BYD launches world’s first mass-produced 1,000V electric bus platform, targets global expansion

China’s leading electric vehicle maker BYD on Monday unveiled its next-generation e-Bus Platform 3.0 and the flagship C11 model, marking the industry’s first mass-produced electric bus built on a full-domain 1,000-volt architecture with integrated chassis battery technology.

Built around core principles of efficiency, the e-Bus Platform 3.0 optimizes space utilization and energy performance, making electric buses more economical, safer, and smarter to operate.

According to emobility outlet electrive, the new platform features a full-domain 1,000-volt architecture and integrates lithium iron phosphate batteries using a cell-to-chassis (CTC) design. In this setup, BYD’s Blade cells are embedded directly into the flat chassis between the axles. As noted by CN EV Post, the system incorporates "the industry’s thinnest bus-dedicated Blade Battery" seamlessly within the chassis frame.

"From the very beginning of commercial vehicles production, BYD has been committed solely to new energy. [The e-Bus Platform 3.0] is built upon the first and second generations to create a brand-new electric bus platform. Its biggest advantage is that it maximizes BYD's core strengths in the 'three electrics' (battery, motor, and electronic control), by fully integrating the battery with the bus chassis," said Tian Chunlong, General Manager of BYD Commercial Vehicle Division.

The newly unveiled C11, measuring 11 meters in length, can operate in diverse environments such as high temperatures, extreme cold, plateaus, and mountainous terrain.

At the launch event in Hangzhou, BYD also debuted a range of systems tailored for new energy buses, including the "Yun Nian A" bus body control system, intelligent torque control system (iTAC), tire blowout control system (TBC), and Driver Assistance 2.0 for driver incapacitation, all of which significantly enhance handling stability and safety.

"Based on the e-Bus Platform 3.0, we can develop electric buses tailored to different markets, including Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Latin America. This year, overseas preliminary orders account for more than 80 percent of our total electric bus orders," Tian said.

BYD launches world’s first mass-produced 1,000V electric bus platform, targets global expansion

BYD launches world’s first mass-produced 1,000V electric bus platform, targets global expansion

China and Canada should work together to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Friday.

He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while attending the Canada-China Trade and Investment Banquet together with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Speaking at the event, He said that under the strategic guidance of the important consensus reached by their leaders, China and Canada should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation, and mutual success, and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

China is steadfastly expanding high-standard opening up, continuously developing new quality productive forces, and is willing to work with countries around the world, including Canada, to create new prospects for cooperation, said He.

Carney noted at the banquet that China is Canada's second-largest trading partner and said Canada looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges with China, making full use of dialogue mechanisms in areas such as the economy and trade, and deepening cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy and other fields.

Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin a four-day official visit to China, marking the first trip to the country by a Canadian prime minister in eight years.

China, Canada should work together for stable, healthy, sustainable economic ties: Vice Premier