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the British subsidiary of BYD, the world’s leading electric bus manufacturer – has today hosted a panel of key stakeholders from UK government and British industry at an important Webinar entitled, ‘Building Back Better: Buses Powering the Green Recovery’, supported by UK100, UK’s leading network of local government leaders .

BYD – the world’s leading electric bus manufacturer – has entered the Finnish bus and coach market for the first time after securing major orders with Nobina, one of Finland’s and Scandinavia’s largest Public Transport Operators (PTOs).

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD Europe jointly announced today that their electric vehicle partnership, the UK’s leading electric bus producer, has supplied 10 electric double deck buses to National Express for operation in Coventry, as part of a wider investment in 29 zero emission BYD ADL Enviro400EV.

order for 30 BYD eBuses follows recent delivery of 15 units in May

BOGESTRA (Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen) and HCR (Straßenbahn Herne-Castrop-Rauxel), two of Germany’s leading Public Transport Operators (PTOs), have taken delivery of the first vehicle in a joint fleet order for 22 eBuses from BYD – the world’s leading eBus manufacturer. The handover brings about a landmark moment for BYD as it begins fleet deliveries to a public transport provider in Germany for the first time.

BYD Forklifts (Europe) has signed international Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) forklift specialist Translift Bendi as a dealer for its range of unique Lithium Iron Phosphate battery-powered material handling equipment in the UK. In what will be viewed by the industry as a major coup, the agreement will see Translift responsible for the sale and service of BYD solutions from its state-of-the-art West Midlands facility.

BYD, the world’s leading eBus manufacturer, has today completed a delivery of ten eBuses to public transport operator, Tüke Busz Zrt, in the southern Hungarian city of Pécs – marking the start of the first ever electric bus operation in the city. The vehicles were manufactured at BYD’s state-of-the-art production facility in Komárom, also in Hungary.

Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD Europe jointly announced today that their electric vehicle partnership, the UK’s leading electric bus producer, has supplied the first of 29 BYD ADL Enviro400EV double deckers to National Express West Midlands, where they are charged entirely by renewable energy and utilise a stationery battery system to balance the load on the electricity grid. ADL is a subsidiary of leading independent global bus manufacturer NFI Group Inc. (NFI), while BYD is a global leader in batteries, energy management and electric mobility.

BYD Europe B.V. heeft kennisgenomen van het feit dat de Provincie Overijssel (mede namens de Provincie Gelderland en de Provincie Flevoland) de aan Keolis verleende concessie voor openbaar vervoer in de IJssel-Vecht-regio mogelijk intrekt.

BYD Europe B.V. (BYD) has taken note of the fact that the Province of Overijssel (also on behalf of the Province of Gelderland and the Province of Flevoland) may be withdrawing the concession granted to Keolis Nederland B.V. (Keolis) for public transport in the IJssel-Vecht region.

Europe’s leading eBus manufacturer, BYD, has reaffirmed its commitment to public transport customers following the delivery of 23 new 12-metre BYD eBuses to Unibuss, one of Norway’s primary public transport providers.

15 eBuses from a fleet order of 55 include Class II and articulated models

At a special pre-launch event today in Oslo, BYD and its distributor partner in Norway, RSA, is presenting the new BYD Tang EV all-wheel-drive compact SUV for the Norwegian passenger car market.

When UK fruit packing business Cottage Farms switched its material handling fleet to BYD Iron-Phosphate battery-powered trucks, productivity levels were improved using a smaller number of machines, leading to considerable cost savings, as well as improved H&S and a beneficial environmental impact.

In a further demonstration of its confidence in the BYD marque, Nobina – Sweden’s and the Nordic region’s largest bus operator – has again increased the size of its pure-electric, 100% emissions free, BYD eBus fleet with two separate deliveries this week totaling 34 vehicles for operations with Public Transport Authorities in Linköping and Halland

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BYD, Europe’s leading electric bus manufacturer, has this week delivered a fleet of 15 BYD 12-metre pure electric buses to the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid – EMT Madrid. The handover marks the first time that BYD has supplied vehicles to EMT Madrid, Spain’s largest public transport provider operating 2,100 vehicles.

BYD, Europe’s leading electric bus manufacturer, has received an order for a further 13 eBuses from Nobina – the principal bus operator in Sweden and the Nordic region. The new 12-metre models are destined for the town of Piteå in the north-east of Sweden where the new BYD fleet will go into service at their most northerly location ever in Europe – close to the arctic circle at latitude 65.31º north.

RSA to represent BYD on sales, service and parts for full-electric BYD Tang plus electric vans and trucks in Norway

(Norway identified for introduction of 520km BYD Tang SUV)