[Japan Kanto Railway introduces BYD large pure electric buses] May 25, Kanto Railway will introduce two BYD "K8" pure electric buses. It can be fully charged in about 6 hours and has a range of 220 km. Japan's Kanto Railway Company will introduce large pure electric (EV) buses on June 1st. This is the first time that large-scale pure electric buses have been introduced in Ibaraki Prefecture. This time, through the introduction of large pure electric buses, the retention rate of environmentally friendly vehicles such as pure electric buses will be increased to more than 40% by 2030, in order to promote greenhouse gas emission reduction plans in the transport sector.