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4.4.17
BYD China * Europe: To build a factory in France
* Hauts-de-France - BYD to invest €10M in electric bus assembly in Beauvais
--- BYD Europe BV At a recent press conference in Beauvais, announced the Chinese group's decision to invest €10 million in a site in the town of Allonne, near Beauvais, in Hauts-de-France, intended to create an assembly factory for Europe... The project calls for around 100 jobs to be created in the initial phase. The production facility will occupy 32,000 sq m of a parcel totaling nearly 80,000 sq m, and will assemble up to 200 vehicles a year - single-deck buses and coaches - in its first phase. Other vehicles may be added as BYD expands its product line... Production is scheduled to get underway in the first half of 2018... BYD Europe, chose France because it has Europe's largest bus market... (Photo: A twin- bus Pure Electric, by BYD) -- Schiedam, The Netherlands - Busworld - 24 MAR 2017
E-VEHICLE SUBSIDY FRAUD * China: By Suzhou Kinglong, e-bus maker
* Fujian - Suzhou Kinglong vows to revamp its operations in order to get back to the subsidy scheme
--- E-vehicle subsidy fraud: a crisis that could become opportunity... When a company has done something wrong, and is named and shamed by Chinese authorities, the best response is probably to accept the penalty, correct the mistakes and move on...That is exactly what Suzhou Kinglong is doing. The e-bus maker was one of those nailed last month for defrauding the government for new energy car subsidies... Last year, it applied for subsidies for more than 1,600 e-bus units that it had not finished making... For that it was asked to return about 500 million yuan (US$73.68 million) of subsidies and pay a fine equivalent to 50 percent of that amount...Also, the company won’t be eligible for future subsidies, until it has revamped its operations to the regulators’ satisfaction. But at least it gets to keep its e-vehicle production license...Suzhou Kinglong is one of China’s top e-bus makers, with a market share about 7 percent, according to Morgan Stanley... (Photo from 21st Century Business Herald: Suzhou Kinglong buses on show) -- Xiamen, Fujian, China - ejinsight - Oct 28, 2016
BYD * China - A bus factory in Hungary -- Order together with Alexander Dennis UK
* Shenzhen - Chinese busmaker begin production in Hungary
(Video by BYD Company Ltd. - Dec 30, 2015: We end our year with the unprecedented delivery of a huge pure electric bus fleet to the city of Shenzhen, making significant headway towards sustainable development, and hoping cities worldwide will follow suit)
--- The China-based electric bus and passenger vehicle manufacturer BYD will be opening a new small-scale electric bus manufacturing plant in Komarom, Hungary, according to recent reports... Production at the new facility is expected to begin in early 2017 — with initial production quantities being 200 units a year. Plans are to eventually double production to 400 units a year... While those numbers aren’t particularly aggressive (around 25,000 buses were sold in Europe in 2015), the move by BYD is an important one. The new €20 million investment into the Komarom plant is the first such investment by a China-based electric bus firm into Europe... With great potential in the European market, BYD could leverage this entry into the market at some later point for rapid growth... Shenzen, China - Clean Technica, by James Ayre (USA) - October 14th, 2016
* Hunan - BYD buses making Liverpool (UK) greener
--- Chinese automotive manufacturer BYD and British bus maker Alexander Dennis won their first order together outside of the capital when they were asked to deliver electric single-decker vehicles to Liverpool, at a time when green technology buses are becoming more popular throughout the UK... The partnership will see them deliver a fleet of emissions-free buses to work routes around Liverpool city center. The order, which was placed by Merseyside operator Arriva North West, is for 12 Enviro200 EV 12-meter buses... They will work city-center routes by day and be recharged overnight... The buses are expected to cover between 240 km and more than 300 km each day and will also power integral USB chargers fitted inside the vehicles for the use of passengers... (Photo/provided to China Daily - An artists impression of BYD's electric single-decker bus Enviro200 EV) -- Changsha, Hunan, China - China Daily, by Xu Shanshan - 28 October 2016
ELECTRIC BUS FLEET * South Africa - From Chinese BYD Co.
* Cape Town - Chinese company to manufacture electric bus fleet for
--- A Chinese company has won a $9.14 million contract to supply 11 battery-powered electric buses to Cape Town, which hopes to become the first city in Africa to use electric buses for public transport.
