Proterra has set a new eBus record for miles traveled in a day. One of the manufacturer’s buses drove more than 700 miles in 24 hours during a road test near the company’s headquarters in Greenville, South Carolina.
Forget all the hassle in the United States, the BYD Electric Transit Bus has just earned Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) Certification. The company “that can” has been placed on Transport Canada’s Vehicle Manufacturers Registry. According to their news release, this is supposed to include “several standards” that are “beyond the U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.” Canada approves BYD.
One of BYD’s electric buses drove 325km (202 miles) on a single charge, at the end of which they still had 8% of battery charge remaining. This is more than the 310 km record set last year, when BYD drove from Warsaw to Krakow, Poland. BYD has set a new European eBus record.