The BYD C9 is a
battery electric coach
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manufactured by the
Chinese
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automaker
BYD.
History
Since 2010, BYD Auto, the global leader in
electric vehicles
An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...
, builds buses with electric drive.
The construction of battery buses focused until 2015 exclusively on
city bus
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used in short-distance traffic with the usually reduced level of comfort in these vehicles. With the presentation of BYD C9 in January 2015 at the bus fair ''UMA Motorcoach EXPO'' in
, for the first time an electric touring coach was introduced, which is also suitable for urban traffic.
In Europe, the vehicle was first presented in June 2016 at the French trade fair ''transport publics''. The first buyer was ''Green Yvelines ''; another bus company near
Paris
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, which has ordered twelve vehicles. Like other major cities, the city of Paris intends to stop diesel vehicles from entering the city center starting in 2020. In China, around 100 vehicles will be used (as of the end of 2016).
Since October 2018 Flixbus uses the C9 with 40 seats on the route between Frankfurt and Mannheim via Frankfurt Airport and Heidelberg in regular service, where it operates four times a day. The distance is ; the bus has a range of . The bus is charged once or twice a day and during the night with 2 × 40 kW with green electricity.
Flixbus setzt erstmals E-Fernbus in Deutschland ein
electrive.net 24 October 2018
Competitors
*Motor Coach Industries
Motor Coach Industries (MCI) is a North American multinational bus manufacturer, specializing in production of motorcoaches. Best known for coaches produced for intercity transit and commuter buses, MCI produces coaches for a variety of appli ...
**J4500e
** D45 CRTe LE
*Van Hool
Van Hool NV () is a Belgian family-owned coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.
Most of the buses and coaches are built entirely by Van Hool, with engines and axles sourced from Caterpillar, Cummins, ...
**CX35E
**CX45E
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C9
Battery electric buses
Coaches (bus)
Vehicles introduced in 2015