www.chinabuses.org: From Nanjing Exhibition on March, Foton Bus released its exclusively 18 meter-size LNG bus which was custom-made for Beijing Public Transport Holdings, Ltd. (BPT). While Foton Bus showed its 18m LNG bus on the exhibition, it also means that the BPT changes its future bus' purchase direction.

Foton Bus Booth in the Nanjing Exhibition

 
From the Vice-General Manager of BPT, it is known that Beijing is going to purchase LNG articulated buses this year, which are used to update No.1 and No.52 bus lines. This year, BPT will purchase 280 units of the 18 m sized LNG articulated buses. What's more, Beijing City also plans to update its current more than 1,000 units of buses this year. And these used buses will be replaced by the new energy buses, or the natural gas buses, etc. From now on, BPT will only purchase the clean energy fuel-used vehicles, not purchasing the diesel buses. On one hand, the natural gas buses can reduce the operating cost; On the other hand, in the related facilities, the automobile gas filling stations at the both ends of the Changan Avenue in Beijing have already been  constructed and they will be put into use this year.
 

from Beijing one news report on February 7, it is known that CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation) has signed an agreement with Beijing City on the natural gas vehicles' promotion. In order to promote the application of natural gas vehicles in Beijing, CNPC has specially donated to the Beijing municipal government ￥100 million, which is used for BPT to purchase LNG buses, as well as the construction of corresponding LNG charging station. hoping to promote the use of natural gas vehicles in Beijing. According to the agreement, in the first half of this year, the CNPC will donate 100 units of LNG clean energy buses (converted into RMB is about￥100 million ) to Beijing City. Beijing City now has gradually applied this batch of LNG clean energy buses into operation. On February 29, Beijing has put the eight units of LNG buses in No.728 faster bus line.

Source : www.chinabuses.org

Editor : Lily

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