BYD’s electric buses for Frankfurt

China’s BYD Company Limited (BYD) which provides green energy technologies and is based in Shenzhen has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with the city of Frankfurt, Germany to introduce BYD’s all-electric, long-range, eBUS.

Petra Roth, Frankfurt’s mayor, Frank Markus – Head of the Department of Economics, Personnel and Sport, and Henry Li, senior director of BYD were all at present at the signing ceremony.

The City of Frankfurt announced that it was working towards a plan to implement an integrated electric mobility system aligned with public transportation and the utilities companies. BYD will supply three all-electric buses eBUS-12, two DC charging stations and technical support in the first quarter of 2012. These electric buses will be used as shuttles at Frankfurt’s Airport and Public transportation routes to the Gateway Gardens in Frankfurt.

"Our 100 percent electric model K9 has proven to be a product that not only can significantly reduce pollution in large cities, but also can reduce up to 70 percent of the operating costs. We are committed to introduce such high-tech products to supporting Frankfurt as one of the pioneer cities in Europe in public transport systems,” aid Li.

With the use of electric buses, we are actually entering a new territory which will bring enormous benefits for the public transportation with less costs and less emissions,” said Markus.