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Newsby StaffSeptember 12, 2013

Electric buses make strong showing at BusCon

Representatives from Phoenix Motorcars, BYD, Proterra and Complete Coach Works featured their buses on the show floor and explained their products as well as their outlook for the future of electric buses in the transportation industry.

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Videosby StaffSeptember 12, 2013

BusCon 2013 Buses Everywhere!

BusCon 2013 featured more than 65 vehicles on the show floor, including four electric vehicles.

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Newsby StaffAugust 22, 2013

BusCon to feature 4 electric vehicles, panel session

Attendees will have the opportunity to speak directly with exhibitors like Complete Coach Works, Phoenix Motorcars, Proterra and BYD Motors Inc.

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Newsby StaffJuly 17, 2013

BYD to supply Dutch all-electric buses

The 35 buses will enter service in July of 2014 and replace an ageing fleet of conventionally powered buses.

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Newsby StaffJuly 1, 2013

L.A. Metro to purchase first all-electric buses

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.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2013

BYD delivers electric buses to Netherlands

The six-vehicle contract was awarded last June 2012 in Europe's first publicly tendered order for electric-powered full-size buses.

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Newsby StaffApril 4, 2013

BYD to build electric bus assemby plant in Calif.

Will break ground on May 1 for an assembly plant in Lancaster, Calif. The operation will be located in a defunct recreational vehicle manufacturing plant on a 13-acre site.

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Newsby StaffMarch 25, 2013

Long Beach Transit to buy BYD all-electric buses

Board of directors voted to award a $12.1 million contract to purchase 10 all-electric buses and charging equipment to BYD Motors Inc. a U.S. subsidiary of BYD Co. Ltd., a Chinese firm. The contract is funded mainly with a federal TIGGER grant.

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Newsby StaffJune 29, 2012

U. of Utah orders BYD electric bus

Will supply one all-electric bus to be retrofitted with WAVE's wireless charging pad under the bus, developed by the Utah State University Energy Dynamics Laboratory.

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