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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Wang Peng, Guangdong, CN;
Weiye Lin, Guangdong, CN;
Lecheng Liang, Guangdong, CN;
Kui Jing, Guangdong, CN;
Wang Peng, Guangdong, CN;
Weiye Lin, Guangdong, CN;
Lecheng Liang, Guangdong, CN;
Kui Jing, Guangdong, CN;
Shenzhen BYD Auto R&D Company Limited, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
BYD Company Limited, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
An electric bus is disclosed, comprising a body including a floor, a rear cabin, and two front wheel wells. The front wheel wells are disposed in a middle section of the body. The body further includes a seat area having one or more seats arranged in one or more rows. The rear cabin is disposed behind a back row of the seats. The electric bus further includes a chassis and a battery system for providing electric power to the electric bus. The battery system further comprises a first battery group disposed above the respective front wheel wells; a second battery group disposed under the floor and proximate to an intermediate row of the seats; and a third battery group disposed under the floor and proximate to a back row of the seats and in the rear cabin behind the back row of seats.