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A 6.5 meter mini fast recharging pure electric bus attracted many visitors in China Beijing International Exhibition on Buses Trucks & Components on May 14, 2014. And the bus is Foton AUV BJ6550 pure electric bus and it was formally released in the exhibition, and the bus can be recharged within eight minutes and it can run for 100 km with one charging, and the bus can directly go to citizens" doors.
This is the latest pure electric bus with the shortest front suspension and rear suspension and monocoque structure, and it only takes 10-15 minutes to finish recharging and it can run for 70-100 km and it can solve the last km citizen transportation problems and there is no noise and pollutions and it can meet the needs for driving into the districts and receive the passengers go and back from the subway stations, said Liu Guoqiang, director and deputy GM of Foton AUV Bus.
Foton AUV owns new energy buses from six meters to 18 meters and the buses include fast charging, fast changing batteries, online recharging and hybrid buses, and European monocoque technology, lightweight and low floor design is used for the bus.
Since launching in Beijing Auto Show this April and showing in China Beijing International Exhibition on Buses Trucks & Components, Foton AUV BJ6650 mini bus have been focused by many industrial insiders. And Beijing Public Transport Company has ordered 100 buses this year and China Road Transport Committee Bus Branch Secretary Hu Jianping mentioned excitedly that many operators have required to purchase the buses since launching this year and this is a rather positive event in China new energy auto industry during 2014 Qingdao New Energy Auto Technology Application and Development Seminar.
Reviewing the development of electric buses, fast changable pure electric buses are used in China and this is a contribution to world new energy auto industry, and the buses are used in Shanghai, Beijing and Qingdao for many years, and the world largest and the best electric bus recharging station is built in Xuejiadao in Qingdao, and the station has been running for 1000 days safely and they have accumulated many experiences on this. But the investment for the fast recharging stations and buses are large, even Xuejiadao recharging stations cannot meet the electric buses needs in Qingdao, and this is the common problem facing to develop new energy buses in larger scales.
The new round new energy auto subsidies have been relying on government of all levels, take the Foton AUV BJ6650 for example, central government will subside for 300,000 Yuan and if the local government can also invest 300,000 Yuan then the purchasing costs for the public transport company will be lower than the like diesel engine buses and in some areas the buses can be purchased without down payment so that the advantages are rather clear, said Mr. Liu Guoqiang when answering and analyzing the operation mode for the Foton AUV new energy buses.