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"The world’s largest manufacturer of buses and coaches has an estimated 95 per
cent market share in China and 10% globally. Yutong now have their eyes firmly
set on the Australia and the Asia-Pacific market.
Yutong this week unveiled its latest all electric bus model, the E7S mini bus
at the Bus & Coach Show in Brisbane. It is the 18th all electric bus model
Yutong has developed as part of what they call their ‘New Energy Buses’, which
include gas electric, PHEV, hydrogen fuel-cell, and all electric models.
In a dinner at Brisbane City Town Hall, Yutong also announced their
Australian-manufactured E12 battery electric chassis, their carbon free forest
initiative which pledges a tree for every bus sold, as well as “Yutong Electric
Architecture” (YEA), which Yutong says is the first electric vehicle-specific
platform in the commercial vehicle industry that “seamlessly integrates
software and hardware to meet all-scenario needs of buses.”
More than 190,000 of these New Energy buses have already hit the roads
gloablly. Yutong’s CEO of Asia-Pacific Kent Chang told The Driven that while
they want to offer their customers a range of New Energy vehicles, most of the
interest – 80% of – has gone to the all electric models.
“At the moment direction is heading towards pure electric,” Chang said. “We are
reacting to the market however we do see a good forecast particularly for all
electric. At this moment 80% of the demand for new energy buses is all
electric.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
