BYD 8TT

CORPORATE NOTE: BYD's North American commercial vehicle business now trades as RIDE - en.byd.com/byd-trucks now 301-redirects to ride.co, and the California HVIP listing names the OEM as 'BYD Motors (doing business as RIDE Coach and Bus)'. Trucks are still assembled in Lancaster, California by SMART Local 105 members, with the business HQ in Pasadena. There is no evidence BYD is exiting the North American commercial truck market; the 'too restrictive' comments from its US CEO concerned passenger cars and the 100% tariff on Chinese imports. SPECS FROM THE FEBRUARY 2026 RIDE CUTSHEET (used as authoritative): 422 kWh or 563 kWh LFP; two motors at 180 kW / 241 hp each, so 360 kW combined, and 450 Nm each, so 900 Nm combined at the motors; GCWR 82,000 lb; curb weight 26,040 lb (422 kWh) or 28,913 lb (563 kWh); DC 130 kW / 230 kW; top speed 65 mph; length 284.4 in, wheelbase 140 in + 53 in. CONFLICTS TO FLAG: (1) BYD's own older en.byd.com page says 435 kWh, GVWR 105,000 lb, 483 hp and 150+ miles - the 105,000 lb figure also appears on Wikipedia as 'curb weight 47,600 kg GCWR', which is internally inconsistent and contradicts the 82,000 lb GCWR on the current cutsheet. (2) Wikipedia gives 2,400 Nm torque, which is an axle/wheel figure, against 900 Nm combined at the motors on the cutsheet - torqueNm records the cutsheet motor figure. (3) Wikipedia's 200 km full-load / 270 km half-load range predates the current cutsheet's 150+/200+ mile claims. Prefer the 2026 cutsheet throughout. batteryGrossKwh records the larger 563 kWh option. HISTORY: on sale since 2018; 100th US electric truck delivered early 2020; Einride ordered 200 8TT day cabs in 2022, the largest heavy-duty BEV order outside Asia at the time, delivered from Lancaster; Anheuser-Busch runs 21 in California.