577 electric buses of CSR delivered to Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan

On the morning of June 29, as the last hybrid bus pulled out of the electric bus assembly shop of CSR Zhuzhou Institute Co., Ltd., all the 577 electric buses developed by the company have been put into the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan new energy vehicle demonstration project. Also, the company has become a professional electric vehicle manufacturer that boasts the largest delivery scale, the most varieties and the highest general technical strength at home.

In 2009, CSR ZELRI successful won the bid for the demonstration project of 500 energy-conserving and new-energy vehicles in the national pilot area for two-type society in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan belt. Over the year, the company has delivered and put into operation 577 hybrid buses 209 for Changsha, 255 for Zhuzhou and 113 for Xiangtan. The electric bus model TEG6102PHEV put into operation is a mature and major electric bus model of the company. The model has two working modes-hybrid and traditional power, and is mature, simple in system structure and high in reliability.

Now, the attendance of the electric buses delivered to Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan has topped 98%, equivalent to traditional buses powered by gasoline or diesel. The cumulative operating mileage has been up to 1.5 million kilometers, the single maximum operating mileage of the vehicles has topped 110,000 kilometers respectively. The actual fuel saving ratio per 100 kilometers has been over 20%, and the total amount of fuel saved has been up to 720,000 liters; the CO2, CO and NO emissions have reduced by 11,080 tons, 66 tons and 28 tons respectively, showing remarkable effects of emission reduction.

According to the source, CSR has successfully entered key markets such as the Beijing Olympics, Shanghai World Expo and Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan energy-conserving and new energy vehicle demonstration project by its tremendous technical strength. The Shanghai World Expo contributed an order of 23 sets of parade systems, an order of 50% of electric systems, an order of 50% of ground chargers and an order of 100% of super-capacity electric systems. Also, CSR has become a well-deserved industrial pacesetter with bulk orders of new energy vehicle systems and vehicles from the Guangzhou Asian Games, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2010 in Tianjin, International Solar Cities Initiative and TNT China Logistics.