FAW Jiefang Hybrid Buses Put into Production
2009-07-29 Source：english.chinabuses.com
A new type of hybrid power bus that cuts fuel use by 30 percent is to go into mass production for the Summer Davos Forum starting Sept. 10 in Dalian City, in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The new hybrid bus is being developed and manufactured by FAW Bus and Coach, one of China's largest vehicle manufacturers, and will bear the brand name of Jiefang. The Jiefang hybrid bus will be more comfortable and healthier than conventional ones. Noise emission from the new bus is low and it will not emit malodorous fumes, Zhao said.
The 12-meter, silver bus can carry 103 passengers and travel at a maximum speed of 85 kilometers an hour.
The municipal government of Dalian has ordered 150 such hybrid buses. And 50 of them will be running in the city during the Summer Davos event, Zhao said.
In October, another 100 Jiefang hybrid power buses will go into use in Changchun city, capital of northeast China's Jilin province.
The 250 hybrid power buses are only a small fraction of China's endeavor to produce 500,000 electric and hybrid power vehicles, which will account for 5 percent of the automobile market, in accordance with China's three-year development plan for the auto industry released in February.
The bus meets Euro III emission standards. It will consume only 30 liters of fuel every 100 kilometers and discharge 20 percent less of emissions, Zhao said.
Zhao said half of the bus's cost, or 400,000 yuan (58,558 U.S. dollars), would be covered by government subsidy.
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