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Tuesday, December 01 2020 - 05:43
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Yutong Bus Will Provide 1,002 Buses During 2022 World Cup, Receives The Largest Electric Bus Order in History
ZHENGZHOU, China, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire-Asianet/ --

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. (Yutong Bus, SHA: 600066) has received an order 
about CNY1.8 billion for 1,002 buses from Mowasalat, the Qatar public transport 
company, that will provide commuting services for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 
2022, 741 of which will be electric, making it the largest order of EV buses 
ever. 

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An online signing ceremony Qatar's electric bus strategy on Nov. 30, attended 
by Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani, 
Minister of Transport and Communications HE Jassim bin Saif Ahmed AI-Sulaiti, 
the Chinese Ambassador to Qatar Zhou Jian, the Commercial Counselor of Economic 
and Commercial Office of the Embassy of PRC in Qatar Yang Song, CEO of 
Mowasalat Fahad Saad Al-Qahtani, Deputy CEO of Qatar Free Zones Authority 
("QFZA") Abdulla Al-Misnad and CEO of Yutong Group Tang Yuxiang.

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During the event, Yutong Bus also signed a framework agreement with QFZA and 
Mowasalat to establish a KD factory in Qatar as the Qatar government continues 
to promote the development of its electric bus infrastructure. Qatar 2022 will 
be the first World Cup event to adopt the largest number of 
environmentally-friendly electric buses with zero emissions, and Yutong Bus is 
honored to be part of the mission of making it a green, sustainable sporting 
event. 

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"Yutong Bus will continue to work closely with local partners to accelerate the 
public transportation system build-up with green energy solution," said Shen 
Hui, GM of Yutong Bus in Middle East. "The KD factory for EV buses with Qatar 
Free Zones Authority (QFZA) and Mowasalat will realize localized design and 
manufacturing of EV buses in Qatar, offering more experience and technologies 
to aid the sustainable development of local public transportation."

For Yutong Bus, Qatar 2022 will be yet another major international sporting 
event for which the company has provided service and support following the 2018 
FIFA World Cup in Russia, as well as multiple international conferences such as 
APEC meetings. With the ability and experience to serve major international 
events, along with an extraordinary quality of products, Yutong Bus once again 
wins the trust from client.

As an innovator in the international new energy bus field, Yutong Bus has taken 
the lead in the research and development of bus energy conservation and new 
energy exploration. Now it has fully mastered the core technologies in design 
and manufacturing of new energy empowered vehicle, such as EV bus matching and 
optimization, system integration and control, and bus wireless charging. Yutong 
Bus established largest manufacturing base of new energy vehicles in China to 
apply with pioneering technology from its state-leveled R&D center.

With such strength, Yutong Bus has sold more than 130,000 units of new energy 
buses to more than 350 cities as well as 24 countries and regions worldwide, 
including France, Great Britain, Australia, Chile and Denmark. The company is 
unremittingly expanding its global operation of new energy products by 
adequately filling the customers' needs for customized products.

Starting from the manufacture of the first bus, Yutong Bus' focus is not only 
on the bus itself, but by adhering to the brand concept of "better bus better 
life", committed to deepen cooperation under win-win strategy with relevant 
parties to jointly provide more comfortable, greener, more efficient and 
higher-quality travel experience for public transportation in the future.

About Yutong

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd. is a modern manufacturing company specialized in 
the R&D, manufacturing and sales of buses. Its annual sales volume exceeds 
70,000 units, with over 130,000 new energy buses sold to date. Yutong Bus sells 
buses with sizable volume in over 30 countries across six continents with a 
market share of over 30 percent in China and over 15 percent globally.

For more information, please visit http://www.yutong.com.

Source: Yutong Bus

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