2015-04-07 Item 2 - Attachment 1 - Pre feasibility Study of Electric Bus Routes

Charging infrastructure – 15% weighting
Optare, BYD and Solaris buses can be charged using a plug-in connection via DC
Connection with external charger or AC connection with on-board charger. Therefore, all
three (3) manufacturers were ranked equally. A wireless charging system is proposed by
Olev which limits flexibility of deployment and has been scored lowest at 1.

Capex of the electric bus – 25% weighting
Capital cost is a key consideration in the selection of a preferred manufacturer with the lower
cost preferred.
  BYD vehicle cost is $651,000 (Rank=4)
  Optare vehicle cost is $741,000 (Rank=3)
  Olev vehicle cost is $782,000 (Rank=2)
  Solaris vehicle cost is $850,000 (Rank=1)

Opex of the electric bus – 5% weighting
Maintenance cost of the electric bus has been assumed to be similar between the electric
bus manufacturers as there are not many moving mechanical parts in the power train.
Therefore, all manufacturers were ranked equally.

Capex and Opex of charging infrastructure – 10% weighting

The capital cost of the charging infrastructure has been taken into account for each
manufacturer excluding the maintenance cost. Once constructed the maintenance cost of
the charging infrastructure is likely to be minimal and unlikely to be material to the final
decision outcome.
  BYD cost is $26,000 (Rank=4)

  Olev cost is $32,000 (Rank=3)
  Optare cost is $76,000 (Rank=2)
  Information not provided assume Solaris cost is same as BYD (Rank=4)

After sales support and warranty – 15% weighting
After sales support is critical for the successful implementation of the project particularly
given the new technology aspect of the electric bus. After sales support will be needed to
address bus operational and performance issues, vehicle customisation to comply with
Australian Standards, road worthiness, driver training, replacement parts, and so on. All
manufacturers offer comparable warranties which can be bought at a cost so unlikely to
impact the outcome.
  Solaris (Poland). Company has no representatives in Australia and is ranked the lowest at
  1
  BYD (through Carbridge an Australia largest aviation bus company with operations in
  Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth airports ) (Rank=3)
  Optare (through PATICO Automotive who are the Australian distributors for Optare
  headquartered in Dandenong, Melbourne and have been operating in Australia for 10
  years) (Rank=4)




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