Electric Bus - Makers and Models

Makers and Models

See also: Coachbuilder

There are currently more than 25 manufacturers of trolleybuses. See Trolleybus makers.

Makers of other types of all-electric (mostly battery-powered) buses:

  • APS Systems, Oxnard, CA, shuttle buses in partnership with Enova Systems and Saft
  • Astonbus, Marina del Rey, CA: E-city midi and full-size models, with a range between 250 and 500 km. Astonbus is the Zonda Electric bus sole distributor in all EU states.
  • BredaMenarinibus in Bologna, Italy. Zeus M-200 E model, with Ansaldo Electric Drive motor and 288V - 200 Ah lithium-ion batteries.
  • BYD electric bus
  • City Smile electric bus designed and manufactured by AMZ Kutno in Poland.
  • Designline International, in New Zealand: The Tindo solar-electric bus (prototype only).
  • Ebus, in Downey, California, minibuses : 22 feet (6.7 m) buses .
  • Iveco, in Turin, Italy: EuroPolis model.
  • Jiangsu Alfa Bus company, Jiangsu, China, delivered in Italy by Rama Company.
  • Lujo EV, in Weihai City, Shandong Prov., China.: Lujo YX Bus69 LHD (9 m, maximum speed 80 km/h, maximum range 220 km).
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is developing electric buses that are capable of battery swapping.
  • Optare: Solo EV, Versa EV.
  • Proterra in Golden, CO: 35 feet (11 m) full-size bus FCBE 35.
  • PVI, near Paris, France : Oreos 2X, Oreos 4X distributed under the brand Gepebus
  • Smith Electric Vehicles, Kansas City, Missouri, Speedster and Edison electric minibuses.
  • Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing Corp. (SVMC) in Downey, CA.
  • Tecnobus, in Frosinone, Italy. The Gulliver model is currently used in several cities in Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
  • Thomas Built Buses Inc. in High Point, NC.
  • Thunder Sky Energy Group of Shenzhen, China (near Hong Kong) builds lithium-ion batteries and has four models of electric buses, the ten passenger EV-6700 with a range of 260 km (160 mi), the TS-6100EV and TS-6110EV city buses (top speed 80 km/h), and the 43 passenger Thunder-Sky-EV-2008 highway bus (top speed 100 km/h), which has a range of 300 km (190 mi). The batteries can be recharged in one hour or replaced in five minutes. The buses are also to be built in the United States and Finland.
  • U.S. Electricar in Santa Rosa, California.
  • Zonda Bus, in Jiangsu, China: YCK6128HEC (12 m), YCK6118HEC (11 m) and the Zonda Bus New Energy (with a 500 km only-electric range and a battery lifespan of above 500,000 km).
  • In Europe electric bus Solaris Urbino 8,9 LE with about 100 km (60 miles) range and about 120 kWh battery pack was introduced in September 2011. Production model should be available in 2013.

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