BYD Company Ltd (it stands for Build Your Dreams, according to HTXT)is a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles and rechargeable batteries with corporate headquarters in Shenzhen, China. It has a facility in South Africa and is the parent of BYD Motors Inc. based in Los Angeles, Calif...The high cost of electric buses has been a barrier for the industry, according toPersistence Market Research. They cost about twice as much as their non-electric counterparts. But as crude oil prices fluctuate, the global electric bus market is predicted to grow 28 percent by 2020.
BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — have the largest combined public transport system, and are expected to present the most lucrative opportunities for electric vehicle penetration.By the end of 2020, China is expected to account for nearly half of the global market... (Photo: BYD electric test bus in New York City) -- Cape Town, SA - AFK Insider, by Dana Sanchez - October 25, 2016
New Flyer & Nova Buses * Canada: To be made in China
* British Columbia - Future B.C. Transit buses to be made in China
--- Premier Christy Clark and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a massive influx of $616 million into B.C.’s public transit infrastructure on Thursday, but what they failed to mention is where new buses will be manufactured. The answer? China... Unifor, the union representing Canadian auto workers, says they are disappointed to learn Canadian bus manufacturers New Flyer and Nova Bus were overlooked for a $35-million contract to construct 112 new buses, which has instead been given to Grande West Transportation... The Canadian-run Grande West manufactures Vicinity buses in China, including those currently used throughout the B.C. Transit region outside Metro Vancouver, and sells to many public transit markets across Canada... According to a May 10, 2016 release from the company, B.C. Transit awarded them a five-year contract worth over $35 million with an initial order of 41 buses for $13 million. An optional 71 buses are further included in the contract with the ability for units to be increased during the five-year term... (Photo: B.C. Transit buses will be constructed in China, not Canada. Santa Bus) -- Vancouver, BC, Canada - Global News, by Jill Slattery - June 17, 2016
* Havana - Chinese manufacturers grabbed strong foothold in Cuba
--- The International Convention and Exhibition of the Cuban Industry kicked off in Havana. 16 Chinese companies took part in the fair. And some of them have already taken a firm footholding in the country... At the heart of the exhibition center stand two brand new coaches from Yutong Group. The Chinese bus maker has become the market leader in Cuba, as millions of cubans take buses made by the company every day... "Over the past decade, Yutong Group has succeeded in developing in Cuba. This is not just our pride, but also the pride of Chinese brand and people," said Fang Mingliang, Yutong Group Cuban representative... Chinese manufacturers are becoming more influential around the world... Analysts say Cuba is in great need of almost all kinds of industrial products, thanks to decade-long economic blockade... (Photo: Yutong Buses in Cuba) -- Havana, Cuba - CCTV.com, by Ming Tian - 21 June 2016
--Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., China's leading bus maker, posted a net profit growth of 35.31 percent in 2015, thanks to booming sales of new energy coaches... The company made a net profit of 3.54 billion yuan (543 million U.S. dollars), according to its annual report filed with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Tuesday...Revenue hit 31.21 billion yuan, up 21.31 percent year on year. Earnings per share stood at 1.6 yuan, compared with 1.18 yuan one year earlier... Zhengzhou Yutong's sales of new energy coaches jumped 176.1 percent year on year to 20,446, as environmentally-conscious local authorities increasingly choose green vehicles...The bus maker held a 20-percent share of the domestic bus market last year, and it will continue to improve its competitiveness in 2016, according to the report... (Photo: Ended buses at Yutong Bus factory in Zhengzhou, China) -- Beijing,China - Xinhua/Shanghai Daily - Apr 05,2016
"NEW ENERGY" SUBSIDY PROGRAM * China: Bus makers possibly violated rules
* Beijing - The government is probing electric car/bus makers who participated in a program designed to upgrade the auto industry
-- A government campaign designed to modernize China's auto industry and clear smoggy air by encouraging sales of "new energy" autos, trucks and buses may have backfired...Central government investigators have been fanning out across the country to determine whether auto companies and local governments abused the subsidy programs, which since 2009 have doled out hundreds of billions of yuan in subsidies to companies that build electric cars and other alternative-energy vehicles... Companies such as the nation's eighth-largest electric minibus maker by production, Suzhou GMC Bus, are among scores of industry players getting close scrutiny. Officials working for the provinces of Hebei,Jilin and elsewhere are also under the microscope for their implementation of subsidy policies... Some practices violated government rules... Beijing, China – CAIXIN, by An Zhimin and Bao Zhiming - 15 March 2016
