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Yutong

Yutong(officiallyZhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese manufacturer ofcommercial vehicles,especiallyelectric buses,headquartered inZhengzhou,Henan.Yutong also has businesses inconstruction machinery,real estate,and other investments.[2]As of 2016 it was the largest bus manufacturer in the world by sales volume.[3]

Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd.
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1963(1963)(as Zhengzhou Bus Repair Factory)
1993(1993)(as Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide (except North America)[1]
ProductsBuses
Construction equipment
Websitewww.yutong.comEdit this at Wikidata
Yutong
Simplified ChineseTrịnh châu vũ thông khách xa cổ phân hữu hạn công tư
Traditional ChineseTrịnh châu vũ thông khách xa cổ phân hữu hạn công tư
Literal meaningZhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Ltd.
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèngzhōu Yǔtōng kèchē gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī
Trading name
Simplified ChineseVũ thông khách xa
Traditional ChineseVũ thông khách xa
Literal meaningYutong Group
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYǔtōng kèchē

History

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Yutong's origins can be traced to theZhengzhou Bus Repair Factory,which was established in 1963.[4]Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. was founded in 1993; and in March 1997, Yutong became the first bus company in China on theShanghai Stock Exchange.[5]The following year, Yutong opened its ¥400 million ($50,000,000 in 1999) Yutong Industrial Park in Zhengzhou, which was the largest bus factory in Asia at the time.[6]

By 2005, Yutong had a 22% market share of buses and coaches across China, becoming China's biggest bus manufacturer, and had won an award for being the best manufacturer in China by the World Bus Alliance. In March, Yutong began exporting buses worldwide to markets such as Latin and South America, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.[6]

Yutong first entered into theelectric busmarket with the opening of its 'New Energy' manufacturing plant in 2012,[7]and in 2014, opened the National Research Center on Electronic Control and Safety Engineering Technology of Electric Buses in conjunction with the Chinese government.[8]In 2015, Yutong conducted the world's first road trials of anautonomous bus,demonstrating self-driving technology on a 32.6 kilometres (20.3 mi) drive on a highway between the cities of Zhengzhou andKaifeng.[9][10]

As of 2018, Yutong had exported more than 64,000 buses and coaches, with nearly 25,000 of these in 2017 being eitherbattery electricorCNG-powered.[2]The company's sales and service network covers six regions worldwide: Europe, theCommonwealth of Independent States,Latin America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Yutong buses and coaches have been delivered to countries and regions such as France, the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Chile, Ethiopia, Cuba, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria.[11][better source needed]

Yutong Bus

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A ZK6129H coach supplied toCrosville Motor Servicesin the UK

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (referred to as Yutong Bus) is a large-scale modern manufacturing company specializing in theresearch and development,manufacturing and sales of bus products. Its main plant is located in the Yutong Industrial Park (Vũ thông công nghiệp viên) inGuancheng Hui District,Zhengzhou, and covers an area of 1.12 million square meters. The 'New Energy' manufacturing plant of Yutong Bus which was put into operation in 2012, covers an area of over 1.33 million square meters and has an annual production capacity of 30,000 buses and coaches. As of January 2025, the highest capacity is 630 kWh.[12]

Yutong Bus also operates a number ofcompletely knocked downmanufacturing plants worldwide. A manufacturing plant in the westernVenezuelanstate ofYaracuywas opened in December 2015,[13][14]and in collaboration withPakistaniheavy vehicle manufacturing companyMaster Motors,Yutong Bus opened a manufacturing plant atPort QasiminKarachiin 2016, where buses are manufactured under the brand name Yutong-Master.[15]Yutong Bus also plans to open a final assembly plant inCastlefordin theUnited Kingdom,where Yutong buses and coaches are distributed in UK and Ireland through the Pelican Bus and Coach dealership.[16]

Products

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Yutong ZK6118HGA operated byNational Transport CorporationinMauritius
Yutong ZK6118HGA operated by RHT Bus Services Ltd inMauritius

Autonomous buses

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Yutong trialled its first autonomous bus in 2015 and has produced a wide range of autonomous models since.[9]Public trials of its first generation 8-seat Xiaoyu vehicle commenced 2019 at theBoao Forum for Asiaand inZhengzhou.[18][19]Autonomous buses have also been used to transport workers around Yutong's Zhengzhou assembly plant.[citation needed]

In June 2021, Yutong claimed to have delivered 100 models of its 10-seat Xiaoyu 2.0 autonomous bus for use inZhengzhou.The Xiaoyu 2.0 has also been delivered to the cities of Guangzhou, Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Sansha and Changsha, with public trials due to commence in July 2021 inZhengzhou.[20][21][better source needed]

