BYD approved for electric bus service in Canada

Ottawa, Canada – The BYD Electric Transit Bus has been approved for sale and operations in Canada after earning the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Certification and being placed on the Vehicle Manufacturers Registry with Transport Canada.

The standards prescribe the minimum performance levels that vehicles and equipment must meet to run on Canadian roads and includes several standards beyond the U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

BYD’s pure-electric bus employs advanced technologies such as Iron-Phosphate batteries, in-wheel hub motors, and regenerative braking. The BYD electric bus can also drive up to 250km (155 miles) and up to 30 hours in heavy city traffic on a single night-time charge.

The bus has completed more than 20 million kilometers of “in revenue service” and has been evaluated in many major cities all over the world.

The company has been growing in the Americas in recent months, adding test services in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in April.

Source: BYD