The City with 16,000 Electric Buses & 22,000 Electric Taxis | 100% Independent, 100% Electric

LIKE & SHARE to show your leaders what's possible! SUBSCRIBE for more great episodes. This episode is overflowing with positivity as Elliot visits a world-leading city in which the drive to go electric has resulted in 16,000 electric buses and 22,000 electric taxis. The commitment to convert is simply astounding with incredibly well thought out infrastructure and facilities to support the switch to electric. Elliot finds that not only is the air cleaner, but people are happier and the services are significantly improved. Interested in our Fully Charged CITIES competition? Contact Gina@fullycharged.show/ for further information. Fully Charged is 100% independent thanks to YouTube Memberships and Patreons. Without you this channel wouldn’t be possible! If you’d like to help support the Fully Charged channel and its mission: Become a Patreon: www.patreon.com/fullychargedshow ​ Become a YouTube member: use JOIN button above Subscribe to Fully Charged & the Fully Charged PLUS channels Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : buff.ly/2GybGt0 ​ Browse the Fully Charged store: shop.fullycharged.show/ ​ Visit our LIVE exhibitions in the UK, USA & Europe: fullycharged.show/events ​ Subscribe for episode alerts and the Fully Charged newsletter: fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/ ​ Visit: fullycharged.show/ ​ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/fullychargedshw ​ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/fullychargedshow ​ Timestamps: 0:00​ Leading cities 0:42​ Fully Charged CITIES 1:10​ Shining Shenzhen 2:14​ 16,000 electric buses 3:34​ Bus & taxi live data 3:56​ Impressive stats 4:44​ 1 million miles a day 5:33​ Buses fully electric in 2017 5:53​ Electric taxis by 2018 6:27​ Night time charging 7:24​ New double decker 7:53​ Bus tour 8:37​ New routes 9:16​ 180 depots 9:42​ Electric benefits 10:41​ Low maintenance 11:54​ Taxis! 12:20​ Massage? 12:49​ Stats & facts 13:24​ Camera safety 14:02​ Charge & re-charge 15:33​ Easy electric 16:47​ What's next? 17:33​ Move to public transport 17:50​ Subscribe, support, join 18:44​ Sustainable city 19:06​ Sunny Dundee 19:30​ California dreaming 20:16​ Newcastle solar 20:48​ Tell us more!

It is strange that nowadays when we talk about "leading countries", China is immediately ranked among them, while USA is lagging far behind. Yet more strangely, the US government seems care so much more about Chinese people and issues of Chinese internal affairs than its own domestic mess.

I was working and living in Shenzhen back in 2012-13. Back then they were just trialling those BYD electric buses on a handful of lines. It's staggering to think (even for China's standard) they were able to change over the entire system in such a short period. Very impressive.

Having visited Shenzhen annually from 2012 to 2019, I myself have personally watched this amazing transformation year after year. Shenzhen is the most friendly and futuristic city existing nowadays. All innovations come quickly true in Shenzhen and besides it's also an extremely green and beautiful city.

Extremely well done. I was thrilled for the Chinese that had developed this. I was in China 40 years ago at the beginning of these changes. It is very nice to spring forward and see that all the enthusiasm for change and the future that followed Deng Xiaoping's rise to power has resulted in so much positive change.

Not only vehicles get charged at their charging station, drivers get fully charged too.

I'm a bus driver. I am so insanely jealous of my Chinese colleagues right now.

Been living since 2016 and been to over 20 cities big & small and local city buses everywhere are all hybrid or fully electric. All the bikes are electric and now you'd see so many EVs at any part of China! My point is: It's not just Shenzhen

That is the difference between just thinking, talking about it and actually doing about it.

Meanwhile, roads in US cities are full of potholes and they talk about democracy and serving the citizens. Such an impressive report and such an impressive city and such beautiful happy people who put emotions into the work they do for their homeland...

Our worldview is so limited. This type of show is a real eye opener and gives me hope for our electric future. Thank you and keep them coming.

I like the human touch where taxi drivers’ needs have been carefully planned into the charging depot. Not just a dump without any services. A proper rest area, access to medical care, massages and food!

Shenzhen is like a decade ahead of the world. Different planet for the rest of us.

The Chinese execs for the bus and taxi companies have superb English language skills with next to no accent. The technology of the telematics and dashboard are next level. Only in China apparently.

That was just great. The company I work for deliver some parts for the BYD electric taxi and so I knew about Shenzhen going electric but I had no idea how advanced and well implemented the whole concept is. Well done Shenzhen!!!

Shenzhen I'm so jealous they woke up one day and thought they would just change everything I wonder when the rest of the world we'll wake up to.

China is pulling ahead of everyone in the race to go full electric. This is impressive stuff.

I spent some of the best 5 years of my life, living in this incredible city! If I may add, being a carnut/petrolhead, I never once wished for owning a car there, with public transport being so amazing (and now sustainable!), ordering a taxi, sharing rides have never been more convenient. Great job FC team on this video!

Whenever I hear someone cite China as being the reason NOT to adopt anti pollution measures it makes me cringe. They have been working very hard to reduce pollution whilst in the UK the Government listens to the fossil fuel lobby.

Slowly but surely the world will have to give China the credits where credits is due! Thanks for sharing this to a wider audiences in the west.