BYD, a significant Chinese EV = electrical automobile, has revealed that it makes use of the chemical substance hexavalent chromium for EV buses offered in Japan. Hexavalent chromium is a chemical substance that’s dangerous to the human physique, and its use is prohibited by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, an trade group, as a voluntary regulation.
BYD has been promoting EV buses in Japan since 2015, and they’re operated by bus firms across the nation.
According to the corporate, EV buses offered in Japan to date use a solvent containing hexavalent chromium to stop components akin to bolts and nuts from rusting.
Hexavalent chromium is a chemical substance that’s dangerous to the human physique, and though the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, an trade group, prohibits the usage of hexavalent chromium as a voluntary regulation, BYD isn’t a member of the group.
BYD’s Japanese subsidiary stated on its web site, “We have complied with the mandatory legal guidelines and rules for gross sales in Japan, however the brand new EV bus scheduled to be delivered on the finish of this 12 months is fabricated from supplies that adjust to the self-imposed rules of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. Manufactured and offered by
In addition, it explains that ‘in regular automobile operation, there isn’t a impression on crews, passengers, and upkeep personnel.’
On the opposite hand, BYD has additionally entered the passenger automobile subject in Japan since final month.
Regarding this, we’re at the moment investigating in cooperation with the producer’s headquarters.
Regarding BYD’s EV bus, Hino Motors has canceled the discharge of the bus that was scheduled to be provided by BYD, and Seibu Bus has postponed the beginning of operation scheduled for the twenty seventh of this month.