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| Electric bus on trial in Canberra - Photo by Rohan Thomson |
The 12-month trial involves leasing two all-electric buses from Carbridge and one hybrid bus from Volvo by the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) government. The results will decide which technology will replace the territory's ACTION bus service's ageing diesel fleet. The electric buses have a range of about 430 kilometres on route operations.
The ACT government has a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. Transport currently makes up 25% of the ACT's emissions and rolling out the buses would help with climate change mitigation. Canberra is also moving towards a target of 100% renewable energy in electricity provision by 2020, so the electric buses will gradually use more and more renewable energy to charge the batteries.
The ACT government has a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. Transport currently makes up 25% of the ACT's emissions and rolling out the buses would help with climate change mitigation. Canberra is also moving towards a target of 100% renewable energy in electricity provision by 2020, so the electric buses will gradually use more and more renewable energy to charge the batteries.
For more information see The Canberra Times - 25 August 2017
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