www.chinabuses.org: In  a press  conference  held  on  September  16,  2015, BYD Company  Ltd.,  the  world’s biggest  battery  electric  bus  maker; TransJakarta,  Southeast  Asia’s  first  BRT  System created  in  partnership with PT.  Steady Safe, Tbk,  one of  the  biggest public  transit  operators  in Jakarta,  officially announced the introduction of BYD’s pure electric buses in Jakarta’s BRT System.

At  the conference, the governor  of  Jakarta, Basuki  Tjahaja  Purnama announced  that the BYD fully  electric buses will soon start operating the BRT. This is the first time battery electric buses are used in the Indonesian BRT  system, signaling not  only  Indonesia’s  concern  with  air  quality  and  the  environment,  but  also  BYD’s further expansion of its Electrified Public Transportation platform in the Asia Pacific region, where the company has electric buses, electric taxis – or both – running in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
 

Governor Basuki  Tjahaja  Purnama  highlighted  that  additionally  to  BYD’s  electric  buses  cutting-edge technology,  the  vehicles  are  environmentally-friendly,  and  extremely  cost-saving  due  to  enhanced fuel efficiency. An important additional benefit of these vehicles is a significant reduction in cost of ownership, since maintenance requirements are far lower than those for conventional diesel buses, consisting in a real boon to bus  fleet  operators. Governor  also  expressed  hopes  to replace internal  combustion  buses  and  taxis for electrified vehicles, meaning and outstanding EV market potential in Indonesia.

PT. Steady Safe Tbk CEO, Mr. Jopie Widjaja, stated that “We are delighted to start the operation of the first e-buses in Indonesia. BYD’s battery  electric buses featured excellent performance during  the trial run. Their driving range is much longer than we had anticipated and the vehicles are so silent. I’m quite sure Jakarta BRT users will be impressed.”
 

Ms. Mao  Junxiu, General  Manager  of  BYD  Singapore  Branch  said: “Backed by our  unparalleled quality  and countless successful operational experiences worldwide, which granted us technological and market maturity, BYD’s  electrified  transportation  solutions  are  successfully  running  in  over  150  major  urban  centers  in  36 countries. This  time,  we  are deeply honored  to add Indonesia  to  our  success  in  providing  clean  public transportation worldwide. I’m confident all citizens of Jakarta will love it.”
 

Source : www.chinabuses.org

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