![]() ![]() ![]() The BYD Lancaster facility is the largest dedicated electric bus manufacturing facility in the Americas - an honor BYD takes great pride in. Rather, production will ramp up as customer orders increase. It is not a lighting fast process, but BYD’s new factory gives the company enough capacity to churn out ~4 buses per day, on average.ĭon’t expect those production rates to be realized immediately. Buses are painted or wrapped per the customer specification, tested, and then delivered. BYD sizes its batteries such that they will be able to meet the customer’s required range even after the projected 30% degradation after the projected 12–15 year life.Īs the frame takes shape, BYD’s technicians bolt in its in-hub motors, batteries, inverters, chargers, and all of the fun low-voltage components that service the passenger cabin: lighting, indicators, speakers, and the like. It starts with cutting and welding of the aluminum frame components, which are trimmed and welded together based on customer specifications that can be selected from BYD’s numerous bus formats and then customized to the range required by the customer. Think of that as the physical shell and interior of the buses. The factory’s primary function for the company is to build electric buses. BYD’s plans for the facility are not new and the actions we are seeing merely keep pace with the extremely aggressive plan BYD had for the facility in the first place. It has increased its headcount up to 713 employees with plans to add 500 more in the coming 18 months. The new location increases BYD’s electric bus production capacity to 1,500 buses per year. BYD has only owned the facility for 4 years and has continually increased the number of employees and the size of the location in that time, including an addition that was only finalized in March of this year to accommodate assembling electric trucks.Ĭompared to the tour of the facility I went on in 2015, the new facility is more than 3 times the size. The increase in capacity added around 300,000 square feet to the factory, bringing it up to 450,000 square feet in total. The event was held at BYD’s Lancaster Factory in one of the newly added sections of the factory. ![]() Our education program consists of phonics, beginning reading, math, science, and social studies, complete with Biblical emphasis to ensure a relationship with our Creator in the children’s lives.BYD held the Grand Opening of Phase 3 of its Lancaster, California Bus and Coach Factory expansion on October 6th, 2017, with numerous company officials, dignitaries, and employees on hand to celebrate. ![]() At each stage of development, we are equipped with well-trained and caring staff members to ensure that your child is being brought up in a loving and nurturing environment. We offer a full range of programming, with care offered from infants all the way through six years of age. The SonShine Factory complements the values found in a Christian home by providing developmentally appropriate learning experiences that exemplify God’s presence in their daily routines. This service is grown out of a sincere love for children and a desire on the part of First Assembly to help them in their development and adjustment to our modern world. We are established as a service to the families and children of our community. Description: The Sonshine Factory is a Christian preschool and Kindergarten operating as an integrated auxiliary of Lancaster First Assembly of God church, and we uphold our faith in all facets of our operation. ![]()
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