Update on BYD electric bus factories around the world (excluding China)
- The Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles BYD has announced in recent years the construction of electric bus factories in several countries outside China. Inovev takes stock of the current situation:
§ Hungary: factory in the north of the country producing 400 electric buses per year
§ USA: factory in California (Lancaster) producing 300 electric buses per year
§ Canada: Ontario plant to open in 2018 to produce electric buses and electric trucks
§ France: plant under construction in Allonne (Hauts de France) which will produce 200 electric buses per year from summer 2018
- In total, the production of BYD electric buses will be around a thousand units a year, excluding China, and the desire of the OEM is now to expand these operations to the production of electric trucks, which could complement the manufacture of electric buses in the years 2020-2025.
- This strategy is similar to that of Tesla, which is preparing for the launch of an electric truck in 2020, while traditional manufacturers of thermal engine trucks are starting to take an interest in this type of engine; however to date there has been no major launch of this type of product.
- BYD ‘s further ambition is to invest the electric taxi world market.
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