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BYD's green bus in test ride
BYD Company Ltd, a Chinese manufacturer of electric buses, demonstrated its zero-emissions electric bus with a test ride from Los Angles to its factory in Lancaster, California on Tuesday. On the test ride was Liu Jian, consul general of China's Consulate General office in Los Angeles. He was accompanied by Stella Li, president of BYD. The one and a half hour ride from downtown Los Angeles to Lancaster, a city in northern Los Angeles County, covers about 75 miles. A long drive on a zero-emissions bus reduces air pollution as well as saving hundreds of dollars in fuel costs compared with a regular diesel bus, according to a BYD marketing representative.
Outcomes:
BYD has already received orders from a few companies for its electric buses including the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority. BYD's head office in the US was established in Lancaster in 2011. The BYD factory was built in 2013 to manufacture the bus. In May, BYD's California-built electric bus passed the Altoona test from the Altoona Bus Research and Testing Center under the Larson Institute and sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration. The next BYD bus to be tested under Altoona will be the 60-foot BYD All-Electric bus.
Government?:
No
Type of Exchange:
business
education/science
Partners:
BYD Company Ltd
China's Consulate General office in Los Angeles
Sponsor(s):
BYD Company Ltd
Participants (Types):
Chinese and American officials
Exchange Date:
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Continuing:
No
Image:
Level of Government:
local
Location:
Los Angeles, California
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