[Trucks in Beijing] Hualin-BYD T10 HLT5320GSSEV <Electric> BSG #BY310 at Gulou Bridge

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

 

This truck (license plate number A-BY310) is a type HLT5320GSSEV water truck 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 T10 series, type BYD5320GJBBEV2D 32-tonne (70,548 lbs) battery electric truck chassis carries the 17.5 cubic meters (4,623 gallons) water tank, 300 kPa (43.5 PSI) high-pressure nozzles, 30 m (98 ft.) range water cannon and other equipment developed by Hualin Special Vehicles.

 

This vehicle is one of the 103 units of this type ordered in November 2016, after a 2015 pilot program concluded with success.

 

This truck is equipped with a 324 kWh LiFePO4 (lithium iron phosphate, or LFP) battery pack and a pair of 150 kW traction motors. The rear tandem axle "bogie" as a whole is an assembly -- the traction motor, reduction gear and power take-off are integrated in one housing; the output of the traction assembly is directly geared to the differential, eliminating the transmission box and inter-axle differential. The tandem axles are sprung by a hybrid steel-air suspension.

 

Its nominal operating range is 260 km (162 mi.), presumably without equipment operating, and its standard recharge time is 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. It also features 360-degree camera system, fully digital instrument pack, and ALCOA polished wheels.

 

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

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