Exports

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Cuba

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Yutong holds a strong presence in Cuba since entering the Cuban bus market in 2005. That May, Yutong exported 400 buses to the country, which at the time set an export record for a Chinese bus manufacturer. This record was broken in October by an order for 630 buses, then broken again in May 2007 by an export order for 5,348 buses.[22]By 2017, Yutong had sold over 6,000 buses and coaches for service across Cuba.[23]

In November 2017, Yutong delivered Cuba's first electric bus, a Yutong E12, which entered service in the country's capital with theHavanaTransit Company.[23]


Spain

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Ten Yutong ZK6140BDairside buses,equipped with six doors and capable of carrying 160 passengers, were delivered toMadrid Airportin April 2019.[24]

United Kingdom

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ACardiff BusYutong E12 inCardiff,Wales

Yutong first entered the United Kingdom bus and coach market in 2014 through supplying diesel-powered coaches through Pelican Bus and Coach to independent coach operators.[25]

Yutong would become a major supplier of battery electric single-deck city buses to operators across England, Scotland and Wales through theYutong E10and the longer E12. Both buses are in service with a number of large operators, includingMcGill's Bus Services,the largest operator of Yutong buses in the United Kingdom,[26]Newport Bus,[27]Cardiff Bus,[28]Go North East,[29]Stagecoach Highlands,[30]First West Yorkshire[31]andCentrebusinLeicester.[32]Yutong's battery electricTCe12coach has also sold to a small number of coach operators across the United Kingdom, withEmber Core's fleet of TCe12s being used to operate a network of intercity express services across Scotland.[33]

Yutong continued to expand its range of battery electric buses for UK operators from 2023 onwards, initially through launching the E9midibus,with the first examples being delivered in early 2023 toCentrebusfor the freeHop!bus service inLeicester.[34][35]Two U11DD 10.9 metres (36 ft) electricdouble-decker buses,based on similar buses sold in the Chinese and Singaporean markets, entered service as UK market demonstrators in late 2023,[36][37]whileNational Express Coachestook delivery of a GTe14 tri-axle electric coach for trials on coach services betweenVictoria Coach StationandLondon Stansted Airportduring March 2024.[38]

Malaysia

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Public bus operator Handal Indah (Causeway Link) procured low-entry diesel Yutong ZK6118HGA, ZK6126HG, ZK6128HG and ZK6800HNGAA buses in huge quantities.

Saudi Arabia

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Following a trial of a Yutong ZK6772BEV at theKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology,a Yutong E11, Saudi Arabia's first electric city bus, was delivered for service inJeddahin March 2023, part of theSaudi Vision 2030framework towards reducing the Kingdom's dependency on oil.[39]550 diesel-powered Yutong C13 PRO coaches for use inRiyadhand on intercity bus routes were subsequently delivered to theSaudi Public Transport Companyover the course of 2023, with ten of these allocated to and specially upgraded for transporting members of theHouse of Saud.[40]

Singapore

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AGo-Ahead SingaporeYutong E12DD

In 2009,SMRT Busesreceived a Yutong ZK6126HGC diesel trial bus. It was the first China-made bus to be operated by a Singapore public transport operator. Registered as SMB135E, it was permanently deployed on Route 854 until the end of its trial in 2010. No further purchases were made. SMB135E was deregistered, returned to the dealership, and re-registered as PH8811S under private transport operator Bedok Transport after the trial. Bedok Transport deployed the bus on Scheme B route 621.

In 2018, as part of a small scale purchase of 60 electric buses, theLand Transport AuthorityofSingaporeprocured ten Yutong E12 battery electric single-deck buses as well as ten Yutong E12DD electric double-deck buses. The Yutong E12s entered service withTower Transit Singapore,Go-Ahead SingaporeandSMRT Busesin April 2020,[41]initially deployed on routes 15, 66, 944, 983, and 990;[42]while the Yutong E12DDs later entered service in October 2020 with the same operators.[43][44]In December 2024, SMRT Buses moved their Yutong E12 and E12DD units from Tower Transit's Bulim Depot to its own Woodlands Depot, and redeployed the Yutong buses to Woodlands Town routes 904, 912M and 962.

