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MARCH 24, 2022

The 87-vehicle fleet consists of BYD electric buses, New Flyer’s Motor Coach Industries (MCI) coaches, and GreenPower microtransit vans, with chargers from Heliox, ABB, WAVE, and BYD. Antelope Valley Transit Authority is the transit agency serving the cities of Palmdale, Lancaster and Northern Los Angeles County.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2018

BYD unveiled two new electric tow tractor models, or tugs, this month. BYD tugs offer greater energy and productivity efficiencies as well as lower operating costs and easier maintenance, as compared to its diesel, gas or lead acid battery counterparts. —Brian Rippie, BYD’s Director of Material Handing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

BYD, North America’s largest electric bus manufacturer, unveiled the first 45-foot battery-electric commuter coach bus at this year’s APTA Expo. Additionally, BYD hosted the largest electric vehicle display at APTA Expo. BYD has more than 27,000 electric buses in service around the globe. Articulated Transit Bus. Transit Bus.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

BYD has completed its latest US investment, a new $5-million 100,000-square-foot warehouse for its Lancaster manufacturing plant. This is the firm’s fourth expansion of its current manufacturing campus in Los Angeles County, bringing its total investment in Lancaster facilities to more than $53 million.

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EV Obssesion

MAY 9, 2021

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (5/6/2021) 5/6/2021) – BYD (Build Your Dreams) announced that Antelope Valley Transit Authority, a longstanding customer and community partner, is growing its battery-electric fleet with the purchase of 10 K11M 60-foot articulated buses and six K7M 30-foot buses. appeared first on EV Obsession.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

The Antelope Valley Transit Authoritys (AVTA) and BYD operators have put AVTAs new BYD electric bus through a 24-hour marathon ride that looped from Rosamond to Palmdale (California) a total of 18 times. The BYD bus traveled 746 miles (1,201 km) over the 24-hour period, operating in three shifts.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

BYD, the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicles, unveiled its expanded battery-electric bus manufacturing facility in Lancaster, California—North America’s largest. The growth of BYD Coach and Bus reflects a rapid transition to electric transportation and will allow BYD to build up to 1,500 battery-electric buses annually.

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MARCH 12, 2017

The State of California, San Bernardino Council of Governments (SBCOG) and partners Daylight Transport and BYD Motors celebrated the arrival of the first of 27 electric yard and service trucks for freight and rail yards in three disadvantaged communities in San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Fontana.

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JUNE 5, 2021

LOS ANGELES, CALIF.– BYD (“Build Your Dreams”), the world leader in electric vehicles, is introducing a battery-electric Type D school bus with unparalleled safety features and performance, wrapped in a sleek design that will have students wanting to step onboard.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors approved a contract with BYD Motors for the manufacture and delivery of up to 25 new all-electric buses as part of a $30-million clean air bus technology pilot project. —Michael D. Antonovich, LA County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair.

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EV Obssesion

MAY 16, 2021

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (5/12/2021) The post BYD Electric Buses, Trucks Eligible for $165 Million In HVIP Money appeared first on EV Obsession. HVIP will open to new voucher requests at 10 a.m. […]. HVIP will open to new voucher requests at 10 a.m. […].

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DECEMBER 24, 2013

The Antelope Valley (California) Transit Authority (AVTA) is purchasing two BYD 40-foot, battery-electric buses as part of its clean bus initiative. million grant arranged by Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich to support an electric bus demonstration project in the Antelope Valley.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

BYD has been officially selected as the recommended company by the evaluation committee in Argentina for the purchase of 50 electric buses on behalf of the Ministry of Environment. BYD begun the promotion of its technologies in Argentina in 2011 through its local subsidiary, especially those related to electric vehicles and public transport.

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APRIL 29, 2021

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (4/27/2021) 4/27/2021) – TIME announced Tuesday BYD (“Build Your Dreams”) earned a spot on its inaugural “100 Most Influential Companies” list, recognizing the company’s extraordinary impact as the world’s leading electric vehicle manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2014

BYD Motors, Inc. BYD said that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) withdrew funding of the contract as a result of an error in BYD’s pre-bid disadvantaged business program certification in February 2013. LBT announced that BYD won the competition for the contract on 24 March 2013.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The two companies launched an electric truck drayage pilot in the Los Angeles area, where local loads are hauled to and from Embark’s highway-adjacent transfer points using BYD 8TT electric trucks operated by human drivers, while the longer middle segment of the haul is completed autonomously by trucks equipped with the Embark Driver software.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2014

Fetranspor and Rio Bus, the public transportation companies for the state and city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and BYD launched a BYD battery-electric bus into service this week. Rio is one of the three cities in Brazil to test the BYD electric buses from BYD (São Paulo and Salvador have done successful tests already).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The Wall Street Journal reports that China’s BYD Co. plans to start test-marketing the e6 battery-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) in the US next year after almost a year’s delay, and is in talks with officials in Los Angeles to supply e-buses that could eventually lead to a manufacturing plant in the city.

