South Australia Orders 60 Electric Buses from Scania to Advance Zero-Emission Transport

The South Australian Government announced that it has ordered 60 new battery electric buses from the Swedish giant Scania. The new buses are due to be delivered during the second half of 2025 and early...

Lifespan Extension of Scania K230UB (Euro IV Batch 2) Buses

In April 2025, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) started to grant a two-year lifespan extension to Scania K230UB (Euro IV Batch 2) buses that were expected to be retired. The Scania K230UB (Euro IV Batch 2) buses comprises of 400 buses that were registered from April 2008 to January 2009 under SBS Transit. These buses were due for retirement from April 2025 to January 2026 as part of their statutory 17-year lifespan. 68 of these Scania K230UB (…

South Australia to plan towards net zero rail network

Image: Adelaide MetroThe South Australian Government has appointed two global engineering professional services companies, Mott MacDonald and WSP, to assist with developing detailed business cases to plan towards a transition to zero emission operations across its passenger rail and bus networks.   A release from the government said Mott MacDonald, a global engineering, management and development consultancy, and WSP in Australia, a leading prof…

Above: a model with an old type of wrapping Preparations for the premiere of modernized Scania trucks are ongoing. Photos of camouflaged models regularly appear online, and pre-premiere tests have been conducted as far away as Asia. Since 2023, photos of vehicles in black and white camouflage have appeared on the internet, very carefully masking the front of the body. Now, however, a new sight has appeared on the roads, in the form of models wit…

South Australia Orders 60 Electric Buses from Scania to Advance Zero-Emission Transport

South Australia has ordered 60 electric buses from Swedish manufacturer Scania as part of its commitment to a zero-emission public transport system, the state government announced. The buses, which will be delivered in the latter half of this year and into 2025, mark a significant expansion of the region’s electric vehicle fleet. The Scania buses [...] The post South Australia Orders 60 Electric Buses from Scania to Advance Zero-Emission Transpo…

SA building electric bus fleet - Energy Magazine

Image: myphotobank.com.au/stock.adobe.com South Australia is charging towards a decarbonised public transport system, with the State Government ordering 60 brand new 100 per cent full battery electric buses.  The new bus fleet’s bodies […] The post SA building electric bus fleet appeared first on Energy Magazine.