page_title: Electric bus
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Electric bus / Transit use / Asia / Japan
caption_attribution_description: Hamura City Community Bus "Hamuran" Electric Bus (named after "Hamura" and "run") 羽村市コミュニティバス「はむらん」電気バス（「羽村」+「run（走る）」）
context_page_description: An electric bus is a bus that is powered by electricity.
  Electric buses can store the electricity on board, or can be fed continuously from an external source.
  Buses storing electricity are majorly battery electric buses, in which the electric motor obtains energy from an on-board battery, although examples of other storage modes do exist, such as the gyrobus which uses flywheel energy storage.
  When electricity is not stored on board, it is supplied by contact with outside power sources. For example, overhead wires, as in the trolleybus, or with non-contact conductors on the ground, as in online electric vehicles.
  As of 2019, 99% of the battery electric buses in the world have been deployed in China, with more than 421,000 buses on the road, which is 17% of China's total bus fleet. For comparison, the US had 300, and Europe had 2,250.
context_section_description: Community Bus "Hamurun" (Operated by Nishi Tokyo Bus) in Hamura, Tokyo since 10 March 2012
  Community Bus "Sumida Hyakkei" (Operated by Keisei Bus) in Sumida, Tokyo since 20 March 2012
  Kitakyushu City, Japan.
caption: Community Bus "Hamurun"
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