Volvo Buses hosted the “Insights into Electric Buses” conference in Putrajaya, to share knowledge and drive insights into successful electric bus adaptation and possibly to contribute to building a sustainable electromobility road map in Malaysia.
Attended by over 80 delegates from public transport operators, government agencies, and various institutional outlets, the conference was filled with speeches addressing the determination of Malaysia towards its commitment to achieving a carbon-neutral state, and the direction toward a sustainable future of public transport in Malaysia. Volvo Bus experts shared their experience and findings from pioneering operators as well as learnings and reflections from charging infrastructure partners. With specially invited subject matter experts from Australia, Sweden and Singapore, the conference addressed key considerations for electric buses’ operation and maintenance, charging infrastructure set up and energy system storage management, paving a concrete road map for emerging market’s adaptation of electric buses.
“I am pleased to witness the initiative from Volvo Buses and their passion in sharing the experience in electromobility from other markets. Malaysia via its National Transport Policy 2019-2030 is committed towards realising the greener environment
ambition and electrifying the public transport system is an important footstep towards our objective and ambition on sustainability.” said Datuk Isham Ishak, Secretary General of Ministry of Transport Malaysia.
The programme also included a panel discussion on ‘Moving towards electromobility in emerging markets. Moderated by Assoc. Prof. Ts Dr Wan Mazlina Wan Mohamed, Head of Training & CPD., MiTRANS.
“Volvo has immense experience in electromobility. In Sweden, we delivered 145 fully electric buses to the Gothenburg city and in Asia Pacific, we were the first to introduce the self-charging electric buses in Singapore, and last year we launched Volvo BZL fully electric chassis in Australia. At Volvo Buses, we are determined to be the most desired and successful provider of sustainable people transport solutions. It is this vision that led Volvo to the forefront in understanding people’s transport, leveraging vehicle knowledge, technology, connectivity, and data to develop and deliver innovative solutions and business models to the benefit of society and driving quality of life,” says David Mead, Vice President of Volvo Buses Region Asia Pacific.
The event was well appreciated by all attendees with a deep understanding of the prerequisites, key fundamentals, successful operational practices, and maintenance of electric bus fleets, as well as long-term environmentally friendly ways of managing the energy system.
