E-MAIL
It is known on 15 December 2010, the tender of 100 fuel-electric hybrid power city buses from Kunming has been completed and it is predicted that the new buses will all be operated in January 2011. And then there will be 200 new energy city buses running in Kunming. Seven bus builders such as Golden Dragon Bus and FAW Bus won this bidding, referring to 98 hybrid power city buses and 2 electric city buses. At present, 83 units are applied in No.26 and No.90 bus routes for demonstration operation and 15 units and 2 electric buses are going to be used in recent days. Another 500 new energy city buses will be purchased in succession then.
Golden Dragon hybrid power city bus
According to the data from the transport companies, the driving range of the new energy buses is 515,000 kilometers during six months with the fuel consumption of less than 163,000 liters while 170,000 liters for the conventional city buses. The fuel efficiency rate of new energy buses reaches 10% and reduces the emission of 198.2-ton carbon dioxide. The operated new energy city buses are equipped with air suspension adoptable for the various roads and with no black smoke when starting.
One driver reflected that it was easier to use automatic shift used in new energy buses than the manual shift and the steadiness was more outstanding. "It is good at controlling and operating with automatic adjustment technology for new energy buses."