www.chinabuses.org: There is no doubt that Foton AUV Hybrid Bus is a late-comer in hybrid bus market, but no one can neglect it; On the contrary, Foton AUV and Yutong are viewed as strong competitors in the future bus market structure.

Foton AUV Hybrid Bus

In recent years, Foton AUV paid more attention on fuel-saving and environment-protection, and they developed low-consumed and environmentally friendly products. Their new energy bus production line with total investment of 230,000,000 RMB (about 33,693,708USD) was formally put into use, and this is also a bus production base with first class fabrication technology. In addition, Foton AUV independently developed integral bodywork.

During Beijing Olympic Games, three Foton AUV fuel cell large buses were running on line 801; And they will also serve Shanghai World Expo in 2010. 

Recently exciting news is that technology department, together with other departments, further support R&D of fuel-saving and new energy vehicles to promote development of domestic fuel-saving and new energy vehicles. For example, Treasure Department will put into over 20,000,000,000 RMB (around 2,929,887,768USD) to direct subside consumers who was buying new energy vehicles and to support development of such vehicles on production and use process by taxation. And over 30,000 fuel-saving and new energy vehicles will be employed in public transport, taxi, public affairs, municipal administration, and postal service. Wan Gang, secretary of Department of Science and Technology, said, “We are considering a test for one thousand fuel-saving and new energy vehicles in three years in ten major cities to form new energy facilities market, and domestic new energy vehicle market will achieve 10,000 vehicles by 2010.”

These policies are good news for domestic car makers including Foton AUV. "We always place development and application of new energy as our core strategy, and Foton Automobile is in leading position in development and popularization of new energy vehicles. As the new national policies on development of new energy vehicles policy, more and more people will accept new energy vehicles. ”