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List of electric bus makers and models

List of electric bus makers and models comprises battery-powered all-electric buses. Makers of trolleybuses are listed separately at List of trolleybus manufacturers.

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  • ABB TOSA Flash Mobility, Clean City, Smart Bus, Geneva, Switzerland, A mass transport system with electric “flash” partial recharging of the buses at selected bus stops.
  • APS Systems, Oxnard, CA, shuttle buses in partnership with Enova Systems and Saft
  • Astonbus, Marina del Rey, CA: E-city midi and full-size models, with a range between 250 and 500 km. Astonbus is the Zonda Electric bus sole distributor in all EU states.
  • Astra Bus, Arad, Romania: Citelis full-size models, with low power consumption and regenerative electric brakes. Digital control of all systems of electric buses allow easy maintenance and repair of the vehicle.
  • Bolloré Bluebus.
  • BredaMenarinibus in Bologna, Italy. Zeus M-200 E model, with Ansaldo Electric Drive motor and 288V - 200 Ah lithium-ion batteries.
  • BYD electric bus factories in Changsha and Dalian in China and Lancaster USA
  • CaetanoBus has a consolidated offer in electric mobility products for cities and airports - e.City Gold, e.Cobus, C5 EL.
  • City Smile electric bus designed and manufactured by AMZ-Kutno in Poland.
  • Complete Coach Works remanufactured electric bus in Riverside, CA USA.
  • Designline International, in New Zealand: The Tindo solar-electric bus (prototype only).
  • Ebus, in Downey, California, minibuses : 22 feet (6.7 m) buses .
  • Ekova, in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Design and production of electric low-floor buses, trams and trolleybuses.
  • Electrontrans, in Lviv, Ukraine. Design and production of electric buses and trolleybuses.
  • Iveco, in Turin, Italy: EuroPolis model.
  • Jiangsu Alfa Bus company, Jiangsu, China, delivered in Italy by Rama Company.
  • Kayoola Solar Electric Bus by Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC) in Uganda.
  • Linkker, Finland. Design and production of battery-electric buses that use opportunity charging (3-5min fast charging). Highest energy effifiency in the market. Initial development together with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
  • Lujo EV, in Weihai City, Shandong Prov., China.: Lujo YX Bus69 LHD (9 m, maximum speed 80 km/h, maximum range 220 km).
  • Mercedes-Benz Citaro, battery-powered articulated bus in Aachen, Germany
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is developing electric buses that are capable of battery swapping.
  • New Flyer Industries New Flyer Industries currently offers a wide range of electric bus options
  • Optare: Solo EV, Versa EV.
  • Proterra in Greenville, SC: 35 feet (11 m) full-size bus FCBE 35.
  • PVI, near Paris, France : Oreos 2X, Oreos 4X distributed under the brand Gepebus
  • Smith Electric Vehicles, Kansas City, Missouri, Speedster and Edison electric minibuses.
  • Solaris Urbinos 8.9, 12 and 18 meters with about 100 km (60 miles) range and about 120 kWh battery pack, introduced in September 2011. Optional pantograph inductive.
  • Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing Corp. (SVMC) in Downey, CA.
  • Tecnobus, in Frosinone, Italy. The Gulliver model is currently used in several cities in Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
  • Temsa developed two electric buses; one model with a high capacity battery pack and one model with quick charge capability.
  • Thomas Built Buses Inc. in High Point, NC.
  • Thunder Sky Energy Group of Shenzhen, China (near Hong Kong) builds lithium-ion batteries and has four models of electric buses, the ten passenger EV-6700 with a range of 260 km (160 mi), the TS-6100EV and TS-6110EV city buses (top speed 80 km/h), and the 43 passenger Thunder-Sky-EV-2008 highway bus (top speed 100 km/h), which has a range of 300 km (190 mi). The batteries can be recharged in one hour or replaced in five minutes. The buses are also to be built in the United States and Finland.
  • Volvo, based in Gothenburg, Sweden manufactures battery electric buses
  • Wuzhoulong, based in Shenzhen, China manufactures a range of urban battery electric buses
  • Zonda Bus, in Jiangsu, China: YCK6128HEC (12 m), YCK6118HEC (11 m) and the Zonda Bus New Energy (with a 500 km only-electric range and a battery lifespan of above 500,000 km).

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