And that division appears to be a complete mess so I wonder if they’ve gotten cold feet about further expansion in North America.
It’s really quite impressive how many systems have tested and ordered their buses only to back out despite them trying to get a foothold for over a decade now. Aside from any political considerations, given how many QA issues, long replacement part lead times and general sub-par support reported by agencies that tried BYD buses, I don’t know that I would trust a BYD car built in the States if it’s the same group of middle managers that would be put in charge of that plant.
Even in Europe, their bus division seems to be struggling (one especially funny but also alarming story out of the UK even states they had issues with the first batch of Enviros built on BYD chassises had their steering wheels coming off in revenue service) while Yutong has quickly gained ground across the continent.
And that division appears to be a complete mess so I wonder if they’ve gotten cold feet about further expansion in North America.
It’s really quite impressive how many systems have tested and ordered their buses only to back out despite them trying to get a foothold for over a decade now. Aside from any political considerations, given how many QA issues, long replacement part lead times and general sub-par support reported by agencies that tried BYD buses, I don’t know that I would trust a BYD car built in the States if it’s the same group of middle managers that would be put in charge of that plant.
Even in Europe, their bus division seems to be struggling (one especially funny but also alarming story out of the UK even states they had issues with the first batch of Enviros built on BYD chassises had their steering wheels coming off in revenue service) while Yutong has quickly gained ground across the continent.