I’m tired of the way things are and am actually excited for BYD. They build really great electric vehicles and I saw one video where it charged up just as fact as refueling gasoline would be
I can’t wait for public transit to suck less in Canada.
You may wait forever.
WestCoast is building more Skytrain infrastructure right now, and proposing new buslines. Dedicated bikelane proposals are also out for public review on best options. You just have to live in the parts of Canada that care about health and environment.
The metro system in montreal is getting worse and worse. The new montreal mayor is not a big fan of bike lane either
That is unfortunate, there is so much data out there on cities that went with bike lanes and transit and how it had health benefits for everyone (not just the walkers and bikers)
We’ve got new skytrain lines being built in metro Vancouver right now, as well as public surveys on new busline proposals, and road conversion to dedicated bike lanes.
Good luck in Ontario though where DF is actively trying to halt health and progress for its residents
I’m sure most people love dropping their one kid off at soccer and getting their other kid to hockey practice while using the bus
When cities are built to live in this becomes a moot point.
Montréal has… okay level transit by North American standards. My kids can go over to the arena by themselves once they turn ten, taking the three stops by bus. Until then I’ll just bike with them.
North America just sucks, not because of distances. But because of shit transit and urban sprawl.
the fuck ? The kid goes to hokey practice on the train then the other kid goes to soccer practice on the bus while you stay home.
Most people would not mind that, especially if transit got better. What’s your point?
As long as they aren’t a phone home device like the Superbox TV streaming devices.
Ironically another BYD post below this one https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byd-hungary-china-labour-watch-9.7154249
Why is BYD the only Chinese EV company that people talk about? There are other options that are just as good (and by many measures better).
Because they are very cheap for an EV but they don’t feel cheap when you experience them.
But, again, they aren’t the only ones in that category.
In Australia they are far and away the cheapest EV brand. No others exist in that category.
Talk to us in 5 salty years of CDN winters.
They are being sold in countries where that’s not a factor
But is everything computer?
I hope they bring their electric buses too.
Don’t we have a pretty good electric bus factory in Manitoba? I thought New Flyer is doing good cause most new bus here are electric.
I am learning a lot from this thread, thanks for sharing. It seems that 1 in 3 buses in NA are from New Flyer.
Also, I like their proposition of having a centre median boarding platform. https://youtu.be/Xhw66RpevsM Some few decades ago, I heard about some cities solving bus traffic by using the centre of the street for public transport.
The (small number of) TTC electric buses are BYD. They got built in Newmarket but I think the production stopped due to some issues. A larger scale attempt might be needed. :D That said, we might want to try that with sodium-ion batteries.
That is cool! I heard when they did the procurement a while ago, but I did not know what happened after. It is great to know that they were made here.
I think once we have plenty of buses (and other EVs) around, the battery recycling will catch up. Just like it happened with the lead-acid.
the battery recycling will catch up.
For sure. That said, for applications where applicable, sodium-ion kinda makes recycling moot. There’s “unlimited” supply of the input materials. CATL and some smaller factories just started production and it’s already cheaper than LFP. I haven’t checked if buses are suitable application but I think they should be.
the production stopped due to some issues
💩 was the issue.
BYD was building electric buses in Newmarket, Ontario. They were so shit, Toronto stopped using them and they shut down after lawsuits. This is what y’all can’t wait for.
I am not able to read the article. It only shows the headline for me.
I found an article with similar title that lists the reasons as:
- Significant delays in obtaining replacement parts, taking up to 73 days for a single rear axle.
- Poor quality of repair manuals and a lack of diagnostic tools in English.
- Insufficient engineering support from BYD during operations.
Does that match the article you shared? Is there more to it?
While it’s exciting to have more EV options, we don’t know about how brand’s long term ownership is going like in NA yet.
They should have reliable network and infra for maintenance, repair and services. We’ll see it unfolds in a few years.
Yes I agree on investing more public transportation but it’s not going to happen anytime soon.
They build really great electric vehicles
Sure, and everything on TEMU is great.
I saw one video where it charged up just as fact as refueling gasoline would be
Those chargers do not exist in Canada. If they did, Doug Ford would rip them out.
He’d replace them with bike lanes just to have the opportunity to rip up yet another bike lane
Yeah they’re very popular here in Australia, they’re everywhere
Every driver of one I’ve asked is really happy with it and them too.
Talk to us in 6-7 years.
