According to Hong Kong's "Economic Times" website January 25 reported that the Egyptian Alexandria Provincial Passenger Bureau and BYD signed on the 24th in Alexandria, ordered the order of 15 K9 pure electric buses order agreement, becoming Egypt's first electric bus orders.
It is learned from BYD that this is a historic step toward Egypt's compliance with global energy revolution and traffic environment improvement.
Plan to deliver all within 8 months after signing
It is understood that the pure electric bus fleet consists of 15 12-meter BYD K9 composition, a single charge of more than 250 km mileage, scheduled to be delivered within 8 months after signing the contract in view of the first time that the electric buses to enable the local government of Egypt right The bidding for these buses was "strict and strict, cautious and cautious." After fierce competition, BYD from China was eventually selected from a large number of programs.
In this regard, Alexandria Governor MohamedSultan said: 'In recent years, BYD in the field of electric public transport worldwide reputation, in a leading position in the world. The use of electric buses will be a new beginning and attempt to Egypt' s new energy transport Promotion and sustainable development has played a historic role in promoting and we hope to work with BYD to improve the urban transport environment and open up a new future.
Alexander is a famous city with more than 2300 years of history, the outskirts of many historical sites, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the lighthouse of Alexandria is on the island of Faros.EgyptSpecial local natural environment, coupled with second-hand cars, diesel vehicles, etc. Large-displacement vehicles have long posed the problem of environmental pollution such as exhaust emissions, etc. In order to create a healthier and more comfortable urban environment for local citizens and tourists as well as enhance the image of tourist cities, the local government is determined to actively promote green and environment-friendly new energy vehicles.
The origin of BYD's cooperation with Egypt has been 13 years.As early as 2005, BYD started to produce cars with the Amal Automobile Factory in Egypt, and BYD's passenger cars were also popular in the locality, successfully establishing the Chinese automobile brand Rising star image, has accumulated brand awareness.
'In the future, BYD's goal in Egypt is to bring bus electrification and three-dimensional solutions to Egypt through electric buses, cloud rails and electric taxis,' said Huang Zhixue, general manager of BYD Automotive Sales Asia 'We hope to tackle local traffic congestion and pollution while promoting BYD's products and help local new energy transport applications and sustainable development.'
Provide new energy solutions as a whole
In addition to its cooperation in new energy vehicles, Egypt has also won Egypt's favor. In October last year, Alexandria signed a cloud-track project with BYD to plan a total mileage of up to 128 kilometers and plans to build the first straddle monorail across the continent.
In addition to Egypt, the Philippines, Morocco and Cambodia along the "Belt and Road" countries have signed agreements with BYD on cloud-track cooperation. Among them, the strategic cooperation between Morocco and BYD is extensive and involves rail transport, electric buses and electric trucks, etc. Fully meet its national strategy - "Industrial Accelerate Program."
In addition, BYD new energy vehicles have entered Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries. BYD has been cultivating overseas for many years. It has not only simply exported its products, but has begun to export 'bus electrification' solutions and then achieve the standards of electric vehicles Output of the 'three leaps'.
At present, BYD's rail transportation, new energy vehicles, solar energy, energy storage and other products and solutions have been laid out in the world, and such services have higher requirements than general products. BYD is actively exploring new ways of internationalization to make the world more People see the 'wisdom of China' figure.