BYD has signed an agreement to produce electric buses in Windsor, Canada, just across the border from Detroit.
The deal has been struck between BYD and the Windsor city government, the Chinese company plans produce 500 buses a year.
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The local government will purchase the first 12 BYD K9 electric buses and is likely to order more in the future.
BYD will also cooperate with local public service group Enwin to recycle bus batteries. When the buses are out of service in 12 to 15 years, the batteries will be used in a local energy storage station.
