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NEWS<br />
DAIMLER-VOLVO FUEL-CELL JV<br />
TRANSACTION COMPLETES<br />
THE TRANSACTION for the<br />
formerly-announced joint venture (JV)<br />
between Volvo Group and Daimler<br />
Truck AG to cooperate on fuel-cell<br />
technology for their respective<br />
commercial vehicle use is now<br />
complete, both companies have<br />
announced recently.<br />
The upshot is that Volvo Group<br />
has acquired 50 per cent of the<br />
partnership interests in the existing<br />
Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH &<br />
Co. KG for approximately EUR 0.6<br />
billion (A$0.9 billion) on a cash and<br />
debt-free basis.<br />
The ambition is to make the new<br />
JV a leading global manufacturer<br />
of fuel-cells, and thus help the<br />
world take a major step towards<br />
climate-neutral and sustainable<br />
commercialise fuel-cell systems<br />
half of this decade,” they state.<br />
transportation by 2050, they<br />
for use in heavy-duty trucks as<br />
The Volvo Group and Daimler<br />
explain.<br />
the primary focus, as well as other<br />
Truck AG own equal interests in the<br />
In terms of nomenclature,<br />
Daimler Truck AG and the Volvo<br />
Group have agreed to rename<br />
the company cellcentric GmbH<br />
& Co. KG.<br />
According to the companies this<br />
JV will, “…develop, produce and<br />
applications.<br />
“A key goal of Daimler Truck<br />
AG and the Volvo Group is to<br />
start with customer tests of<br />
trucks with fuel-cells in about<br />
three years and to commence<br />
series production during the second<br />
Above:<br />
Volvo Group<br />
and Daimler<br />
Truck AG own<br />
equal interests<br />
in the JV, but<br />
continue to be<br />
competitors in<br />
all other areas.<br />
JV, but continue to be competitors<br />
in all other areas such as vehicle<br />
technology and fuel-cell integration<br />
in trucks.<br />
In November 2020, the Volvo<br />
Group and Daimler Truck AG signed a<br />
binding agreement for the JV.<br />
BUSTECH E-BUS GETS NSW APPROVAL<br />
BUSTECH GROUP’S ZDi 450<br />
Adelaide” and in Dubai, and that<br />
buses in 2021, and ultimately<br />
powertrain solution provider in<br />
electric bus has been admitted<br />
its second-generation Proterra<br />
planning to convert all 8,000<br />
the US, it states – Bustech Group<br />
to the Transport for NSW<br />
ZDi will be in operation in QLD<br />
buses in its fleet by 2030.<br />
has developed an all-electric<br />
(TfNSW) procurement ‘Panel 3’,<br />
and NSW in Q4 this year. The first<br />
“Bustech Group supports<br />
ZDi 12.5-metre transit bus, it<br />
presently making it, “…the only<br />
ZDi Panel 3-compliant buses<br />
the NSW government’s<br />
confirms.<br />
Australian bus company locally<br />
will commence manufacture in<br />
initiative to transition to<br />
Bustech Group’s ZDi bus offers<br />
manufacturing zero-emission<br />
Australia in Q2 2021.<br />
a fully zero-emissions bus<br />
the highest stored energy of any<br />
buses for the NSW market,” it<br />
“Our admission to the NSW<br />
fleet,” said Kasia Pitman,<br />
bus on the Australian market,<br />
announced recently.<br />
procurement panel reaffirms<br />
director of sustainability at<br />
delivering 450kW/h of stored<br />
In being the first “Panel<br />
the Group’s commitment to<br />
Bustech Group.<br />
energy, it states.<br />
3-approved Australian vehicle for<br />
delivering the next generation of<br />
“We are committed to<br />
“The all-electric ZDi’s battery<br />
NSW”, the Bustech Group also<br />
zero-emission connected transit<br />
creating a more sustainable<br />
pack provides over 420kW/h<br />
states it has a new Newcastle,<br />
for the NSW market, giving a<br />
environment and economy by<br />
of useable energy, enabling<br />
NSW-based production facility in<br />
real choice for domestic product<br />
delivering the future of clean,<br />
maximum range before<br />
development.<br />
versus international import<br />
efficient and emission-free<br />
requiring a recharge,” said Gregg<br />
The Bustech Group’s<br />
models,” said Christian Reynolds,<br />
public transport in NSW and<br />
Dinning, chief technical officer at<br />
12.5-metre ZDi 450 e-bus will<br />
executive chairman of Bustech<br />
Australia more broadly,” she<br />
Bustech Group.<br />
use Proterra Powered-supplied<br />
Group.<br />
added.<br />
“This provides operators<br />
batteries, it explains.<br />
A Bustech spokesperson<br />
Last December, the NSW<br />
government committed to<br />
ALL-ELECTRIC ZDI<br />
flexibility in both operational<br />
use and charging strategy,<br />
told <strong>ABC</strong> magazine its first<br />
transition its entire bus fleet<br />
Through a strategic engineering<br />
whilst also addressing Australia’s<br />
generation ZDi ADR-compliant<br />
to zero emissions within the<br />
and supply partnership with US<br />
extreme weather conditions,”<br />
vehicle is “in operation here in<br />
decade, starting with 120 electric<br />
Proterra, the leading battery and<br />
he added.<br />
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<strong>ABC</strong> March 2021 busnews.com.au
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