Alfa PEVs Officially Put into Operation in Italy
05 September 2012
www.chinabuses.org: On August 10th 2012, China made Alfa pure electric buses were officially put into operation in Italy, which is a rather good news for not only Alfa Bus but also for China.
On August 9th, in order to celebrate the demonstration of the Alfa buses in Italy, the press conference about the Starting Ceremony of Alfa Pure Electric Buses Demonstration in Italy was released, which invited Corrado Clini, Italian Environment Minister, Annarita Bramerini, the Area Environment Minister, Emilio Bonifaz, Mayor of Grosseto and Ji Jun, the Deputy Mayor Of Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province etc. government officials attent. During the conference, The Italian Environment officially announced that Alfa electric buses had been passed all kinds of Italian completed vehicles' inspection and procedures and all the results reached the requirement of Italian national standards. And Alfa pure electric buses were now officially allowed to put into operation in Italy. The government between Italy and China as well as the enterprisers will continue to cooperate with each other and establish the long cooperative relationship.
It is known that the fist batch of the Alfa pure electric buses are put into use in Italian demonstration areas including Grosseto Area, Florence Region and Rome Region etc. This is the first time that the demonstration area is so wide in Italy.
At the 2010 Busworld Asia exhibition, the Italian urban passenger vehicle operator LAMA showed great interests in the pure electric bus manufactured by Jiangsu ALFA Bus, and stated its intention to make a sizeable purchase of such vehicles to use in Grosseto, Italy. However, pure electric vehicles cannot be exported to Italy unless they gain an EU WVTA, a very strict form of approvals that the EU Committee ensures member countries implement on whole vehicles, safety components and systems on the basis of EC directives and regulations. TÜV Rheinland carried out the related testing for half a year, certifying 26 system approvals. Oliver Rothert, Mobility Service Director, awarded the first EU Whole Vehicle Type Approval Certificate in China to Jiangsu ALFA Bus at an official ceremony.
Since starting the development of electric buses in 2002, Alfa Bus always is dedicated in the technology breakthrough of the core technologies for such model. Based on the innovation for new energy buses for eight years and actual operation for six years, Alfa electric buses take leading position in the domestic market. As the creative new energy bus builder, Alfa Bus always closely watches the market and is dedicated to the research & development of energy-saving and new energy buses, launching full electric tourist coaches, city buses, natural gas buses.
Source : www.chinabuses.org
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