Bus and Coach International (BCI) first began making electric buses in 2010 for Australian operators. But, after coming back to zero-emissions technology in 2017, BCI is set to realise another new electric model.
BCI was one of Australia’s earliest manufacturers to start producing electric buses. In 2010, the company built its first emissions-free bus for a Melbourne operator.
But BCI says it soon realised the industry marketplace wasn’t yet ready for electric buses to be introduced. Since this initial project of three trial buses, it took until 2017 for BCI to get back into trialling electric technology. In 2019 it realised its first