BYD delivers first electric bus to Hungary
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BYD, the private Chinese company that is a world leader in renewable energy solutions, has delivered its first electric bus to the Hungarian market.
An official ceremony was held this week in the northern Hungarian city of Salgótarján for the delivery of a BYD 12m ebus. The ceremony was witnessed and speeches were delivered by Gyula Pomázi, Deputy State Secretary of Hungary and Zsolt Fekete, Mayor of Salgótarján.
The first Hungarian order forms another milestone for BYD in 2018, after having confirmed ebus orders in two other new European markets - Portugal and Denmark. BYD has now confirmed sales of over 600 ebuses in 12 European countries and strengthened its position as number one supplier in the region.
The bus delivered to Salgótarján was built in BYD's first European-owned electric bus plant in Komarom, Hungary. This plant has been running since April 2017 and has already delivered bus fleets to the Netherlands and Sweden, and is now fulfilling an order for the Brussels Airport Company. The factory has also started production of electric bus chassis for U.K. customers.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Deputy State Secretary Gyula Pomázi, said the high-tech BYD buses would form "one of the key objectives of the Ministry's new bus strategy - now on the table for the government - to achieve a newer vehicle fleet [producing less] air pollution, which is most easily achieved by purchasing new, state-of-the-art vehicles."
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