BYD C9
| BYD | |
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BYD C9 coach |
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| C9 | |
| Manufacturer | BYD car |
| design type | Coach |
| Production period | since 2015 |
| axes | 2 |
| engine | AC synchronous motor , wheel hub drive |
| power | 180 kilowatts (2 × 90 kW), 3000 Nm (2 × 1500 Nm) |
| length | 12 m |
| width | 2.50 m |
| height | 3.53 m |
| Wheelbase | 6005 mm |
| Turning circle | 12 m |
| Seats | 51 |
| Empty weight | 13,000 kg |
| Perm. total weight | 18,140 kg |
The BYD C9 is a touring coach from the Chinese manufacturer BYD Auto . It is the world's first electric touring coach.
history
BYD Auto, the global market leader in electric vehicles , has been building public buses with electric drives since 2010 . With the BYD ebus , the company succeeded in becoming the world market leader for battery buses within a few years , also thanks to the experience of the parent company BYD, the largest producer of rechargeable batteries.
Until 2015, the construction of battery buses concentrated exclusively on city buses used in short-distance traffic with the usually reduced seating comfort of these vehicles . With the presentation of the BYD C9 in January 2015 at the UMA Motorcoach EXPO bus fair in New Orleans , an electric coach that was also suitable for extra-urban traffic was presented for the first time.
In Europe, the vehicle was first presented in June 2016 at the French transport publics trade fair . The first buyer was Green Yvelines ; Another bus company near Paris has ordered twelve vehicles. Like some other large cities, the city of Paris intends to no longer allow diesel vehicles in the inner city area from 2020. Around 100 vehicles are in use in China (as of the end of 2016).
From October 2018 to November 2019, Flixbus used the C9 with 40 seats on the route between Frankfurt and Mannheim via Frankfurt Airport and Heidelberg in regular service, where it ran four times a day. The distance was 115 km with a range of 320 km. The bus was charged with 2 × 40 kW with green electricity once or twice a day and during the night. The project was discontinued due to technical problems and failures due to the lithium iron phosphate batteries being too susceptible to errors .
Application area
The BYD C9 is particularly suitable for touristic tours and as a comfortable airport feeder, as these are predictable routes with a calculable daily return to the depot charging station, which is advantageous for the use of electric buses.
Production site
The vehicle is produced in China and in the Californian city of Lancaster (California) . Assembly in a new plant built in 2016 in the Hungarian city of Komárom is also planned for spring 2017 . The manufacturer speaks of up to 400 new buses that will leave the plant for the European market every year.
variants
A longer variant with three axles and up to 60 seats is also available in the form of the BYD C10 . The technical data and the type of drive are identical to those of the C9 . Only the capacity of the battery was increased from 365 to 394 kWh.
technology
The core of the vehicle is the lithium iron phosphate battery developed by BYD itself . This recyclable high - energy cell is considered safe (no thermal runaway ), fireproof , environmentally friendly (no heavy metals or toxic electrolytes ) and fully recyclable. The energy is transferred to two wheel hub motors developed by BYD , which act as brushless AC synchronous motors on the rear axle.
According to the manufacturer, the stored energy is enough to cover 155 miles (155 miles) on the bus without charging. The gradeability is around 20 % . The models offered for the European market are largely technically identical to the vehicles marketed in China and the USA; However, in line with the requirements of the European market, they have a higher quality interior.
price
The price is given at around 450,000 euros (as of 2017).
Web links
- Manufacturer's website for Europe
- Battery buses from China are leaving German bus manufacturers behind - Spiegel online from June 26, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ The secret market leader. ( Memento from November 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) rumas.de from September 8, 2016, accessed on November 12, 2016.
- ↑ First electric coach. Focus -Online of February 6, 2015, accessed on November 6, 2016.
- ↑ BYD conquers France. Omnibus.News of June 22, 2016, accessed October 30, 2016.
- ↑ Ban on diesel cars. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of December 8, 2014, accessed on November 6, 2016.
- ↑ Flixbus is using e-long-distance bus in Germany for the first time electrive.net from October 24, 2018
- ↑ heise.de: Flixbus closes the Mannheim – Frankfurt electrical connection. December 3, 2019, accessed December 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Mannheimer Morgen from December 4, 2019, page 19. Unfortunately there were technical problems .
- ↑ brochure ( Memento of November 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 875 KB) Product data sheet. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
