A recent ceremony in Turin, a city rich in automotive history, inaugurated the arrival of Italy’s first BYD electric buses. Three e-buses arrived in the historic Piazza Castello, to be met by the Mayor of Turin and other civic leaders. The three 12-meter e-buses are the first of 23 to be delivered by BYD to… Read more »
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BYD delivers first electric bus to Albuquerque Rapid Transit
BYD has announced the delivery of an electric 60-ft articulated transit bus to the city of Albuquerque. The new e-bus, which will be a part of the city’s new bus rapid transit line, Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART), is the first of 20 to be delivered by the end of 2017. According to BYD, its buses… Read more »
BYD funds training programs, employs disadvantaged workers at California plant
Electric buses are appearing on the streets of US cities, and one of the leading vendors is the Chinese automaker BYD. This isn’t a case of American jobs being shipped overseas however – the buses are built at BYD’s plant in Lancaster, California. Now the company has made a further commitment to supporting the community,… Read more »
BYD Coach and Bus continues US expansion, hires new General Manager
BYD Coach and Bus, which is steadily expanding deliveries of electric buses in the US, has announced the hiring of a new General Manager. Milo Victoria, an industry veteran with 41 years of transit industry experience, will oversee operations of the company’s electric bus manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California. BYD employs nearly 700 individuals in… Read more »
BYD and Wayne Engineering demonstrate electric refuse truck for City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Sanitation (LASAN) has completed a demonstration project using a Class 6 battery-electric refuse truck developed by BYD and Wayne Engineering. During the four-month pilot, the truck logged over 5,200 miles, and achieved an average range of 99 miles. Operating on the same routes and variable terrain as LASAN’s regular trucks, the e-garbage truck… Read more »
BYD Introduces Class 8 electric refuse truck
Even the humble garbage truck is going electric. BYD introduced its Class 8 electric refuse truck at the recent ACT Expo in Long Beach. The truck is a cab and chassis platform, which includes the batteries, high-voltage control system, electric propulsion system, and an electric power take-off (ePTO) which powers the hydraulic system that operates… Read more »
Columbia Missouri boasts fleet of nine BYD electric buses
The city of Columbia, Missouri has taken delivery of three new BYD electric buses, bringing its total fleet to nine. According to BYD, it’s the first and only battery-electric fleet in revenue service in Missouri, and one of the largest in the Midwest. The city is now operating six 40-foot BYD K9 buses and three… Read more »
Maryland transit authority deploys 3 BYD e-buses
Howard County Transit, a division of the Regional Transit Authority of Central Maryland, has taken delivery of three 35-foot BYD K9S battery-electric buses – the first electric transit buses in the state, according to BYD. An inductive charging station will be installed on the Green Line in downtown Columbia to allow the buses to top… Read more »
Port of New York testing BYD electric yard truck
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to demo a battery-electric BYD Class 8 yard truck for several weeks. The truck has a 10-hour operating range on a charge, and will replace one of the legacy diesel yard trucks that currently operate at the Port Authority’s Red Hook facility in Brooklyn. Yard… Read more »
BYD partners with San Francisco Goodwill for electric delivery truck pilot
The San Francisco chapter of Goodwill will test the viability of electric delivery trucks by deploying 11 BYD trucks in San Francisco and nearby Redwood City and Burlingame. SF Goodwill will operate 10 Class 6 delivery trucks and one Class 8 refuse truck for 24 months, while collecting and analyzing data on vehicle performance, maintenance… Read more »