BYD says Yunba is very suitable for Hong Kong and is considering launching it in Hong Kong.
CTOnews.com, April 22, according to Interface News, Liu Xueliang, general manager of BYD's Asia-Pacific Automobile sales Division, said in an interview with Radio Hong Kong that the electric viaduct train "Yunba" developed by BYD is very suitable for Hong Kong, and BYD is considering launching a new energy transportation system in Hong Kong, including Yunba, in response to the Hong Kong government's plan to build an "elevated trackless rapid transit system" in East Kowloon.
Yunba is equipped with a fully automatic operation system, which can wake up automatically, sleep automatically, enter and leave the warehouse automatically, and automatically charge and turn off power, which can realize the unmanned depot. In addition, it also integrates facial scanning into the station, non-inductive payment, self-driving, second turnout, lithium iron phosphate battery ups system and other technologies, each train has a maximum capacity of about 560 passengers.
According to previous reports from CTOnews.com, Yunba has been put into operation in Pingshan District, Shenzhen. Shenzhen Pingshan Yunba Line 1 runs through the core area of Pingshan in Shenzhen, where three major industrial clusters of new energy vehicles, biomedicine and intelligent manufacturing have been formed. Yunba Line 1 connects industrial, residential and commercial areas to promote spatial connection in the area. At the same time, Shenzhen Pingshan Yunba Line 1 is connected with Shenzhen Metro Line 14, Line 16, Shenzhen Intercity, Longda Intercity, Xiamen-Shenzhen High-speed Railway and Shenzhen-Shantou High-speed Railway to realize convenient passenger transfer.
Yunba Line 1, which adopts self-driving technology, can provide 18 hours of traffic service, which meets the demand of passenger flow at night to a certain extent, and breaks the limitation that traditional rail transit and public transport are unable to provide late-night transport services.
