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Milestones, deliveries and announcements from Australia’s largest bus manufacturer.
May 13, 2024 | People
Volgren Australia is celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2024 but there are other big milestones to be celebrated. Our Perth (Malaga) factory is proudly completing its 25th anniversary! Volgren opened…
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December 7, 2023 | Media Release
Volgren, Australia’s leading bus bodybuilder, has secured a groundbreaking project to design, build, and deliver 165 new buses for Queensland, bolstering the state’s public transportation infrastructure. This initiative…
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June 20, 2023 | Media Release, ZEB
Australia’s largest bus body builder continues to make its mark as a part of the Victorian Government’s $20 million Zero Emissions Bus (ZEB) Trial. Volgren has delivered the…
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May 24, 2023 | Media Release, ZEB
The first of two Optimus-bodied, Volvo BZL vehicles built locally at Eagle Farm marks the bus body manufacturer’s 50th Battery Electric Bus (BEB). The two vehicles delivered to Queensland’s…
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May 2, 2023 | Media Release
Australia’s largest bus body builder has leaped into 2023 announcing it will build more than 60 buses for long time partner ComfortDelGro Corporation Australia (CDC) with the majority…
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December 16, 2022 | Media Release, Products, ZEB
For the first time, a Volgren-Volvo battery electric bus (BEB) is travelling the streets of Melbourne. The Optimus-BZL, operated by CDC Victoria as part of the Victorian Government’s…
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December 15, 2022 | People
In late 2021, the Victorian Department of Transport awarded the Melbourne Bus Franchise to operator and Volgren partner, Kinetic. The announcement was a vote of confidence in Melbourne-made…
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June 20, 2022 | Media Release, ZEB
Gold Coast bus users will soon be enjoying greener public transport as local bus manufacturer Volgren continues construction of 10 new Kinetic electric buses. Delivered by Translink, Volgren…
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June 15, 2022 | Media Release, Products
Regional and rural bus operators in New South Wales can now add single-door Volgren route buses to their fleets after the vehicle was added to Transport for New…
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May 12, 2022 | Media Release
Australia’s largest bus body builder Volgren has extended its zero-emission capabilities by partnering with leading European hydrogen bus manufacturer, Writghtbus to develop and deploy Hydrogen powered fuel cell…
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