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City of Cape Town to receive its first electric buses in August

The Volvo BZRLE bus chassis

The Volvo BZRLE bus chassis

1st May 2026

By: Sabrina Jardim

Senior Online Writer

     

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The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its Urban Mobility Directorate will take delivery of its first electric bus in August, with another 13 electric buses to arrive between October and December this year.

The city, in a media release, says it intends to roll out the electric bus fleet along the MyCiTi routes that operate in the metro south-east, including the new routes that will form part of Phase 2A.

All in all, the city notes, it will take delivery of 30 low-floor electric buses between August this year and June 2027.

These are 12 m Volvo BZRLE electric buses and the first where the bus bodies are manufactured locally, in Johannesburg.

“The delivery of the electric bus fleet cannot be more timeous, given the volatility of the energy markets and uncertain geopolitical environment.

“Apart from lowering our carbon emissions, an electric bus fleet could offer multiple other benefits, especially as far as maintenance and operational costs are concerned.

“Some countries operating e-buses have noted a reduction of up to 70% in operating costs and we will be conducting research soon to determine what type of savings Cape Town can look forward to,” says the city’s Urban Mobility MMC Rob Quintas.

The city, together with the University of Cape Town, will in coming months undertake research to test and understand how electric buses will operate as part of the City’s MyCiTi bus fleet.

The electric bus research is funded by the CoCT and through a grant from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative.

The city explains that the electric buses will be tested on existing MyCiTi routes for a period of about 12 months to determine how the buses perform on different route profiles; how long the batteries last once charged; the impact of passenger numbers, the route profile and climate on the battery discharging; as well as how long it takes to charge the batteries.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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