Edmonton Transit System (ETS) has begun testing two electric buses, known as ETS Stealth buses, that operate entirely on electricity. The buses are designed to run quietly and cleanly and are more cost-effective to fuel and maintain than diesel engine buses currently in use. ETS Stealth buses have no exhaust pipes and generate zero emissions […]
Brazilian Transit Operator Via Agile and Piracicaba’s Transit Authority Semuttran has begun a pilot testing with a pure-electric transit bus from BYD Company. The purpose of the evaluation is to find ways to reduce transportation costs and unnecessary emissions in and around the city of Piracicaba. With the rising cost of diesel fuel in Brazil, […]
The BYD Electric Transit Bus has been approved for sale and operations in Canada after earning the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) Certification and being placed on the “Vehicle Manufacturers Registry” with Transport Canada. Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS) prescribes the minimum performance levels that vehicles and equipment must meet to run on […]
Malaysia’s Prasarana Transit has announced that BYD has won the bid to supply 15 new battery electric transit buses. As Malaysia first, as well as Southeast Asia’s largest electric bus public bidding project, BYD edged out competitors from around the world for the project. The 15 electric buses will be operated by Rapid KL, a […]
BYD has teamed up with Thriev to provide twenty BYD e6 electric sedans for London’s emission-free, chauffeur fleet . These vehicles officially launch on Feb 3 of this year. Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from January 1, 2018 and forward, all new taxis would need to be zero-emissions in order to receive […]
The first phase of a ten-month trial for a zero-emissions, 40-foot, all-electric bus was recently completed in Gatineau, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario in another sign that eco-friendly mass transit vehicles are on a roll. The battery-electric bus was supplied by BYD Company Ltd. under a service agreement and continues its evaluations in partnership with the […]
