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BYD closes French electric bus factory

The end will come in 2021 for the Chinese electric car factory in French Allonne in the Oise department – the anticipated high demand did not materialize, only about 30 vehicles were produced there in the past four years.

In 2017, there was still hope, and they expected a production volume of 200 electric buses per year, which were to roll off the assembly line in Allonne, France – pictured are Caroline Cayeux, Mayor of Beauvais, and Isbrand Ho, Managing Director of BYD Europe, announcing the construction of the BYD electric bus plant in Allonne. (Photo: BYD)
In 2017, there was still hope, and they expected a production volume of 200 electric buses per year, which were to roll off the assembly line in Allonne, France – pictured are Caroline Cayeux, Mayor of Beauvais, and Isbrand Ho, Managing Director of BYD Europe, announcing the construction of the BYD electric bus plant in Allonne. (Photo: BYD)
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The Chinese bus manufacturer BYD is closing its electric bus factory in Allonne, near Beauvais in Hauts-de-France, after only four years – the demand for Chinese electric buses fell far short of expectations. Only a third of the 80,000 m2 and 10 million euro factory building was utilized – only ten employees were engaged in production, and only about 30 vehicles have rolled off the assembly line since 2018, including a dozen city buses: four for Beauvais, three for Dunkirk, two for Orléans. Although the electric buses were assembled in Allonne, the vehicle parts were manufactured in China.

Initially, the Chinese bus manufacturer had expected a multiple of that – in 2018, BYD assumed a production volume of 200 electric buses per year (including double-deckers and coaches).

According to the French trade magazine Bus&Car Connexion, BYD still intends to remain active in the French market.

Translated automatically from German.
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