Australia is currently in the midst of one of the largest and most complex transitions to clean energy in the world. Due to our unique economic reliance on natural resources and minerals, our geography and demography, and reliance on global imported goods such as vehicles, trucks and buses, bench-marking studies for Electric and Hydrogen transition from other markets such as Europe, Africa and the Americas does no provide sufficient insight for the local context.

For the Bus industry, transition to zero-emission buses (ZEBs) using either Electric Batteries or Hydrogen energy is still very much in its infancy with numerous metro and regional trials occurring across various jurisdictions. With a majority of buses still being internal combustion engines (ICE) there is a fundamental requirement for public and private sector to use real time data for evaluating all aspects of this complex transition to meet our 2050 towards zero emission targets as a country.

With a large network footprint in the Australian landmass, and with access to a broad and deep ecosystem of technologies, capabilities and alliances, Telstra is well positioned to help the public and private sector public bus ecosystem to realise the zero-emissions goal using robust data and analytics processes to enable well informed decisions on Electric versus Hydrogen. Consideration of Bus operational performance for metro and regional areas, driver and patronage experience and supporting infrastructure will also be covered.

A collaborative approach between government, industry and academia is used as the basis of the subject matter to be presented.