In the presence of HE Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Governor of Alexandria, General Hassan Soliman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Amal Foreign Trade Company (BYD Agents in Egypt), Major General Khaled Aliywa, Chairman of the Public Transport Authority of Alexandria, And Mr. Han Bink, Minister of Trade and Economic Relations of China, and a large number of members of industry, trade and armed forces. Egyptian Media …A contract was signed to supply the first 15 electric buses to Egypt and specifically to Alexandria Governorate for public transport services in the province, which will be supplied by BYD, the world’s leading manufacturer of electric buses. The contract was signed by Major General Khaled Aliwa from the Egyptian side, Hwang – From the Chinese side …
This initiative came from the governorate of Alexandria in the belief of the importance of the orientation of the Egyptian country to the use of alternatives to clean fuels by means of public transport, especially electric ones, and to enhance the orientation of the Mediterranean bride towards the means of transport of civilized and friendly passengers with the environment during the coming years. The company submitted 17 international companies to obtain the booklet of conditions, and then 5 companies submitted 7 offers all Chinese except one offer from an Italian company, was accepted 4 offers all of the Chinese companies, and in January 2018 was awarded the tender to the Chinese company BYD and its agent company Lamel Foreign Trade
The BYD electric bus, chosen by the company’s different models, does not have a negative impact on any environmental pollution. It can accommodate up to 90 passengers, air-conditioning and a top speed of more than 80 km. With a battery of 3 to 4 hours. It can walk up to 250 km in the event of pre-recharging adjustment. The engine capacity is up to 300 kWh, or 430 horsepower, and is equipped with a wheelchair for those with special needs. Private, Trace and WiFi feature.
For his part, Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Governor of Alexandria, during his attendance at the signing ceremony of the contract between the General Authority for Passenger Transport in Alexandria and the Chinese company BYD to supply 15 electric buses, said that Alexandria is one of the most promising and distinct provinces. And resources that can be exploited. He added that the State attaches great importance to the means of mass transport, especially since the Public Transport Authority and the passengers in Alexandria have a large fleet of buses of more than 750 general and multi-service buses, For which it fits. And that despite the high prices of fuel, but the Public Transport Authority did not change the price of service provided to citizens, adding that the Authority in the coming period is working to increase the number of bus lines to reach all parts of the province
Amr Sulaiman, Deputy Chairman of Al-Amal Overseas Company, said: “We are working hard to support the qualitative shift of the passenger transport system in Egypt starting with the Mediterranean Bride of Alexandria in cooperation with the world-famous BYD, Of which BYD produces more than 49% of the global production of batteries operating in different passenger modes … At the same time, the company produced 14,000 electric buses in 2017 and more than 35,000 buses during the last five years. We contracted with Maha Alexandria Municipality will not only supply these buses, but will also provide all forms of technical support and after sales services through the contract concluded.
For his part, Maj. Gen. Khalid Aliywa explained that Egypt annually suffers about 40,000 deaths due to pollution of the environment, and that the losses of the country due to traffic congestion – representing each bus on the road to save approximately 25 to 30 cars – as well as fuel wasted in signals Up to 23 billion pounds and 11 billion pounds from the lack of validity of the roads with a total of 35 billion pounds so that the General Authority for the transfer of passengers in Alexandria take the lead and lead such a project is the first user of electric buses in Egypt and Africa, and has been the lead in the construction of tram lines in the continent of Africa in 1860, and added “Aliwa” as Si Moon and experience a sample of BYD electric buses new approved for a period of 3 months and as soon as the success of the experiment will be expected to embark on the 14 remaining bus operation of the contract, as would begin to work on the conversion of buses operating in Alexandria traditional fuel to work with electricity gradually
Mr. Ad Hwang, General Manager of BYD of China, said: “We are very pleased with this contract, noting the strong presence of their electric buses in many countries around the world and in all continents.” He pointed out that the company signed a memorandum of understanding with Alexandria Governorate to establish the first passenger transport project (Monorail) BOT system during the next phase, which will transfer the province of Alexandria to (the future) in passenger transport services.
