The 10,000th BYD Electric Bus Drives Out of Production Line
Rome wasn’t built in a day –it took BYD 6 years to go from bus number one to its 10,000th. On September 30th, the first BYD pure electric bus made its debut at the BYD Changsha electric bus factory. This marked the BYD’s entrance into the commercial vehicle market, and also made BYD the first company to start making and marketing a pure electric bus.
Relying on its 16,000 R&D engineers and state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques, BYD is continuously upgrading its bus production line.
The reason behind BYD’s persistence in public transportation electrification is its commitment to a better world for future generations and the global rise in environmental awareness. With over 170 countries solemnly adhering to the COP21 Agreement in Paris, every country is doing their best to counter the effects of climate change. Amongst the main efforts to cut down carbon emissions, public transportation electrification figures as one of the most effective, with the most immediate impact.Take China as an example: only 10% of city vehicular fleets are public transportation vehicles, however, these 10% contribute over 30% of city air pollution . By fully electrifying public transportation, this portion of exhaust pollution can be eliminated once and for all. It is this very environmental impact that drives BYD to move forward, and such benefit s –along with substantial cuts in fuel and operational costs –are prompting an increasing number of cities worldwide to adopt the company’s electrified transportation solutions. To date, BYD’s pure electric buses and taxis are operating in over 200 cities in 48 countries worldwide,chiefly the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, the UK, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Japan, Thailand, and China. One of BYD’s dreams is to fully replace internal combustion vehicles for pure electric alternatives across all categories and free the world from vehicular emissions. “We mustnot steal the blue skies and clean air from our future generations”, says Mr. Wang Chuanfu, BYD Company Ltd. president and chairman.
