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Malaysian Electric Bus project

Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 8:00 pm
by Enviro 500
https://www.nst.com.my/cbt/2017/12/3129 ... aya-ev-bus

Looks like they are using a Scania KUB chassis. Hope these can be exported to Singapore and Western Australia one day.

Re: Malaysian Electric Bus project

Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 1:32 pm
by tonyp
Enviro 500 wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 8:00 pm https://www.nst.com.my/cbt/2017/12/3129 ... aya-ev-bus

Looks like they are using a Scania KUB chassis. Hope these can be exported to Singapore and Western Australia one day.
KUB is only a low-entry chassis as I understand, which means it's an obsolescent design. WA is on the right path with its Volgren Volvo electrics and the Custom Denning Element is also a far better Australian low-floor bus. Singapore has low-floor Yutong E12s, so no point going backwards to a poorer design. It looks like the Bustech ventures to supply electric buses to Malaysia and Dubai didn't go any further.

Re: Malaysian Electric Bus project

Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 5:50 pm
by Mr OC Benz
There is no reference to Scania being involved at all in the article, so not sure where that came from in the first place...

Re: Malaysian Electric Bus project

Posted: Mon May 17, 2021 9:29 pm
by tonyp
From studying the details in the article it looks more likely to be an integral bus made in Malaysia, with Japanese electronics.

Re: Malaysian Electric Bus project

Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 6:32 pm
by Enviro 500
tonyp wrote: Mon May 17, 2021 9:29 pm From studying the details in the article it looks more likely to be an integral bus made in Malaysia, with Japanese electronics.
Front looks like a Gemilang KUB one. Also, according to this blog post, it seems that Scania may have supplied the chassis. The vehicle is registered VAD8412 and had been previously deployed in Putrajaya.

Re: Malaysian Electric Bus project

Posted: Wed May 03, 2023 5:02 pm
by Enviro 500
https://www.instagram.com/p/CrxQXkxR0dv ... _copy_link

A real shame this project was mothballed and the vehicles left to rot.

I'd rather have them built on a large scale and put on revenue service instead of the PRC ones.