Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group and Chinese motor company BYD would upgrade city’s sanitation vehicles from using gas to electricity, state-run People’s Daily Online reported. File photo Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group and Chinese motor company BYD would upgrade city’s sanitation vehicles from using gas to electricity, state-run People’s Daily Online reported. The first batch of the whole series electric sanitation vehicles made a debut in Beijing on August 18. The electric sanitation vehicles include 26 modes, covering a wide range of road sanitation functions, from road sweeping and garbage transportation to garbage disposal. Further, by the end of next year all the sanitation vehicles in Beijing will be upgraded to electric ones, achieving zero gas emissions by sanitation vehicles, it said.

Source: Indian Express August 23, 2016 12:00 UTC