BYD Motors launched the world's largest Electric Vehicle - a Lancaster eBus. These buses run entirely off battery power lasting up to 24 hours on a single charge, with single off-peak charging time of two to four hours. No additional generation capacity is needed to be built to charge these buses at night since the grid is only 40 percent utilized. BYD Electric buses covering a journey of 2,414 km at 402 km per charge and that too with zero emissions. In terms of electricity usage, the bus covered a total of 1,207 km in 24 hours at the cost of $200.
The bus, nominated as America's first electric bus, has been named after the California city where it was designed and has been built followed by 2 years of development. The 60-ft bus looks like any other regular bus when looked at from outside, however, inside the hid it contains some insane electric drive technology. It has the in-wheel motors that are capable of handling slopes of up to 21% and this makes it quite suitable for hilly urban areas while promising a drive range of 288 km while carrying 120 passengers.
The Lancaster eBus used BYD's batteries made of iron phosphate that are also used in cars and non-articulated buses. BYD Motors states that the batteries have enough power to complete a day's work without requiring a top up. This means that the bus can be charged at night when the rate is comparatively low.