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CN EV Post

JULY 13, 2023

BYD has one factory in downtown Los Angeles for electric buses and for that the US placed a ban on federal transit funding by companies with Chinese links even though the company is private with a unionized factory.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Signers and supporters of the Pledge include: Government: City of New York; New York State Energy Research & Development Authority; California Air Resources Board; South Coast Air Quality Management District; Bay Area Air Quality Management District; Los Angeles Department of Transportation; Foothill Transit.

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MAY 18, 2010

Forty battery-electric taxis-based on BYD’s e6—officially entered service in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. Wang Chuanfu, chief executive of BYD, said that the five passenger e6 has a maximum speed of 140 km/h (87 mph); consumes 21.5 Ltd, a joint venture of BYD and SBG.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Industry leaders such as (but not limited to) BYD Motors, the Ingka Group (IKEA’s parent company), Nikola Motors, Siemens, The Lion Electric Co., IKEA has committed to all-electric home deliveries worldwide by 2025, and by the end of 2020 in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Amsterdam, and Shanghai.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Proterra was bidding against BYD for the airport contract. With a per-bus price of $759,824, Proterra beat out BYD with a per-bus price of $969,498. Scheduled to be placed in service in late 2018, the buses will be designed and built in California at Proterra’s Los Angeles County manufacturing facility.

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JULY 9, 2015

to build and test four 33-foot BYD battery-electric buses in Los Angeles. The buses will be built at the permitted BYD facility and the demonstration will occur in disadvantaged communities of Los Angeles as part of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation fleet. million to CALSTART, Inc.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2013

You might think that the 25 electric buses to be purchased by the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority would be roundly applauded. LA Metro announced yesterday afternoon that it would spend $30 million to buy up to 25 of the battery-electric buses made by BYD Motors. That''s not necessarily the case.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In the last two months, Embark unveiled a collaboration with NVIDIA to power the EUI with the NVIDIA DRIVE platform; launched an electric truck drayage pilot in Los Angeles with HP and BYD; and partnered with Ryder to build out a nationwide transfer point network.

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EV Obssesion

OCTOBER 5, 2021

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (9/30/2021) The vehicle is a BYD 6R Class 6 refuse truck, one of several fully-electric or hybrid vehicles in the City’s fleet and the first commercially deployed Class 6 refuse truck in […].

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CN EV Post

JULY 14, 2023

In contrast, from what I’ve read about BYD and their situation in California, they haven’t made a big push to make their Los Angeles factory more localized. A car maker that happens to be from China can work something out if they really wanted to.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2011

Automaker BYD is by far China's most aggressive when it comes to electric cars. It launched its F3DM sedan, the world's first production plug-in hybrid, back in December 2008--sales have been poor--and has been testing its all-electric e6 crossover with both taxi fleets in Shenzhen, China, and the Housing Authority of Los Angeles.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 23, 2010

While most of us won’t have a chance any time soon to drive a car produced by Chinese automaker BYD Co., a few employees of the City of Los Angeles are getting that opportunity right now. And, those of you inclined to use mass transportation may have the opportunity next year to ride in an electric bus produced by BYD.

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MAY 26, 2016

and the Port of Los Angeles are launching the Green Omni Terminal Demonstration Project, a full-scale, real-time demonstration of zero and near-zero emission technologies at a working marine terminal. METS-1, which was piloted at the Port of Los Angeles, is one of only two existing ARB-approved alternatives to shore power.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Initial members of the C40 Electric Vehicle Network are : Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Sydney. The four vehicle manufacturers are BYD, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Nissan and Renault.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

Nextview takes control of the Sal de los Angeles lithium brine project in Argentina, containing over 2Mt LCE of resources. Major battery producer BYD was already invested in domestic lithium sources but, with limited opportunities, its competitors are following suit overseas.

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Green Cars News

MAY 1, 2010

Build Your Dreams (BYD) Company Limited has been earmarked under the category “one to watch” here at TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk One of China’s fastest growing car manufacturers it will establish US headquarters in the city of Los Angeles over the next three years in a [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Chinese electric car company, BYD (Build Your Dreams) has opened its North American headquarters as the firm prepares to launch its first models in the continent. Its new headquarters was opened from Los Angeles earlier this week, as the firm reaffirmed plans to launch an electric bus, fully-electric crossover car and a plug-in hybrid.

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JULY 19, 2016

Also selected as part of the San Diego project were BYD and Transportation Power. The Energy Commission also awarded the Port of Los Angeles a $5.8-million Technology subcontractors are Peloton, GC Green, Greenlining Institute, and carbonBLU. million grant for a similar project.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 13, 2010

China’s BYD Auto is expected to start market testing of its e6 electric car in the USA beginning next year. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, testing will begin after more than a year’s delay with the company also in talks with officials in Los Angeles about the possibility of supplying e-buses [.].

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