On the morning of May 21, 2018, BYD announced that it had signed an order for 200 pure electric trucks with Corpus Saneamento e Obras Ltda (hereinafter referred to as Corpus), a Brazilian waste management company, and delivered 20 units for the first time.
This is the largest pure electric truck order in Latin America to date and is the largest truck order seized by BYD in overseas markets.
BYD Chairman and President Mr. Wang Chuanfu (third from right), Corpus President Andre Valente (third from left) and other guests attended the handover ceremony
Founded in 1987, Corpus is a well-known waste management expert in Brazil and operates a comprehensive business from household waste to hazardous waste collection, transportation and processing. The company employs more than 9,000 people. This batch of pure electric trucks will serve as a city sanitation vehicle. , Served in Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil.
The BYD Changsha plant is responsible for the production of this batch of trucks. The first batch of 20 trucks will be delivered this month. The remainder of the vehicles will be delivered in succession. The truck is a large heavy truck, with a mass of 21 tons, a single charge of 3 hours, can satisfy more than 100 kilometers. Operation, motor maximum power 180 kilowatts, maximum torque 1500 Nm.
First batch of 20 pure electric trucks to be shipped to Brazil
'As early as October 2016, we purchased the first pure electric truck. It was the first time it was fresh and it worked well. The trial operation achieved good results and the people liked it. BYD's green concept coincides with Corpus's energy saving and emission reduction targets. The 200 trucks purchased this time also made us the first company in Latin America to have such a large-scale pure electric sanitation vehicle. We are very proud!” said Andre Valente, president of Corpus.
'The problem of emissions and noise in trucks has become a major issue affecting the urban environment. BYD's advanced electric technologies and products can help solve these problems and improve the climate warming. Corpus is a forward-looking company, they saw the electric The future of the car. We have jointly created a new energy demonstration project in Latin America to bring real zero emissions to Brazil. 'The chairman and president of BYD Wang Chuanfu said at the ceremony.
BYD entered the Brazilian market in 2010. In July 2014, it announced the construction of a pure electric bus and iron battery plant in Campinas, São Paulo. This is the company’s first factory in Latin America and reflects its roots in the Latin American market. Ambition.
In May 2015, it cooperated with Marco Polo, a Brazilian bus body manufacturer, to produce a campus bus. At the same time, it announced the establishment of a solar factory in Campinas. In July 2015, the first batch of 10 electric buses operated on the road in Campinas. In addition, its pure electric taxi e6 was also used as a police car. In April 2017, the solar and electric bus chassis plant was completed and put into production, creating more than 500 high-quality jobs for the local community.
From the introduction of pure electric buses and taxis, to the creation of jobs for local construction plants, and the introduction of pure electric trucks today, BYD’s development in the Brazilian market can be described as steady and steady, while Brazil has become the first country in Latin America to fully deploy BYD's green products. In the near future, there will be more Latin American countries and cities choosing BYD Green Products.