* Fujian - China considers partnership to manufacture buses
-- Representatives of China’s Ministry of Trade and the Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Co. were in Maputo last week to analyse the possibility of setting up a partnership in public transport, according to Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias... On Friday, the members of the delegation visited the Matchedje Motor car assembly plant, in the town of Machava, Maputo province to get acquainted with the unit, whose capacity could be enhanced to produce even more buses in the country... Notícias also wrote that the Xiamen Golden Dragon Bus Co., a subsidiary of the King Long Group, one of the largest bus manufacturers in China, will focus the potential partnership in Mozambique on providing technical support to Matchedje Motor Ltd in the bus segment... Xiamen, Fujian, China - MacauHub - JANUARY 18TH, 2016
* Anhui - Ankai sold over 10,000 units buses in 2015
-- On January 5, Anhui Ankai Automobile Co., Ltd. released a report on its production and sales in December, 2015. According to the report, the bus maker sold 1,336 units buses, including 489 units large-sized buses, 212 units medium-sized buses, and 635 units light buses. In November, Ankai rolled out 1388 units various buses, including 602 units large-sized buses, 443 units medium-sized buses, and 343 units light buses... It is also revealed by the bus maker that its sales volume of buses for the whole year reached 10,017 units, down by 4.18% compared with its sales made in 2014. In 2015, Ankai sold 3.016 units large-sized buses, up by 9.13% year on year, 3,428 units medium-sized buses, down by 19.27%, and 3,573 units light buses, down by 3.6% year on year... In terms of production, Ankai rolled out 1,284 units buses in various sizes, including large-sized, medium-sized and light buses. From January to December, the bus maker's total production volume reached 10,080 units, down by 1.64% year on year. To be specific, the production volume of its large-sized buses went up by 15.28% year on year, that of its medium-sized buses dropped by 13.52% year on year, and that of its light buses dipped by 1.01% year on year... (Photo: Buses from Anhui Ankai Automobile Co., Ltd.) -- Hefei, Anhui, China - chinabuses.org/Anhui News - 16 Jan 07
* Jiangsu - Chinese bus maker Yutong to open plant in Venezuela
-- Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has said that Chinese bus maker Yutong will open a plant in the South American country in October...Land transportation minister Haiman El Troudi saidthe factory will be built in the western state of Yaracuy and will have an assembly capacity of 3,500 buses a year... The Yutong plant is part of Venezuela's national transportation policy... At least 90 Venezuelan cities have adopted the BusCaucagua surface transportation system, which is operated with Yutong buses... So far there are 235 routes with 2,414 Yutong buses that benefit 2 million people every day, he said... (Photo/CNS - Yutong buses await export to Venezuela at Lianyungang in Jiangsu province ) -- Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China - Want China Times - 18 May 2015
BUSMAKERS NEWS * China / S. Korea: Sales of Sunlong Buses
* South Korea - Chinese bus makers moving into Korean market in droves
-- Korea's bus market that has been dominated by domestic auto makers is changing quickly as Chinese-made buses are making inroads into a market thus far protected by the strict certification scheme... The first Chinese bus manufacturer that is leading the initiative is Sunlong Bus, China's No. 5 bus company. Since establishing a Korean office in 2013, it sold 110 25-seater buses in the first year. It increased the number of buses sold last year to 400 and set this year's sales goal to 1,000 including newly imported 35-seater buses. Given the nation's mid-sized bus market is about 6,000 a year, this is equivalent to about 20 percent... Despite the general perception that Chinese-made buses are cheap, buses manufactured by Sunlong Bus are not so cheap. For example, the price of a 25-seater Duego EX is 66.5 million won, about 5 million won more expensive than that of domestic comparable models... Following Sunlong Bus, other Chinese bus makers are aiming to enter the Korean market... Seoul, S. Korea - KOREA IT TIMES - April 10th, 2015
(Photo: AVN - Venezuelan public transport: New China's buses)
