King Long Flourishes in R&D of New-energy Vehicles
Jun 28 , 2022
On July 9th, 2012, the State Council released "Energy-saving and New-energy Vehicle Industry Development (2012-2020)", good news for the industry.
As the bellwether of China bus industry, King Long has been leading the R&D of energy-saving and new-energy technologies. In response to the Plan, what will be King Long's strategy?
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CTO of King Long Zhou, Fangming said the company made its plan two year ago, which turned out to meet the requirements of "Energy-saving and New-energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan", showing King Long's foresight.
In core technology, King Long succeeds in VCU (Vehicle Control Unit), which has used in its pure-electric models and plug-in hybrid models. The company will continue developing HCU. On July 17th, King Long XMQ6127 GHEV7 plug-in hybrid bus won "Best Model Award" and "Technology Innovation Award" in the 3th "Energy-saving and New-energy City Bus Innovation Competition" in Hangzhou.
King Long has developed pure-electric buses, plug-in hybrid buses and hybrid buses, including city buses, tourist buses and light buses.
In 2011, over 600 King Long new-energy buses were sold, mainly in Wuhan, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Beijing and Kunming, etc. King Long hybrid buses were exported to Southeast Asia.