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Bustech is an Australian bus manufacturer based on the Gold Coast, Queensland. ==History== Bustech was founded in 1998 by the proprietors of Surfside Buslines, Joe and Tony Calabro, in the Gold Coast suburb of Ernest, very close to Surfside's depot.〔"Manufacturing Update" ''Australian Bus Panorama" April 2000 issue 15/5 page 17〕 It initially bodied buses on Mercedes-Benz and Volvo chassis. Most of the early buses were built for the Calabro operations Surfside, Busabout and Hawkesbury Valley. Following the collapse of the Clifford Corporation, Bustech was successful in winning orders from a variety of operators, primarily in Queensland and New South Wales.〔(Bustech ) Bus Australia Photo Gallery〕 In October 2004 Bustech moved to a new factory in Calabro Way, West Burleigh. In 2008 Bustech became part of the Transit Australia Group as part of a restructuring of the Calabro operations. In 2008 Bustech launched its first integral bus (both chassis and body), the 10.5 metre MDi. This was followed by the 12.5 metre XDi and in July 2011 by the 12.5 metre CDi double decker, the first double deck citybus built for Australian operation since 1973. In November 2009 Bustech completed its 1,000th bus.〔(Bustech churns out 1000th vehicle ) goldcoast.com.au 19 December 2009〕 In July 2015, in collaboration with Swinburne University of Technology, the Automotive Cooperative Research Centre (AutoCRC) and the Malaysian Automotive Institute, Bustech unveiled its first electric bus to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia. Bustech has already signed a AUD$170 million contract to manufacture electric buses for the Malaysian government in late 2014.〔(Australia just built its first electric bus, and it looks awesome ), ''Science Alert'', Retrieved 11 July 2015〕〔(Burleigh company Bustech driving future with electric buses set to revolutionise Gold Coast roads ), ''Gold Coast Bulletin'', Retrieved 11 July 2015〕〔(Australia Unveils Its First Electric Bus And It Looks Amazing ), ''Yahoo UK'', Retrieved 11 July 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bustech」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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