- The Chinese carmaker BYD plans to build an electrical bus plant in Europe, perhaps in France, after several field trials conducted in different markets. "We need to sell a hundred units of electric buses to justify the construction of a plant and we believe that we can quickly reach this volume," said the manufacturer. BYD is currently building at the same time an assembly plant in the United States (Lancaster / California).

- BYD however, did not specify in which European country this future plant would be established, but the carmaker believes that some countries have advantages or are more advanced in terms of electric vehicle fleets and cheaper sources of electricity supply, such as France.

- So far, the Amsterdam airport has ordered 35 electric buses from the Chinese carmaker and a Dutch island also has an electric bus fleet.

- Furthermore, BYD has conducted tests in the cities of Paris, Bremen, Bonn, Madrid, Barcelona, Salzburg, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Brussels and Budapest. Additional testing should be performed in London. The BYD electric bus would have a range of 250 km.

- It is to be noted that BYD has become the largest manufacturer of electric buses in the world.