chilladipa@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agoBYD launched the electric bus J7 in Japan, priced at 246,000 USDcarnewschina.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBYD launched the electric bus J7 in Japan, priced at 246,000 USDcarnewschina.comchilladipa@alien.topB to Electric Vehicles@gearhead.townEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarePracticableSolution@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGood for intracity service but a bit light on the capacity for commuter services. The cost is crazy. A 45 passenger electric bus from New Flyer in the US, which admittedly has much larger battery, but it’s still 4x the cost at over $1.2m/unit
minus-squareTricky-Astronaut@alien.topcakeBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s limited competition in the US bus market, which leads to artificially high prices.
Good for intracity service but a bit light on the capacity for commuter services. The cost is crazy. A 45 passenger electric bus from New Flyer in the US, which admittedly has much larger battery, but it’s still 4x the cost at over $1.2m/unit
There’s limited competition in the US bus market, which leads to artificially high prices.