Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Byd Electric Bus

4B9KALA66K2038002 · Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenMar 18, 2024
CA
Last seenMar 23, 2026
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4B9KALA66K2038002
Make
Byd
Model
Electric Bus
Model year
2019
Body class
Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
4B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
KALA6

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
038002

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BYD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Electric Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 18, 2024 – Mar 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 23, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0MV PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INC 12057591317335/CA
Mar 26, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0MV PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INC 12057591317335/CA
Mar 18, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0MV PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INC 12057591317335/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MV PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INC1205759Mar 18, 2024Mar 23, 20263TX
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
1317335CAMV PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INCMar 18, 2024Mar 23, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026