Hyundai launches first electric minibus with 128kWh battery pack   

Hyundai is launching its first electric “minibus” equipped with a 128kWh battery pack for economical short trips, Electrek.co reports.

In recent years, electric buses have become popular with mass transit agencies looking to electrify their fleets.

Electric bus manufacturers like BYD and Protera have mostly focused on bigger vehicles for mass transit, but there’s also an opportunity for smaller transit vehicles to be electric.

Hyundai is seizing this opportunity with the new “County Electric,” an electric minibus:

The 7,710-mm-long County Electric is equipped with a high-efficiency and high-power 128-kWh lithium-ion-polymer battery that provides a range of 250 km on a full charge. Hyundai Motor will offer the bus in configurations with 15 to 33 seats.