On 8 November 2010, the launching of new energy city buses and the starting of charging station ceremony was held in Guangzhou.
GAC bus
On the ceremony, Deng Tao, General Manager of GAC Bus (Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.) transferred the key to new buses to the customer representative. By far, GAC Bus has offered 1000 new city buses for the Guangzhou Asian Games in total, including 26 electric city buses, 114 hybrid power city buses and 214 wheelchair accessible buses. At present, all the electric city buses and hybrid power city buses for this Games are produced by GAC Bus.
In order to make sure the qualified operation of the vehicles, GAC Bus has set up the service guarantee team (about 300 people) with Guangxi Yuchai Engine Shaanxi Euease Automobile, making 9 service points, 17 vehicle checking stations and 3 spare parts supply stations and made effort to ensure zero defection operation of the vehicles during the Asian Games with "better service, quicker response and more effective guarantee".