On the morning of May 16, Yuchai held a release conference for school bus engines under the theme of specialization, care and preference at China National Convention Center in Beijing, unveiling Chinas first engine tailored to the special demands of school buses and the preferential service policy for engines specific to school buses. This is also Chinas first service policy targeting the school bus engine market.

Leaders of industrial associations, including Chairman Zou Huxiao and Secretary-General Pei Zhihao of the Bus Branch of the China Highway & Transportation Society, witnessed the historic moment with experts and delegates. Wang Limin, deputy general manager of Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd. YM; Zhang Jiasha, deputy Party secretary of YM; Cui Huabiao, deputy chief engineer of YM and Zhou Chuanwu, deputy general manager of Yuchai Sales Co., Ltd. attended the conference. Zou, Pei, Wang and Zhou unveiled the engine specific to school buses.

Engine specific to school buses

In the address, Wang said Yuchai has been committed to becoming the worlds most competitive professional engine supplier and has been pursuing excellence to make the trust of partners and the public more valuable. Owing to its close attention to markets, products and value, Yuchai has kept ahead in energy-conserving, safe and environment-friendly engine technologies, and has led the bus engine market with a share of 60 percent. By leading technologies and outstanding quality, Yuchai has been performing its social responsibility, repaying partners for their trust and actively bearing social responsibility. In 2012, Chinas school buses ushered in a historic opportunity for development. However, we have also realized Chinas school buses still have a long way to go in order to become mature. As a link of the bus industry chain, Yuchai has the responsibility to bear the heavy duty of promoting the development of Chinas school buses and meeting public demands for school bus engines with professional and outstanding products and services.

Wang added, Yuchais initiative in releasing an engine specific to school buses is a masterpiece of its special technical development based on a deep study and analysis of the school bus market and centering on demands of safety, reassurance and comfort. It not only shows Yuchais care for the younger generation, but also demonstrates the accumulation of its technical strength over the years. Hopefully, the engines release will provide a more advanced and applicable power choice for Chinas school buses on its road of specialized development.

A scene of the release conference

Zou fully recognized the engine, saying safety is the core demand of school buses, how to create safe, reliable and comfortable school buses for children is not only what vehicle manufacturers should consider but also what the whole bus industry chain should think over. He added Yuchai is the industrys first engine manufacturer that released an engine specific to school buses, he saw a loving and socially responsible enterprise as well as an engine specific to school buses perfectly integrating technical strength with social responsibility. He genuinely admired Yuchai for its model role in building Chinas school bus engines and sent the best wishes for the Chinese cause of school buses and Yuchai.

This time, Yuchai released a combination of YC4FA, YC4D, YC4E, YC4G and YC6J engines specific to school buses. The combination precisely meets power demands of various flat-headed and long-headed school buses ranging from 5.5 meters to 10 meters. The engines specific to school buses tailored by Yuchai to core demands of school buses are highlighted by safety, reassurance and comfort. In safety, Yuchai conducted special technical design of engines specific to school buses in terms of fire retardance and safe braking to effectively boost the safety of engines and vehicle operations; Yuchai 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; during designing and developing engines specific to school buses 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, optimized engine integration and suspension design in bus matching, thus reducing vibration transfer from engine to body, effectively reducing noise and boosting comfort.

Aiming at the operating characteristics and demands of school buses, Yuchai has tailored a full set of service policies exclusive to school buses to provide better and more intimate services. For Yuchais engines specific to school buses designed and manufactured in accordance with the national standards for school buses, warranties will be provided for three years regardless of mileage, users may be entitled to engine maintenance for three times and three safety checks when schools open within warranty periods, to ensure school buses transport school children in new school years safe and sound. Yuchai owns more than 4,000 service outlets, franchise stores and distribution points, as well as more than 1,200 professional electric-control service stations throughout the country, which has considerably reduced the service radius to provide sincere and fast services for school buses.

According to sources, so far, more than 10,000 school buses carrying Yuchai engines have been shuttling in regions such as Zhejiang, Tibet, Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu and Fujian, transporting tens of millions of school children safe and sound. Yuchais high share and high recognition in the school bus market also implies high responsibility and high mission. Yuchai is duty bound to equip the countrys future school buses with its high-quality, high-reliability and high-applicability engines.

Liang Guanping