Automotive
A lot has been said about the ADL/BYD delivery of 51 Electric Buses in London, said to be the largest fleet in Europe, or the famed BYD buses plant in Lancaster - California, said to have a production target of 1.000 units/year, although these are positive signs that things are moving in the right direction, these numbers are dwarfed by what's going on in China...
Remember a certain article where this topic was scratched at the surface? Even then the numbers seemed huge, didn't they?
Now, with some more detailed data, i can document the extraordinary and almost unbelievable growth that electric Buses registrations are experiencing in China:
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| BEV | 523 | 1136 | 1904 | 1672 | 12760 | 94260 |
| PHEV | 1478 | 313 | 2637 | 16500 | 23051 | |
| HEV | 3804 | 2825 | 5825 | 6111 | 797 |
It's hard to believe on these staggering numbers, isn't it?
And harder still when you read this little piece of info...
And harder still when you read this little piece of info...
Anyway, assuming the numbers are real, it is even more outlandish the fact that BYD, that many believe to be the Master on Electric Buses, was actually only the Sixth Largest (5.631 units) plug-in Bus maker in China, behind Yutong (15.369), Nanjing KL (9.012), Zhongtong (8.904), Suzhou KL (7.115) and Dongfeng (5.761) and there are at least 15 Chinese Electric Bus makers, all having sold above 100 units in 2015.
If anyone wishes to confirm or rebate these arguments, please do so, as it would help a lot to have a better picture of what's going on here.
Off-topic: And to think Volvo, the largest plug-in Bus maker in Europe, has yet to reach the 1.000 units production mark...
