All-new fully-electric Volvo BZL-GML Eco Range Premium City Bus makes official debut in Malaysia - Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd and Volvo Buses signs MOU for a trial operation of the new electric city bus expected to start July this year

On 21st May 2024, Volvo Buses, part of the Volvo Group (“Volvo”) together with Gemilang International Ltd (“Gemilang”), one of Malaysia’s manufacturers of bodywork for buses and coaches, jointly launched the all-new, flagship Volvo BZL-GML Eco Range, offering Volvo’s first and locally-built electric low-floor, two-door, premium class, city bus in Malaysia.  A signing ceremony with Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd (“Rapid Bus”) was held to confirm the Implementation of a trial operation involving the Volvo BZL-GML Eco Range for Rapid KL bus service.

Buses: The Go Auto - Higer Electric Bus Spotted at Go Auto HQ in Glenmarie

Sometime at the end of 2017 Go Auto, a company better known as the distributor for Haval vehicles in Malaysia, announced that it was planning to launch fully electric buses here in Malaysia. The electric bus venture is part of their Joint Venture arrangement with Higer Bus Company Ltd and other electric vehicle component manufacturers. Through this project, they parties developed an electric bus which they tested out at UTM (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia) campus in Johor and we had also heard that the state government of Melaka was also interested in procuring the buses for use in and around Melaka city.