BYD will build an assembly plant in France
- The Chinese manufacturer BYD (21st manufacturer worldwide) has become one of the leading manufacturers of electric buses in the World, in only a few years. Its production of electric buses in China has thus increased from 5,375 units in 2015 to 13,278 units in 2016, destined for the local market.
- After supplying China from its Changsha plant (calibrated to produce up to 50,000 buses per year), BYD has established electric bus plants in several foreign countries: the USA, Hungary and Brazil. In the USA, its bus production increased from 200 to 400 annual units. Production in Hungary is expected to start in 2017. As for Brazil, the agreement between BYD and the Brazilian authorities has not yet been validated. Finally, BYD has announced the installation of a new electric bus plant, this time in France, in the commune of Allonne (Hauts de France region). The plant is expected to start operating in the first half of 2018.
- BYD announces its intention to initially produce 200 vehicles per year in its French plant, which could be doubled in the long term. According to BYD, the choice of France is explained by the fact that the French bus market is the largest in Europe. The models manufactured will be those already known in the United States, under the name K9, whose origins go back to 2010. This model of 18 tons is endowed with a autonomy of 250km. BYD sold 6,000 K9 buses worldwide in 2016.
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