As of 2023, there were approximately 473,900 pure electric city buses and trolleybuses operating in Chinese cities, an increase of 18,500 from the previous year. Over the past seven years, the share of all-electric buses in China's fleet has increased sharply, to 69.4 percent in 2023.
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Number of pure electric city busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2016 to 2023
(in 1,000 units)
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Ministry of Transport of China, & Statista. (June 18, 2024). Number of pure electric city busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2016 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331800/numnber-of-pure-electric-city-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China, und Statista. "Number of pure electric city busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2016 to 2023 (in 1,000 units)." Chart. June 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331800/numnber-of-pure-electric-city-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China, Statista. (2024). Number of pure electric city busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2016 to 2023 (in 1,000 units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331800/numnber-of-pure-electric-city-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China, and Statista. "Number of Pure Electric City Busses and Trolley Busses in China's Cities from 2016 to 2023 (in 1,000 Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331800/numnber-of-pure-electric-city-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-china/
Ministry of Transport of China & Statista, Number of pure electric city busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2016 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331800/numnber-of-pure-electric-city-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-china/ (last visited June 17, 2025)
Number of pure electric city busses and trolley busses in China's cities from 2016 to 2023 (in 1,000 units) [Graph], Ministry of Transport of China, & Statista, June 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1331800/numnber-of-pure-electric-city-busses-and-trolleybusses-in-china/
