Safety is the core demand of school buses. Providing safe, reliable and cozy school buses to children is not only the concern of bus manufacturers, but also what all links of the industry chain are working on.

As the leading enterprise in the engine industry, Yuchai has painstaking efforts in the safety and power of school buses.

Habitual strength in school bus power

Whether customer satisfaction or professional statistics has shown the absolutely overwhelming position of Yuchai engines in the bus industry. According to the data released by Yuchai, Yuchai sold 113,000 bus engines, with a market share of over 60 percent.

Yuchai is similarly strong in the school bus market. According to sources, Yuchais school bus engines have been put to use in areas including Zhejiang, Tibet, Gansu, Shandong, Ningxia and Guangdong. Yuchai has held a share of some 70 percent in the school bus engine market and a share of over 90 percent in the high-end school bus engine market.

The overall base of the school bus market was small last year, and it makes little sense to compare accumulated data in the same period. School bus sale is highly seasonal, the period right before schools open is a peak period, and data will decrease in the middle of the semester, therefore month-on-month data is not representative, either, a person in charge of Yuchai analyzed calmly in the face of constantly growing sales data and market share.

Yuchai engines have matched all mainstream school buses announced by the State, especially in the segment of 6m-7m school buses, the person added.

According to sources, the 50 King Long school buses purchased by Anchang Road Transport Service Co., Ltd. is the largest school bus order among all county-level administrative entities in Heilongjiang Province, as well as the first school bus order in the transport history of Keshan County, and these school buses exactly carried Yuchai engines. Reliability and durability, energy and fuel conservation, and service quality are of great importance in engine and bus selection, a person in charge of the company said.

School bus purchase is not as grave as bus purchase in terms of engine choice, and we provide engines of several major manufacturers most popular in the market for customer choice. Customers must choose most cost-effective engines, but school buses differ from common buses and road coaches after all, safety and stability are important, even minor failure that delay students in getting on or off buses will worry teachers and parents of students. As operating costs of school bus are high, fuel consumption should be kept as low as possible, a person in charge of the technical department of King Long told the cvnews.com.cn.

Analyzing the performance of several major homemade engines in the school bus market, the person said, Product quality must be most important, followed by after service and network coverage. One important reason why Yuchai is superior in the school bus market is that Yuchai holds a large share in the bus market and has enjoyed good reputation for many years, school bus is a segment of bus, and customers has certain inertia to purchase school buses carrying Yuchai engines.

Insight into market, clear target

Good product adaptability is one of the merits of Yuchai engines, a person in charge of Yuchai said, adding, Insight into segments and professional matching is the key to Yuchais market success over the years, According to sources, to better meet the higher safety requirements of the school bus market and accommodate special circumstances of operation, Yuchai has introduced five product portfolios ranging from YC4FA to YC6J to accurately match diverse models ranging from 5.5 meters to 10 meters to cover the school bus market most efficiently.

During designing and developing school bus engines and the matching development of buses, to make buses more comfortable, Yuchai conducted a modeling analysis with NVH technology, enhanced engine structure and sound quality, reduced noise, and optimized engine integration and suspension design in bus matching, thus reducing vibration transfer from engine to body, effectively reducing noise and boosting comfort.

Based on its strong capacity for segment control, Yuchai has conducted adaptive R & D of specific engines and provided exclusive guarantee: to adapt to the special requirements of school buses for speed limit and road conditions, and the change that the total mass of school buses is different from traditional vehicles, Yuchai conducted adaptive re-calibration to school bus engines. On the basis of meeting customers core demand of reassurance, Yuchai provided special guarantee in such aspects as safety and comfort.

Aiming at the operating characteristics and demands of school buses, Yuchai has also introduced the first service policy specific to the school bus engine market. For Yuchais school bus engines, three-year warranties are provided regardless of mileage, users may enjoy three-time engine maintenance and three safety checks when schools open within warranty periods, to ensure school buses transport school children in new school years safe and sound. Yuchais over 4,000 service outlets, franchise stores and distribution points, as well as over 1,200 professional electric-control service stations throughout the country has reduced the service radius to provide sincere and fast services for school buses.

Originating from social responsibility

Engines are vital to normal operations of vehicles just like vehicles role in safe operations of school buses. Engine manufacturers that have been aware of this point have never stopped developing and manufacturing high-caliber and high-quality school bus engines.

Among domestic engine manufacturers, Yuchai is the first to introduce exclusive service policies for school bus engines. While deeply understanding engine performance is the biggest core part that affects vehicle performance and the technical innovation and advancement of engine technologies is the core competitiveness of engine manufacturers, Yuchai is concerned about the safe operations of school buses and the safety of students after seeing one tragic accident after another.

The sincerest concern is reflected in the most practical action, and Yuchai has demonstrated the social responsibility of an enterprise with products. The core of school bus operations is safety. In safety, Yuchai has conducted special technical design of school bus engines in terms of fire retardance and safe braking to effectively boost the safety of engines and vehicle operations;

According to statistics, over 70 percent of traffic accidents are caused by humans, fatigue driving or dangerous driving is the main reason for many accidents. In regard to this, Yuchai has established an interactive communication platform of human, machine and manager through Yineng vehicle terminal and platform system, based on modern electric control engine technology and modern communication, satellite positioning and network technologies, and provided school bus users with instant and active vehicle operation services and operation management services through its strong service and technical capacity and comprehensive sunk service network, thus accomplishing reassuring operations.

(Source: Li Xinyan/cvnews.com.cn)