Twenty BYD Electric Buses Begin Operation in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 10/05/2022 at 12:49

Anteriormente a BYD entregou os primeiros 120 ônibus elétricos de um lote de 470 para Bogotá – imagem: BYD/Divulgação

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The Government of Bahia Acquired 20 Electric Buses from BYD to Integrate the Bus Fleet of the Metropolitan Region of Salvador.

The Metropolitan Region of Salvador will have 20 fully operational electric buses from BYD. The state’s governor, Rui Costa, visited the manufacturer’s factory in Campinas, and the estimate is that the vehicles will be circulating in Salvador by the end of June. According to the administration, partnerships and other investments in renewable energy in the state of Bahia were also discussed. The Chinese company is a reference in the solar energy sector, energy storage, electric mobility, and is also the second largest producer of electronic equipment in the world.

Bahia Invests R$ 44 Million in Electric Buses

According to the state’s governor, Rui Costa, the government visited the BYD factory to oversee the assembly of the 20 electric buses that the state purchased for a pilot project that plans to eventually replace combustion buses operating in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador.

The electric buses will arrive next month and will be put into service immediately to meet the population’s demand. The vehicles will serve two routes, one from Lauro de Freitas to the Airport Terminal, and another from Ilha de São João to the Railway Suburb.

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BYD Launches New Electric Bus

YouTube video — *BYD AND MARCOPOLO ELECTRIC BUS – reproduction/Youtube*

In February of this year, BYD announced the production of a new model of electric bus equipped with technology that returns energy to the power grid. The model is named Type A and one of its main features is the V2G technology that allows the bus to be used as a battery when it is not transporting passengers.

The vehicle primarily focuses on routes with students and transportation of People with Disabilities (PwD). The model is equipped with a lithium iron battery that, in addition to being widely used in this category of vehicles, also offers a range of 225 km on a single charge and in addition, returns energy to the power grid with the expectation of being available in the school environment 24 hours a day, both as a vehicle and as a battery.

Governor of Bahia Tests BYD’s New Vehicles

According to Marcus Cavalcanti, Secretary of Infrastructure, the estimate is that the electric buses will be fully operational on the streets of Salvador by the end of next month. Cavalcanti highlights that the electric buses will feed the integration system with the metro and the Government bets on a paradigm shift in the Bahian economy and brings to the transportation sector a mobility that generates no pollution to the environment.

At the unit visited by the governor, BYD produces vehicle chassis and solar panels. During the visit, Rui took test rides in two new electric vehicles from the company, which were recently launched, the Han sedan and the Tan SUV.

It is worth noting that the governor was accompanied by the Secretaries of Economic Development, José Nunes, Infrastructure, Marcus Cavalcanti, Urban Development, Jairo Magalhães, Superintendent of Investment Attraction at SDE, Paulo Guimarães, and the Chief of Staff of Sedur, Ananda Lage.

Twenty BYD Electric Buses Begin Operation in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador

The Government of Bahia Acquired 20 Electric Buses from BYD to Integrate the Bus Fleet of the Metropolitan Region of Salvador.

Bahia Invests R$ 44 Million in Electric Buses

BYD Launches New Electric Bus

Governor of Bahia Tests BYD’s New Vehicles

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Twenty BYD Electric Buses Begin Operation in the Metropolitan Region of Salvador

The Government of Bahia Acquired 20 Electric Buses from BYD to Integrate the Bus Fleet of the Metropolitan Region of Salvador.

Bahia Invests R$ 44 Million in Electric Buses

BYD Launches New Electric Bus

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