-- Venezuela received 258 new buses from China this week, under a series of bilateral deals that have seen Beijing make a slew of major contributions to Venezuelan public transport in recent years... All the new buses were produced by Chinese conglomerate Yutong, and most are slated for use in urban public transport... The delivery is the latest in a series of Chinese contributions to Venezuelan public transport... The first shipment of 350 Yutong buses under the latest bilateral transport agreement arrived in Venezuela in December 2014. In total, Venezuela is expected to receive 1500 buses under the deal. Venezuela has already purchased thousands more buses from the same Chinese company, under what Maduro has labeled a drive to “modernize” his nation's public transport system... Caracas,Venezuela -Telesur TV-24 January 2015
* China Dynamics enters investment framework agreement with a Chongqing-based bus manufacturer
(Photo: A Hancock Egyptian public bus) Hong Kong,China -ACN Newswire -Nov 18, 2014: -- China Dynamics Limited, a company proactively expanding its business into the new energy industry, announced that Chongqing Sinocop New Energy Vehicle Technology Company Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, entered into the Investment Framework Agreement to acquire 70% equity interest in Chongqing Suitong Industrial Company Limited... Chongqing Suitong is principally engaged in manufacturing buses, and marketing and selling the components of vehicles. Obtaining relevant confirmation from PRC government authorities on 6 August 2014, Chongqing Suitong was allowed to apply for a production license of specialized vehicles covering minivans, garbage lorries, etc. It is also qualified to extend the specialized vehicles production license to include new energy buses... China Dynamics is a provider of new energy vehicles technology integrated solutions. It owns a leading proprietary core technology for lithium polymer solid batteries and permanent magnet synchronous motor with an integrated controller system. In February 2014, the Group has secured a tender from the Hong Kong Productivity Council for the design, fabrication and supply of permanent magnet synchronised motor systems and battery-powered systems for the first-ever locally branded electric buses in Hong Kong...
* China - Zenix Auto is developing aluminum wheel for Yutong's new energy bus
(Photo: Chinese Aluminum body city bus) Zhangzhou,China -PRNewswire (USA) -Oct 22, 2014:-- China Zenix Auto International Limited, the largest commercial vehicle wheel manufacturer in Chinain both the aftermarket and OEM market by sales volume, announced today that it is developing a new model of aluminum wheel designed for the Yutong Bus Co., Ltd.'s ("Yutong")new energy bus...Zenix Auto constructed one of the first aluminum wheel production plants inChina for commercial vehicles and began offering aluminum wheels at the end of 2013. As an industry leader in research and development, Zenix owns a total of 85 patents inChina.ZenixAuto'saluminum wheels are expected to replace imported aluminum wheels and be an alternative to current steel wheel models. Current production capacity for aluminum wheels is 500,000 units... Yutong Bus Co., Ltd is the largest and the most technologically advanced manufacturer of large- and medium-sized buses in the world...
(Photo: Street and buses congestion in China) Albany, NY -MarketResearchReports/ReleaseWire -15 Oct 2014: -- Biz include new market research report "China Bus Industry Report, 2014-2017" to its huge collection of research reports... According to China Bus Industry Report, 2014-2017released by, it is predicted that by 2017 the total sales volume of buses in China will exceed 690,000 units, and that in the upcoming several years, the sales volume of buses in China will present an AAGR of 9% or so... In 2013, large, medium-sized and light buses sold in China totaled 477,000 units, up 12.1% from 2012. In terms of sales volume, Brilliance Jinbei Automobile sold 104,000 buses in 2013, holding 21.8% of the national total and ranking the first, followed by Kinglong Motor Group, JMC, Yutong Bus and Nanjing Automobile. In Q1 2014, the sales volume of buses in China amounted to 112,978 units, rising 13.6%compared with the same period of 2013... In point of products, the large busessold in China totaled 79,067 units in 2013, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. However, the steady demand from long-distance passenger transportation market and rapid growth in demand from new energy bus market contributed largely to the continued growth of large bus market in 2013. In Q1 2014, the demand from long-distance passenger transportation marketshrank, with the sales volume of large buses dropping 5.0% year-on-year...
Hefei,Anhui,China -Chinabuses.org -14 July 2014:-- In Jun. This year, Ankia Bus stroke a deal with CIMA MOTORS based in Algeria. According to the sales contract, the bus maker is expected to export 1,100 units of buses to the African nation with a total value of 224 million RMB (about 36 million USD).According to the company, this is also the largest overseas deal made by the company in the early half of 2014...
