Woolworths chooses EV trucks
June 10, 2023 • By Neil Dowling • News, Trucks Foton, T5 EV, Woolworths ––––– EV trucks help grocer slash emissions by 60% from 2030 and net zero by 2050 WOOLWORTHS will run its entire operations across Australia and New Zealand on renewable electricity in 2025 and by 2030, hopes to have an all-electric home-delivery truck fleet of more […]
EV bus builder Nexport embraces “consultative sales”, new designs to lighten heavy transport loads
Nexport CEO Michel van Maanen. Business News Australia, By Matt Ogg, 4 March 2023 –––––– Australia’s public transport system still has a miniscule percentage of electrically-powered buses compared to other developed nations, but an oddity of domestic size standards has inadvertently encouraged local innovation for assembly and design in an otherwise highly competitive global market […]
Transit Systems clocks up extensive e-bus experience
November 8, 2022 • By Peter Roberts • Australian Manufacturing Forum ––––– Chief Operating Officer Greg Balkin said that over 1,500,000 kilometres had been driven by their fleet of electric buses in the first three years, saving the equivalent energy to more than 41,000 barrels of oil. Balkin said: “We saved over 1.8 million kilograms […]
Australian First: Foton Mobility Hydrogen City Buses Arrive for Transit Systems Australia
August 6, 2022 ––––– It is with great excitement Foton Mobility and Transit Systems announce an Australian first, the arrival of two hydrogen fuel cell buses – marking a new era in mass transport sustainability. The hydrogen buses are equipped with the fuel cell system jointly developed by SinoHytec and Toyota, after 10 years of […]
Australia’s largest order of E-Buses placed today
December 3, 2020 • By: Fabian Cotter • Photography by: Courtesy Transit System ––––– BUS OPERATOR Transit Systems – part of the Australia’s multi-modal Sealink public transport group – has placed the largest order for electric buses nationwide thus far, with 31 units out of an initial 50 announced by the NSW state government, recently. […]
