How Is KR 1.3 Tracking?
The Buses KR focuses on a vehicle class that draws little attention but generates around 6 percent of the transport sector’s emissions. In 2023, 27 percent of the world’s new bus purchases were electric. While aiming for 100 percent by 2025 is an aggressive target, it’s already happening in the southern Chinese metropolis of Shenzhen. In the home base for BYD, China’s electric bus leader, a populace of 13 million rides a fleet of exclusively electrified buses. Worldwide, given that buses are mostly procured by governments, price premiums are less of an issue.
Decision-makers around the globe must abandon diesel now and shift to fleets of electric municipal buses, charter buses, and school buses.