* China - Ankai School Bus on display at Beijing Traffic Safety Product Exhibition
Hefei,Anhui,China -Chinabuses/Anhui News -20 Aug 2014:-- On Aug. 20, the Sixth China International Road Traffic Safety Product Exhibitionkicked off in Beijing International Exhibition Center.Ankaibrought its 6-meter school bus, its 12-meter American-style school bus and its Best buson display, all of which fully represent the company's bus manufacturing strength...As one of the leading bus manufacturers in China,Ankai always attaches great importance to the bus safety. It is among the first batch of enterprises inChina as a qualified producer of professional school buses and is able to make the special school buses with long head. In 2012, the company joined hands with US-based Navistar, a well-renowned bus maker for a series of technological cooperation...
* Japan - Showa monocoque buses draw tourists
(Photo: A Shibetsu Kido monocoque bus that attracts antique bus fans) Shibetsu, northern Hokkaido,Japan -The Yomiuri Shimbun -23 Aug 2014:-- Rare “monocoque” bus models manufactured duringthe Showa era (1926-1989) have been drawing attention around the nation... Word about the operation of such buses has spread quickly via the Internet, and antique bus lovers are visiting different areas just to see them in person... After World War II, the monocoque method was used by bus manufacturers who had formerly been in the aviation industry. Many of these buses have a very distinctive look due to the many rivets visible on their surface...Most modern buses use skeleton frames... Shibetsu Kido, a bus company located in Shibetsu, northern Hokkaido, operates a RC series bus manufactured in 1982 byHino Motors, making one trip on weekday mornings. The monocoque bus is known for its loud engine noise as well as the visible rivets along the body...
* South Korea - Chinese midsize busmaker establishes beachhead in
(Photo: Sunlong.s Duego bus EX model) Seoul,SK -Yonhap -31 July 2014: --China's Sunlong Bus Co.has quietly moved to establish a beachhead inSouth Korea's medium-size people hauler market by introducing a more spacious and up-market interior than its rivals, industry watchers said Thursday... According to market sources,the Shanghai-basedbus company, set up in 2005, has received good feedback for its Duego EX model, with the local distributor aiming to increase sales in the coming months...
* Zhengzhou - Bus maker gains foothold in Venezuela
(Photo by WANG CHUN/CHINA DAILY: Coach buses manufactured by China's Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co are loaded onto a cargo carrier bound for Venezuela, in Lianyungang Port, Juangsu province, on Tuesday) Port Lianyungang,Juangsu,China -China Daily/ECNS, by Qin Dexing -21 July 2014:--Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co,China'slargest bus manufacturer by production capacity, is pursuing a stronger foothold inVenezuela by assisting the country to build a new plant and more after-sales service stations, as Chinese automakers focus on this new and lucrative market in Latin America...The plant in the western state of Yaracuy has an expected assembly capacity of 3,500 buses a year by 2017. It will produce three models of buses for urban, suburban and rural use, including 25- to 54-seat diesel and gas buses... As part of a bilateral agreement signed in September when Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visited China, more than 2,000 Yutong buseswill be shipped toVenezuela within this year...
* New-energy buses launched with China Yuchai Engines
(Photo: The Yutong city bus is 10.5 meters long with a capacity of 79 passengers. It is a natural gas-electric hybrid bus) Singapore -PRNewswire/MarketWatch (USA) -June 24, 2014:-- China Yuchai International Limited announced today that new-energy buses running on engines supplied by the Company's main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited, have been launched in Fushun City, Liaoning Province located in Northeast China...As a national pilot city for new-energy buses,Fushunhas made its first large purchase of new-energy buses fromZhengzhou Yutong Bus Company.Out of the 800 new buses ordered, 600 buses were installed with GYMCL's gas-electric hybrid engines with the remaining 200 buses running on GYMCL's liquefied natural gas engines...
* Guangdong - BYD receives record bus & taxi order. signs order for 3,000 new energy vehicles
(Photo: 200 BYD all-electric buses fleet for Shenzhen city) Shenzhen,Guangdong Province,China -BUSINESS WIRE -May 08, 2014:--BYD Company Ltd. has received a record-setting order for their new energy vehicles...In response toChina's deteriorating air quality and ecological environment, Hangzhou's Leadership has taken a serious stance on combatting the issues by adopting zero-emissions public transportation, namely electric buses and taxis...
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(Photo: Sunlong.s Duego bus EX model)
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