGINE OPTION

INTEREST RISING IN OZ COACH TOURISM

THE WOT!?!

CDC AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES INDIGENOUS NAIDOC WEEK

2021 SYDNEY BUS SHOW POSTPONED

HINO JAPAN ANNOUNCES PONCHO Z EV LIGHT-DUTY BUS

ENHANCED SCANIA PARTS AVAILABILITY IN OZ

An essential service • To vax or not to vax? That is the question for bus operators and their staff.

ICONIC BLUE MOUNTAINS BUS-TOURISM COMPANY CLOSES • One of the longest-running tourism businesses in one of Australia’s most iconic tourist destinations – the internationally recognised Blue Mountains Explorer Bus fleet in the NSW Blue Mountains – has closed indefinitely, the latest bus business victim of the ‘pandemic’.

ZF E-BUS ‘ENERGY REGULATION’ SOFTWARE LAUNCHED • German tech giant ZF has launched new ‘energy management software’ for electric commercial vehicles.

SCANIA COMMISSIONS HYBRID-ELECTRIC DEMO-DRIVE BUS • Scania Australia has commissioned a locally built hybridelectric city bus for demonstration duties in a bid to expose its real-world benefits to operators around the country, the company has announced.

SCANIA ‘PLUGS IN’ OVER 500,000 CONNECTED VEHICLES • In excess of half a million connected Scania vehicles are rolling worldwide, continuously sharing data for analysis – with 1,486 of them being connected Scania buses and coaches operating in Australia, Scania Australia confirms.

PARTS GUIDE TO BOOST SAFETY • A heavy vehicle association ‘good practice’ guide highlighting safety-critical bus and truck replacement-part importance has been issued to industry.

VOLVO E-BUS CLIMATE TESTS BODE WELL FOR OZ • With the impending official launch of the BZL electric bus chassis into the Australian market, current Volvo e-bus testing overseas in varying temperature conditions should provide somewhat insightful to local operators here.

KINGS OF LEON • In Europe, MAN’s e-bus tech and stylish body design is winning it all sorts of awards and plaudits from within industry. Think the big German’s tech advances may never make it here in time - or at all? Think again.

PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST • We caught up with Baxter’s Bus Lines’ semi-retired MD Garry Baxter, who has been working in the bus industry for decades. He shared glimpses of his business journey with us while discussing the current issues facing the public transport sector in New South Wales.

CHILDHOOD DREAM • It’s time to break out the perming tongs as 1988 is still going strong, albeit in the guise of a double-deck Austral MAN. Cruising the outskirts of Sydney as a member of Glenorie Coaches’ fleet, this is a nostalgia trip that still draws the crowds.

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Deliveries crack first monthly ton in 2021 • The end of financial year proves fruitful for some in particular, exclusive ABC data reveals.