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"The South Australian government says it has ordered 60 new full battery
electric buses from Swedish manufacturing giant Scania, and which will be built
by Victoria’s bus manufacturer Volgren.
The new buses are set to be delivered throughout the second half of 2025 and
into early 2026, and is the first rollout of fully electric buses in the state
at scale.
Surprisingly, for a state that leads the world in the percentage of wind and
solar in its grid (more than 70 per cent of local grid demand over the last 12
months), it has just one electric bus currently operating on the network after
a successful trial.
And because South Australia has relatively low emissions from its electricity
grid, thanks to the exit of goal and the reduction of gas-fired power as wind,
solar and battery storage takes its place, transport is the biggest emitting
sector in that state’s economy.
Charging infrastructure to charge the new buses is already being installed at
the Morphettville depot.
The initiate marks the first step in what is a sizeable replacement program,
with the Adelaide Metro bus fleet currently coming in at just over 1,000
vehicles, powered by a mixture of diesel, hybrid, and natural gas powertrains –
accompanying the single BEV bus and a further two hydrogen buses which are also
currently on trial.
South Australia ceased purchase of new diesel-only buses in September of 2022."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
