The first 100% Electric bus with body built in New Zealand

Built in 2017 with the following attributes:

• 260kw rate peak power motor

• LG Lithium Iron batteries

• Various battery options available

• A range over 200 kilometres

• Wabco brakes/power steering

• ZF steering

• Established bus/train manufacture in China (1st time their chassis has been built on outside China)

• Quality Kiwi Bus Builders built body

The first 100% Electric Double-Decker bus with body built in New Zealand

In 2018 Kiwi Bus Builders started the build of ten 100% fully electric double-decker city buses for Greater Wellington Regional Council. These were the first electric double-deckers in the Southern Hemisphere and the first vehicle was launched at Parliament on 5th July 2018. These buses have a capacity of 68 seated passengers and 16 standees and have the ability to re-charge in under 6 minutes to give a 100km range.