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"Perth’s Malaga bus depot will soon undergo a massive electrification overhaul
after the state government awarded contracts to retrofit the depot to install
EV charging equipment capable of charging 90 buses overnight.
Local businesses Civcon and Gemtek have been awarded the contracts to extend
and realign the bus parking area at the Malaga bus depot and install the
necessary EV charging equipment for what will be Western Australia’s first
complete bus depot electrification retrofit.
The work follows the partial upgrade to the Joondalup depot in 2022 which has
supported the trial of four Volvo BZL Electric buses. Since the trial began,
Volvo claims that the four buses have transported more than 440,000 passengers
and covered more than 380,000 kilometres, saving around 350 tonnes of carbon
dioxide emissions in the process.
Electric charging infrastructure has also been installed at the Elizabeth Quay
Bus Depot.
Awarding contracts for the Malaga bus depot retrofit also comes in time for the
first electric Central Area Transit (CAT) bus to enter service after
construction was completed late last month.
Manufacturing of the first Volvo BZL Electric bus in an initial order of 18
electric buses was completed at the end of August by local body build partner
Volgren Australia on a fully imported Volvo BZL Electric chassis."
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
