[Trucks in Beijing] Hualin-BYD T7A HLT5120TXSEV <Electric> BSG #BQ783 at Gulou Bridge

One of the 831 battery electric sanitation trucks owned and operated by Beijing Sanitation Group (BSG) seen travelling along the side road of the North 2nd Ring Road near Gulou (Drum Tower) Overpass.

 

This truck (license plate number A-BQ783) is a type HLT5120TXSEV wash and sweep vehicle manufactured by a Hualin-BYD, a joint-venture between Beijing Sanitation Group Environmental Equipment Co. Ltd (BEE)'s Hualin Special Vehicles Co. Ltd and BYD Motors. The BYD T7A series, type BYD5120TSLBEVD 11.86-tonne (26,147 lbs) battery electric truck chassis carries the wash and sweep equipment developed by Hualin Special Vehicles.

 

This vehicle is supposedly one of the 13 units of this type ordered in November 2016, after a 2015 pilot program concluded with success.

 

This truck is equipped with a 175 kWh LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate, or LFP) battery pack and a 110 kW traction motor. Its nominal operating range is 460 km (217 mi.), presumably without equipment operating, and its standard recharge time is 4.5 hours.

 

One of the highlights of this truck is that the chassis equipment and vocational (upper-body) equipment share the same CAN-BUS system, thanks to the tight collaboration between the two manufacturers during development.

 

This truck is officially nicknamed "Blue Wind", referring to its artistically designed, blue-based livery with high-quality metallic paint.

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