Brisbane City Council’s decision to source they city’s first electric busses from Chinese bus manufacturer Yutong has been labelled ‘a slap in the face’ to Brisbane workers by the council opposition.
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union assistant state secretary Bill Thanas said the QLD economy suffered when the Council didn’t give the job to Volgren which had been building the council’s diesel busses since 2008.
Public transport chair Ryan Murphy said that no Australian electric busses could service Brisbane City Council’s requirements during the trial phase but that Australian manufacturers would be considered in future trials.