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Anheuser-Busch completes first zero-emission beer delivery; BYD and Nikola

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Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with Nikola Motor Company and BYD Motors LLC, completed its first Zero-Emission Beer Delivery in its hometown of St. Louis Blues, on a BYD electric truck. The delivery builds on Anheuser-Busch’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and existing partnerships with both Nikola and BYD.

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Alexander Dennis adds in-house integrated electric buses; new small bus and double-decker

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Available for customer delivery from late 2023, a new small bus and a new electric double decker will complement the highly successful products of the BYD ADL partnership, which will continue to be sold and supported. Alexander Dennis (ADL), a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc.,

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SunLine adds first electric buses to fleet; BYD

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million passengers annually in the Coachella Valley in California, has added its first all-electric buses, manufactured by BYD. SunFuels alternative fueling station offers compressed natural gas and hydrogen for SunLine and the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. SunLine Transit Agency, which serves more than 3.5

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BYD Closer to Becoming #1 Automaker in World Than I Thought

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Last week, I wrote generally about the idea that BYD’s strong upward trend, Toyota’s seeming lack of a serious EV plan (including continued daydreams about hydrogen), and Volkswagen’s struggles in China could lead to BYD becoming the #1 top selling automaker in the world. I didn’t dive deeply into recent.

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CALSTART: 1,215 MD and HD zero-emission trucks deployed in US; > 60% believed non-operational; > 140,000 more on order

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Behind Orange EV, BYD has deployed over 90 electric trucks, distributed across their HD truck, refuse truck, yard tractors, and MD truck models. BYD’s experience in the bus market assisted its expansion into MHD BET segments. on-road conventional HD truck market—have deployed only 45 HD ZETs to customers as of December 2021.

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UC Irvine acquiring 20 electric buses from BYD to convert fleet to all-electric

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The student-funded and -operated Anteater Express shuttle service is acquiring 20 buses from BYD for $15 million. The vehicles are being built at the company’s Lancaster plant to roll onto campus for the 2017-18 academic year, joining a hydrogen electric bus to provide more than 2 million pollution-free rides annually.

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4 more cities sign Global Clean Bus Declaration raising total to >40K ultra-low emission buses by 2020; London to trial BYD electric double-decker

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Bus manufacturers including BYD, Volvo, Wright Bus, Optare, Mercedes, Evo Bus, and Alexander Dennis attended the London summit and committed to supporting cities in delivering fleets of new ultra-low emission buses. The capital has also pioneered new technologies such as hydrogen and electric buses.

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