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Monday, June 20, 2011

Designline demise in NZ places Abu Dhabi venture in doubt - Construction magazine

Tranzwatching the spread of electric bus technology - or not - in Abu Dhabi

The future of a joint venture between manufacturer DesignLine and Abu Dhabi’s Liberty Automobiles is in doubt after the bus maker's New Zealand operation was put into liquidation according ConstructionWeek Online magazine.  The $30 million joint venture was planning to make the Unite Arab Emirate's the home of the world’s first 100% electric bus, with production due to begin in January 2012.

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