May 24th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
BYD has landed its first SkyRail contract in South America with a new deal with the Brazilian city of Salvador that will see a stretch of the overhead light rail system running over the water
April 16th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
BYD’s core competency is batteries, which blossomed as a result of founder, CEO, and Chairman Wang Chuanfu’s technical mastery and eye towards the future. He led BYD into cell phone batteries when cell phones made their entrance into the market (in the '90s!) and then into laptop battery supply as businesses shifted from desktop computing to portable computing solutions
October 26th, 2017 | by Kyle Field
BYD has announced an effort with the Egyptian city of Alexandria to explore the possible installation of BYD's SkyRail system in the port city. The announcement comes after BYD's General Manager for the Middle East & Africa Auto Sales Division, AD Huang, and Chairman of the Alexandria Passenger Transportation Authority, Khaled Eleiwa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the effort
September 12th, 2017 | by Kyle Field
BYD announced that the first commercial application of its SkyRail monorail mass transit solution opened for operation in Yinchuan, China, on September 1, 2017. The SkyRail system in Yinchuan is the first monorail solution installed in China that uses a straddle design where the vehicle sits on top of the monorail, hanging over both sides
October 14th, 2016 | by James Ayre
One of the top electric bus firms in the world, and also the company currently seeing the highest number of plug-in cars, [&hellip
