Shocked! That's how U.S. makers of electric buses say they feel, following a decision by the transit authority of Long Beach, Calif., to buy 10 electric buses made in China--but financed by U.S. taxpayers.
震惊！这就是美国电动客车制造商说出他们的感觉，长滩，加利福尼亚州，由交通运输部门决定后，以购买中国制造的10辆纯电动公交车 - 但由美国纳税人资助。
4月被授予的合同，价值超过1200万美元，长滩运输公司的董事会由5-2表决。
EBUS，美国制造商，总部设在加利福尼亚州唐尼，抗议的决定。四个失去国内投标人之一，该公司抱怨说，在最后的一分钟改变竞争游戏规则令到中国的比亚迪成为赢家。
安迪Eklov，EBUS所有者，告诉长滩长滩新闻电报最初要求巴士能够在途中多次重新充电，而不是一蹴而就的。这变化，他声称，让比亚迪获得青睐。
这是不正确的，长滩中转营销经理凯文·李，响应。关于重新充电的时间间隔和许多其他细节，他告诉电报，“我们离开了它的公司来决定什么，他们认为最好的解决方案长滩运输[将]年底，比亚迪的最佳解决方案。我们比亚迪选项是最有意义的。“
迈克尔奥斯汀，比亚迪副总裁，告诉ABC新闻，打翻了采购决定，他认为比亚迪的公交车，是能够在一个单一的隔夜充电4-5个小时重新充电。 “这是独一无二的，”他告诉美国广播公司。 “其他人有更小的电池和需要路线充电。”
合同承诺支付12.1万美元的10辆公交车，加上200万美元用于充电设施的设计和施工的长滩，根据华尔街日报。
比亚迪，巴菲特是投资者，已生产1000辆电动公交车，其中大部分在中国运营。少数在欧洲和南美。在中标的时候，它没有在美国公司随后宣布计划在加利福尼亚州兰开斯特，一个前RV设施的组装长滩巴士营运的生产设施
//gma.yahoo.com/california-city-buy-chinese-made-152645061.html
California City to Buy Chinese-Made Electric Buses

　　美国人这时就把公平竞争丢一边了  /无内容 - hotdog99-1 05/02/13 (8)
　　　　国家安全考虑 - laker_fan 05/02/13 (17)
　　比亚迪的in-wheel drive system还是很不错  /无内容 - laker_fan 05/02/13 (23)
　　怎么没放上下面一堆粪青言论啊，shock 才开始啊，  /无内容 - 晔阳 05/02/13 (31)
　　看了一下原文：比亚迪的车晚上充4-5小时运行一天，其他竞标者 - 教兽 05/02/13 (329)
                看了一下原文：比亚迪的车晚上充4-5小时运行一天，其他竞标者的车白天也要充电。
　　　　比亚迪的本行原来就是做电池的。巴菲特投资它也是因为看中它的 - eastwest 05/02/13 (76)

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147users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down15users disliked this commentSteve  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
Sad that we can't compete with the Chinese in products. It's sad that we can't produce a bus that beats out BYD ... Or that we haven't produced a Bus that would work. Instead we continually screw ourselves by dealing with who knows who.. and which mob boss gets his cut.... Damn shame really.
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36users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down2users disliked this commentJim  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
Im appalled at this. Both as an american and a californian. Why do we keep electing the people in the shallow end of the gene pool? Too much weed in high school? What is it?
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25users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down2users disliked this commentSuang Shawutikiah  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
how can we permit taxpayer dollars to go to China instead of one located a few miles away? Why would anyone buy a $1.2 million bus vs a diesel-powered one for $400K? #stupid
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26users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down2users disliked this commentRobert  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
Private American suppliers are always competing against the entire gov't of China.
A bit of a mismatch. I think we should be buying American products even if they do cost a few dollars more.
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1users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentRaleigh  •  15 minutes ago Report Abuse
More of our stimulus money at work?
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16users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down1users disliked this commentAnonemouse  •  4 hours ago Report Abuse
for the 14.1 million they could've bought a cheap U.S. made car for each of the bus riders to use!
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1users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentFRITO  •  17 minutes ago Report Abuse
lets see plug in ! any fool thought to fix the grid first ? ever heard of black outs ? better fix the GRID first fools !!!
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentAlex  •  17 minutes ago Report Abuse
Maybe the buses really cost $600k each. With the rest of the money the Chinese buy each city official a new house, car, or set up some foreign account for them.
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18users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down3users disliked this commentBen  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
At least the American workers will be the ones repairing these buses in a few months. Because we all know how long "Made in China" products last, and you can't ship back buses.
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0users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentTheresa P  •  28 minutes ago Report Abuse
Remember, Buffett is considered to among the "good" rich people, unlike Romney who was called the "evil" rich
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11users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentElwood  •  4 hours ago Report Abuse
Would you expect anything different from California?
