MyCiTi’s first electric bus (e-bus) has arrived in Cape Town, where it will now be put to the test on the city’s most demanding public transport routes. The vehicle is a 12-m Volvo BZRLE battery-electric bus, and it is the first MyCiTi bus where the body has been designed in South Africa and manufactured locally.
7th July 2026
By: Irma Venter
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor
MyCiTi’s first electric bus (e-bus) has arrived in Cape Town, where it will now be put to the test on the city’s most demanding public transport routes.
The vehicle is a 12-m Volvo BZRLE battery-electric bus, and it is the first MyCiTi bus where the body has been designed in South Africa and manufactured locally.
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The fully AC bus with 25 seats will undergo load testing on three routes before more buses are inducted into the city fleet.
