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Tim Eden

Tim has 20 years experience in the IT industry including 14 years as a network engineer and site reliability engineer at Google Australia. He is an EV and renewable energy enthusiast who is most passionate about helping people understand and adopt these technologies.

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High speed test tracks, and extreme temperatures: Ensuring safety in an electric bus

  • 9 September 2025
  • 10 comments
  • Tim Eden
Yutong extreme heat challenge in Saudi Arabia. Source: Yutong
The world's biggest electric bus maker goes to some extraordinary lengths, and uses some innovative tech, to ensure battery pack safety.
Yutong bus and coach product lineup. Source: Yutong
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  • 4 min
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Electric Transport

Yutong: The world’s biggest bus maker you’ve probably never heard of

  • 29 August 2025
  • 13 comments
  • Tim Eden
The world's biggest bus maker may soon be bringing double decker electric buses to Australia. In China, all city buses are already electric.
Yutong E7S
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  • 2 min
  • Electric Transport
  • EV News

Small electric bus made by world’s biggest bus maker approved for sale in Australia

  • 10 May 2025
  • 16 comments
  • Riz Akhtar
Yutong, the world’s largest manufacturer of buses and coaches, has received approval to sell its small electric bus in Australia.
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  • 3 min
  • EV News

South coast town to become electric bus and truck manufacturing hub

  • 31 January 2025
  • 36 comments
  • Amalyah Hart
NSW says Foton will create a new manufacturing facility to build electric buses and electric trucks.
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  • 1 min
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The Driven Podcast: Are Australian buses ready to go electric?

  • 14 November 2024
  • 6 comments
  • Giles Parkinson & Sam Parkinson
One of the world’s biggest makers of electric buses has plans for Australia. We talk to Kent Chang of Yutong. Plus: The shift to V2G and Tesla’s sales slump.
Yutong E7S
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  • 3 min
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The world’s biggest bus manufacturer has big electric plans for Australia

  • 20 September 2024
  • 46 comments
  • Sam Parkinson
Australia's bus fleets are still largely unnelectrified, but the world's largest manufacturer of buses and coaches sees that changing.
Yutong's product launch
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  • 2 min
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CATL announces electric vehicle battery with 1.5 million kilometre warranty

  • 3 April 2024
  • Daniel Bleakley
In yet another major breakthrough the world's largest battery maker CATL has announced a new EV battery with a 1.5 million km 15 year warranty.
busways electric bus
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  • 2 min
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Coffs Harbour trial to test viability of electric buses in regional areas

  • 3 March 2021
  • Joshua S. Hill
Busways launches three-week trial of Yutong E12 electric bus to run on all Coffs Harbour routes to test it in a regional environment.
The E12 is one of three “new energy” buses made by Yutong. Source: Yutong
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  • 2 min
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Yutong takes world’s largest e-bus order to service 2022 FIFA World Cup

  • 2 December 2020
  • Joshua S. Hill
Bus maker Yutong announces order for 741 electric buses from Qatar to provide commuting services for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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