Australian electric bus supplier Nexport Mobility has secured a supply agreement with British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis to bring a range of zero-emission buses to the Australian market.

The agreement will see Nexport compile a range of new locally assembled electric busses, including a 9.7-metre city bus, with additional 11.6 and 12.5-metre models.

The company expects the first buses to be on Australian roads by early 2022, from which volume production will scale-up leading to the end of the year.

“The ADL product suite provides Australian bus operators key solutions and innovations developed from large scale Electric Bus deployments across Europe,” said Michel van Maanen, Nexport CEO.

“The time of just handing over the keys when these assets were a commodity in the ‘diesel world’ has changed the delivery of a complex ‘clean tech solutions’ in an ecosystem of energy, charger and technology companies with complementary training of the drivers, mechanics and operational teams to use the vehicles optimally.”

Nexport is already the exclusive distributor and partner in Australia of Chinese electric bus manufacturer BYD. This latest agreement will see Nexport combine Alexander Dennis electric bus bodies from the company’s Enviro range, atop BYD electric bus chassis. Nexport will also be responsible for customer sales and after-sales service relationships.

“This agreement will be another significant boost to the Australian manufacturing renaissance,” continued Maanen.

“We are delighted to partner with Alexander Dennis who has been extremely progressive in the zero-emission bus space globally.”

Source: Alexander Dennis | Alexander Dennis agrees Australian electric bus supply agreement with Nexport.

30 July 2021