All Shenzhen public buses electric soon

Electric buses will make up all public bus transportation in Shenzhen, China, by the end of this year.

They’ll mainly be BYD electric buses.

The city has 14,000 electric buses now, with only a few hundred diesels left. They will be decommissioned by the end of this year, CleanTechnica

reports.

BYD is providing 80% of the electric buses and has heavily invested in EVs. It’s also introduced its electric bus worldwide.

BYD started the pilot test in the 11.9 million population city in 2011.

One reason for the electric bus move is to help China clean up its air pollution.

Vehicles sold in China emitted 44.7 million tonnes of pollutants in 2016, according to the World Health Organisation. The Ministry of Environmental Protection says electric transport is the only feasible and practical solution.

BYD has been producing batteries since 1995 and started making “new energy vehicles” (NEVs) in 2003. Beijing considers hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEV), and pure EVs as NEVs.