In September, the sales volume of Yutong Bus exceeded 6,000 units, among which the new energy bus, especially the newly launched revolutionary pure electric CMB E7, had a good performance. According to data from Yutong Bus, Shandong Weifang and other places purchased pure electric E7 in batches for business reception vehicles. In terms of group business reception, E7 is also favored by Nanjing and Shanghai users. There is also information showing that a number of demonstration cities promoted by the second batch of new energy vehicles will also be delivered in batches for E7 for business official reception. Relevant trends indicate that the official business vehicle market will become the second largest growth of China's new energy buses in addition to bus vehicles.
Policy guidance and strong incentives In July 2014, the five departments jointly issued the “Implementation Plan for the Purchase of New Energy Vehicles by Government Organs and Public Institutions”. The plan clearly stated the “timetable” for the purchase of new energy vehicles, pointing out that from 2014 to 2016, The central government agencies and government agencies and public institutions that are included in the promotion and application of new energy vehicles, the proportion of new energy vehicles purchased in the year is not less than 30%, and will increase year by year. As the policy deadlines approach and funds are available, many cities are beginning to increase their investment in new energy vehicles. On the other hand, the specific subsidy measures given by the four ministries and commissions in September 2013 on the “Promotion of the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles” are also superior: 6 to 8 meters of pure electric buses can enjoy a subsidy of 300,000 yuan. In addition, the new energy vehicles introduced in the same period in July are exempt from the purchase tax plan, and the medium-sized pure electric buses have the strongest price/performance ratio. Take Yutong E7 as an example. In addition to the part of the bus market that originally had preferential policies, other uses of Yutong E7 can enjoy the 10% tax exemption. Combined with the current price level of pure electric products, the purchase tax alone can save tens of thousands of yuan. Counting the state subsidy of 300,000 yuan and targeted subsidies in some places, the average single car can save nearly 400,000 yuan. Therefore, from the perspective of marketing, pure electric CMB is more acceptable. Official business vehicles are more suitable for pure electric. In fact, in addition to policy reasons, the characteristics of official/commercial vehicles determine that they are suitable for pure electric power. For the sales of Yutong E7 pure electric bus, industry experts analyzed that the dedicated business commercial vehicle has the characteristics of short running time, short driving range and small vehicle load, which is more suitable for pure electric driving mode.
Yutong E7 is a medium-sized passenger car with a length of 7 meters and 20 seats. It adopts lightweight technology. The quality of the whole vehicle is 20% lighter than that of the traditional car, and the cruising range is 120-160 kilometers. E7 uses Yutong's unique Core ControlTM technology, which is highly integrated and modular, with 57% fewer parts, simple structure, low failure rate, high reliability, and correspondingly reduced maintenance costs. 0.3 degrees, calculated according to 1 yuan / kWh, the operating cost per kilometer is only 0.3 yuan, the operating cost is extremely low. In terms of infrastructure, E7 is the industry leader in achieving barrier-free charging solutions for the first time, truly breaking the constraints of charging and replacing power stations for the development of pure electric buses. E7 can choose 380V power and 220V civil power to charge, at 380V, fast charge for 1 hour to be full; at 220V, 8~10 hours can be full. Therefore, Yutong E7 has low dependence on infrastructure and can be charged by civil power. In this way, even the cities and regions where charging pile construction is not perfect can be applied to pure electric buses. “The official vehicle market is a breakthrough for electric vehicles.” Industry experts said that the development of new energy vehicles, especially electric vehicles, as a national strategy has reached a consensus in the whole society, mainly because electric vehicles are a strategic opportunity for China’s independent automobile industry to achieve industrial leapfrogging. . At present, the new energy vehicle policies introduced from the central to the local are all inclined to the electric vehicles. The driving of electric vehicles by official vehicles has become an important part of the development strategy of new energy vehicles in China.