澳大利亞最新電動公交華麗登場

A team of researchers from Australia's Swinburne University of Technology has unveiled first electric bus to be completely designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia.
斯威本科技大學一隊研究人員揭開了澳大利亞首輛完全經設計、建造和生產的電車的面紗。

The bus can carry 50 passengers 125 miles (200 kilometers) on a single charge, and could be up to 80% cheaper to maintain than the country's current fleet of diesel-powered buses.
這輛公共汽車一次充電可以載50名乘客行125英里（200公里）路，養護費用要比澳大利亞現行柴油驅動的公交便宜兩成。

Unveiled at the 2015 Maintenance Conference and Bus Expo in Melbourne, the electric bus was developed by an inter-institutional team comprised of experts from academia and the automotive industry.
這輛電車在2015年墨爾本公交博覽和養護會議上公之於衆，由一支院際團隊開發，該團隊由學術專家和汽車工業方面的專家組成。

While Malaysian officials have already inked an AUD $170 million contract with the bus' developers, Australian officials have yet to follow suit.
馬拉西亞官方已經和公交開發商簽署了1.7億澳元的合同，澳大利亞政府官員也要緊隨其後加入這一行列。

"I'd really like to see the Australian government invest in this technology. For the sake of the environment, as well as the future of manufacturing in Australia," remarked Professor Ajay Kapoor, Pro Vice-Chancellor of International Research Engagement at Swimdburne.
“我很願意看到澳大利亞政府爲這項技術投資，爲了環境，也爲了澳大利亞製造業的將來，”斯威本科技大學代理國際研究的副校長阿加·卡普爾教授如是說。