Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has ordered 130 BYD battery-electric K7M buses, the largest single order of battery-electric buses to date in the United States. BYD considers the LADOT purchase as a signal to the market that zero-emission buses are here to stay and that their use will continue to spread.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. FY2017 Low-No projects. Description. Napa Valley Transportation Authority. 1,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Other approved vehicles are BYD buses (up to $150K); Motiv Power electric F450s ($90K); New Flyer buses ($150K); Proterra buses ($150K); Trans Tech buses ($90K); Workhorse vans ($60K); and Zenith Motors vans (up to $57,436). To be eligible for the NYSEV-VIF grant, a vehicle must be a new Class 3-8 all-electric vehicle truck or bus.

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New York Chicago Fleet Electric 150

Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Some Chinese battery manufacturers include CATL, BYD, CALB, Guoxuan, and Sunwoda. This reduces the cost of purchasing and maintaining an EV significantly. The use of EVs aids fleets in lowering operational expenses related to maintenance and fuelling while reducing air pollution from vehicle emissions.

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Norway Renewable Lithium Ion Gasoline-Electric 40

Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The cost of the electric vehicles is more due to the cost of the battery that counts 40% of the electric bus. The average cost of the lithium-ion battery packs for large orders has fallen from about $600 a kilowatt-hour in 2015 to $150 a kilowatt-hour in 2020 according to the report of the ReportLinker.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits. The bus manufacturer, BYD, is in the process of outfitting the buses right now. Charged : I suppose maintenance is also less than with a wired system? Imagine the maintenance requirements on moving robotic arms, pantographs, catenary systems or cable-drop systems.

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Charging Batteries Battery Taxi 55

Electra Vehicles

JULY 21, 2021

The cost to fuel a plug-in EV is significantly lower than the cost of gasoline or diesel, especially in a well managed fleet that employs a charging strategy based on daily energy costs. To compare, the all-electric Nissan Leaf’s total cost of operation (TCO) was $3,620.8

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Battery packs from BYD, CATL, and Tesla all reported having 1 million km of usable life. In the coming decade, battery prices will go down, whereas the cost of petrol will keep going up. This car takes large sums of money to run as well as expensive oil changes and engine maintenance. Think about that.

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Plug In India

JANUARY 15, 2022

Also meeting BYD e6 owner! Started the day with a visit to India’s first owner of the BYD B6 car. The BYD is going to be Jay’s car now. The BYD folks use kWh per 100 km - please spare us guys and move on to wh/km.) The car costs about 30 lakh on road. So both of them have to travel a lot every day.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 19, 2023

It makes sense for organizations to focus on their core activities, so just as they outsource things like IT or building maintenance, many want to outsource the charging infrastructure for their electric fleets. The TCO right now, I can honestly say 75% or 80% operates under the cost of diesel. You must have a lot of scale.

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Charging Fleet Electric Electrical 71

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co., BYD also developed the motors and software for the system.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58