First BYD eBuses for Vy Buss hits the road in Norway

Norway’s principal national mobility provider Vy Group’s Vy Buss has taken delivery of its first 15 pure-electric, 100% emissions-free eBuses from Europe’s leading electric bus manufacturer, BYD. Operational benefits include flexible charging solutions, including pantograph capability. For passengers, ambient lighting and BYD’s award winning ‘Home from Home’ interior layout delivers class-leading levels of comfort. A new and highly efficient CO2 air conditioning system further reduces energy consumption, particularly in cold temperatures, delivering increased range and further reducing harmful emissions.

Vy Buss has also taken delivery of BYD’s 18-metre articulated eBus model. A high total passenger capacity offers significantly increased operational flexibility where public transport is in high demand, and an impressively narrow turning circle courtesy of a center-pivot design means the vehicle is ideally suited to constricted road networks often found in towns and cities.

This initial delivery, the start of a major fleet renewal program comprising 55 BYD eBuses, features eight 13-metre Class II models and seven 18-metre articulated units.

BYD now has nearly 300 eBuses either delivered, or on order with, Public Transport Operators across Scandinavia, and over 1300 throughout Europe.