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11users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentC  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
The only thing we make in US is printing presses to crank out more worthless dollars
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentKf  •  13 minutes ago Report Abuse
I wonder how many of the transit's board of directors are Chinese. I bet Kevin Lee is.
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6users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentD  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
Maybe we should steal chinese tech secrets (like their government does to our companies)... and Warren Buffet, I thought he was pro American
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19users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down3users disliked this commentModwhig13  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
Increase the Tariff so that quality counts again. Folks China is not your friend,.
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4users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down1users disliked this commentA Yahoo! User  •  3 hours ago Report Abuse
Boycott that Chinese built #$%$!
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0users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentSmiley  •  28 minutes ago Report Abuse
How much do buses cost?
From "about":
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1users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentGeorge W  •  1 hour 37 minutes ago Report Abuse
Go read the manufacturers specifications.
China based BYD buses are LARGER and LONGER range of 155 miles on per charge.... More
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12users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down1users disliked this commentStuart  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
It doesn't seem logical that city leaders would make a big purchase like that from a Chinese company while there are US companies that can do the job. Bribes maybe ?
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentRandy Ace  •  3 hours ago Report Abuse
Shameful
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3users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentPaul  •  4 hours ago Report Abuse
This is just business as usual. No new news here.
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15users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down2users disliked this commentSTEPHEN  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
California, the home of Pelosi and Finestein. What did you expect?
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16users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down4users disliked this commentChet  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
What was not reported is the fact that the batteries necessary to meet the charge and power requirements for this project can no longer be manufactured in the US because of EPA regulations. Creating jobs? Not this administration nor any of its predecessors since the advent of stringent... More
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34users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down12users disliked this commentSteve  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
I'm sure there was a hell of a kick back too.....the cities out in Cali are getting as bad as New york and Chicago with their curruption... hey wait a minute.. Those are blue states.....
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down1users disliked this commentHeadstrong Harry  •  2 hours 47 minutes ago Report Abuse
BYD, in which Warren Buffett is an investor - follow the money!
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5users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down1users disliked this commentCarl B  •  2 hours 51 minutes ago Report Abuse
Hope those buses are better than those Chinese motor scooters being sent over here.
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4users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down1users disliked this commentRobert W  •  3 hours ago Report Abuse
At 'this point' in this country's history, I come to expect 'Nothing More' than something like this from our national,state and local governments.
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17users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down3users disliked this commentPaul  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
Wer'll see how this plays out when the 'wrongful death' lawsuits come in for the 'in transit cremations'. GLTLB. Pity the poor taxpayer (bagholder).
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentMTN MAN  •  47 minutes ago Report Abuse
Almost as bad as the US Olympic teams all wearing "Made in China" labels, at the tune of thousands of dollars each !
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1users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentP  •  4 hours ago Report Abuse
That maybe why the decision shoould have been left to the tax payer, since it is the tax payer doing the funding. Also could it be that Kevin Lee is part of the reason the contract went to China. Just sayin
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0users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentLarry  •  5 hours ago Report Abuse
They're going to procure parts, build the buses, get DOT (and how ever many more) approvals, all in 2 months???? Then they have to find somebody who needs money badly enough to want to ride in an untested vehicle.
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21users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down6users disliked this commentGary Wilson  •  7 hours ago Report Abuse
WOW,, An all electronic bus with no emissions,,Made in China,
The worlds leader in pollution and other acts of crime on the environment,,
OH The irony !!
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down1users disliked this commentFed Up With Washington  •  2 hours 48 minutes ago Report Abuse
No doubt, there's kickback money involved. But, it's government officials, so all is O.K.
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23users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down7users disliked this commentBrian  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
Makes sense - isn't that where all the President's 'green jobs' are, all of his investments have gone belly up. Like I always say, Californians are California's worst enemy.
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16users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down4users disliked this commentMiguel  •  6 hours ago Report Abuse
Califormia is so far to the left, that it should be a district of China anyways
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3users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentChip  •  10 minutes ago Report Abuse
What a shame, meanwhile millions are out of work... BAN CHINA PRODUCTS ...
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentVikino  •  17 minutes ago Report Abuse
No! I was appalled by this! No more Chinese-made!
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0users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this comment_  •  3 hours ago Report Abuse
These unknown electric transit buses are $1.2 mil apiece? That's quite a bit of inflation, or one heck of a bribe.
This from a discussion on airliners dot net on the subject of the cost of transit buses about 2 years ago.... More
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5users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentRebeccavail  •  4 hours ago Report Abuse
This has got to stop we have our own people without jobs. what part of being unemployed do folks not understand?????
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2users liked this commentPlease sign in to rate a Thumb UpPlease sign in to rate a Thumb Down0users disliked this commentLightspeed  •  4 hours ago Report Abuse
gee , why are American workers on unemployment again ?
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