Qatar

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In preparation for the2022 FIFA World Cupheld in Qatar, 888 Yutong battery electric buses, an increase from an initial order of 741 made in 2020, were delivered to state-owned bus operator Mowasalat (Karwa). Some of these buses, which operated shuttle services to and from football venues and subway stations over the course of the World Cup, were based in a 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2) purpose-built bus depot inLusailthat was described as the world's largest, with space to store and charge 478 electric buses, as well as hosting 24 ancillary buildings on the site.[45][46]

Yutong's involvement in the 2022 World Cup was followed by the signing of amemorandum of understandingin April 2023 between Yutong and Mowasalat, with the companies planning to co-operate on the development of electric commercial vehicles in Qatar.[47]

Uzbekistan

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A Yutong Yuwei E12 inTashkent

168 Yutong ZK6122H9 intercity coaches were delivered to Uzbekistan operator Uzavtoservis in 2019, with the first 100 being delivered by March and the remaining 68 delivered in April.[48]

Twenty Yutong ZK6126BEVG battery electric single decker buses, as well as ten battery chargers, were delivered to Uzbekistan's capitalTashkentin February 2022, entering service with the city's bus operator Tosh-Shakhar-Trans-Khizmat. These were followed by 40 Yutong T7 minibuses, delivered toSamarkandin April 2022 in advance of the2022 SCO summit,which was being held in the city.[49]

Yutong received an order for 500 CNG buses and 300 Yuwei E12 battery electric buses for operators across Uzbekistan, the largest export order for the company to date. The first batches of buses from this order began to be delivered from early 2023.[50]

Export milestones

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In total Yutong exported more than 57,000 buses and coaches. Here are some export milestones of Yutong:

  1. In 2009, Yutong exported 175 ZK6118HGA city buses toKuwait.[51]
  2. In 2010, Yutong signed an agreement of 202 double-decker buses with theMacedonian governmentinSkopje.[52]
  3. In 2010, Yutong signed a 490-unit order withGhana,following the 250-unit order signed with Ghana in 2008.[53]
  4. In 2011, Yutong signed a 1,216-unit procurement contract with theVenezuelanMinistry of Transportto help them establish and complete the firstBRTsystem in Venezuela.
  5. In 2012, Yutong signed anSKDorder of over 100 units withEthiopia,and in 2014, Yutong signed aCKDorder of over 200 units with Ethiopia again.
  6. In 2012, a Yutong tourist coach has entered the Israeli market for the first time.[54]
  7. In 2013, Yutong delivered 300LNGcity buses toPeru.
  8. In 2013, Yutong signed a 160-unit order with thePhilippines.[55]
  9. In 2013, Yutong delivered over 300 buses toIsrael,which hit a record high in the bus import history of the country.
  10. In 2014, Yutong got a 1,500-unit bus order from Venezuela.
  11. In 2015, Yutong signed a KD contract of 2,300 buses with Venezuela.
  12. In 2015, Yutong was invited to attend the 23rd annual conference of FNTV. In addition, Yutong was also involved in the “BUS 2025” program ofRATPand provided afull electric busfor trial operation, which was also showcased at theUN Climate Change Conference.
  13. In 2016, Yutong signed the Cooperative Framework Agreement on Cuban Public Transport Improvement & Bus Capacity Enhancement Program.[56]
  14. In 2016, Yutong successfully delivered 110 buses toBulgaria.[57]
  15. By the end of 2017, Yutong totally delivered more than 3,000 buses and coaches toFrance,UK,Israeland other countries that appliedEuropean standards.[58]
  16. In 2017, 500 units of Yutong natural gas city buses were delivered toYangon,the largest city ofMyanmar.[59]
  17. In 2022, Yutong delivered 183 electric buses to Colombia, to be used for public transportation in the city of Bogotá.
  18. In 2023, Yutong agreed to supply theYerevan trolleybus systeminArmeniawith 15 new trolleybus vehicles.[60]
  19. In 2024, Yutong delivered 250 electric buses to Greece (Model E12), to be used forpublic transportation of Athens(140 buses) and Thessaloniki (110 buses)
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Yutong Heavy Industries

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Another core part of the Yutong Group isYutong Heavy Industries,a manufacturer of construction equipment formed in 2003, and with about 3,500 employees and more than 120 products.[61]

Products

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  • Yutong YT3621 Mining Dump Truck
  • Yutong YT3761 Mining Dump Truck
  • Yutong 952A wheeled loader
  • Yutong 966H wheeled loader
  • Yutong TL210H earth mover
  • Yutong 988H wheeled loader
  • Yutong 956H wheeled loader
  • Yutong YTQH300 hydraulic crane
  • Yutong 6830 compactor
  • Yutong YTQH400A hydraulic crane
  • Yutong YTQU50 crane
  • Yutong WZ30-25 backhoe
  • Yutong WZ30-25G backhoe
  • Yutong WZ30-25H backhoe

See also

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