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Long United Automotive Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd (Suzhou King Long) demonstrated
its hydrogen fuel cell public transportation passenger vehicle priced at
CNY 3 million at Busworld Asia 2006, the biggest grand meeting of passenger
vehicles and business purpose vehicles in Asia that opened in Shanghai
on March 29.
Suzhou King Long, one of the leading
manufacturers with full capacity of complete houses and coaches in China,
has come under the limelight with its vehicle.
This passenger vehicle is equipped
with 75-kilowatt fuel cell engine system, reaches the highest speed of
75 kilometers per hour, and can run above 320 kilometers with one recharge,
and the exhaust discharge is zero.
The cost of the vehicle is not lower
than CNY 3 million, but the achievement of mass production still needs
time.
At this exhibition, besides some
famous Chinese passenger vehicle manufacturers, also some foreign spare
parts enterprises have drawn great attention, such as AkzoNobel, DAF, Hella,
Jacobs, Gititire, the Vibracoustic, Siemens system of vehicle carries as
well as TomKings.
Jiang Shihuang, the general manager
of KingLong United Automotive Industry (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., declared that
they would invest CNY 500 million to accelerate research and development
in three years.

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