The BYD K-series bus are a line of battery electric buses manufactured by the Chinese automaker BYD, powered with its self-developed lithium iron phosphate battery, featuring a typical operating range of 250 kilometres (160 mi) per charge under urban road conditions. It is available in several different nominal lengths, from 7.0 to 13.7 m and also as a 18 m (60 ft) (articulated) bus. The rear axle is powered by two electric traction motors; the battery capacity and motor power of each model varies depending on the nominal length and passenger capacity.
BYD K9 ebus in Shenzhen
BYD K9A Bus is running Guangzhou Trolley Bus Line 583
BYD electric bus interior in Germany.
BYD electric bus driving cockpit in Shenzhen.
A battery electric bus is an electric bus that is driven by an electric motor and obtains energy from on-board batteries. Many trolleybuses use batteries as an auxiliary or emergency power source.
Solaris Urbino 12 electric from Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH (Germany) at an inductive charging station at the front of Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof
Battery bus, 1899
Bus charging from an overhead charger
An Arriva Shires & Essex Wright StreetLite EV bus whilst using induction to recharge its batteries at a bus stop.