BYD K9 electric bus in Rio de Janeiro
A BYD battery-run electric bus on
Rapid KL
A BYD express bus in
Kyoto.
A BYD battery-run electric bus operated by
Go-Ahead Singapore. This bus is currently in a trial for six months.
The
BYD K9 (sometimes just referred to as the
BYD ebus or
BYD electric bus) is a
battery electric bus manufactured by the
Chinese automaker
BYD Auto, powered with its self-developed
lithium iron phosphate battery, featuring the longest drive range of 250 km (155 miles) on one single charge under urban road conditions.
The first BYD
battery electric bus was manufactured on September 30, 2010 in
Changsha city of
Hunan province. It followed models like
F3DM,
F6DM and
e6. K9 has a 12-meter body length and 18-ton weight with one-step
low-floor interior. It is reportedly priced at 2–3 million yuan (S$395,000 - S$592,600). It has been running and/or tested in China, India, Japan, China
Hong Kong, U.S., Colombia, Chile, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark and Aruba. More than 200 K9s in service in
Shenzhen had accumulated over 9,216,000 km (or 5,529,600 miles) by the end of August, 2012.