{"id":31102,"date":"2024-05-15T18:04:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T16:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/?p=31102"},"modified":"2024-05-21T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:10:55","slug":"sustainable-bus-is-in-china-in-zhengzhou-home-of-yutong-bus-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/news\/sustainable-bus-is-in-china-in-zhengzhou-home-of-yutong-bus-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"On our visit in Zhengzhou, China, home of Yutong Bus &#038; Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>SUSTAINABLE BUS <\/strong><\/em>editorial staff has flown to the other side of the world, literally making themselves into two, or rather three: if one slice of the team has remained to man the office in Milan, another has packed its bags for Jakarta, for Busworld South East Asia, and yet another &#8211; the one that is writing &#8211; is in <strong>China<\/strong>, in <strong>Zhengzhou<\/strong>, at the home o<strong>f Yutong Bus &amp; Coach<\/strong>, which has organized a four-day event dedicated to the European trade press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414744-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414744-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414744-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414744-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An opportunity to get to know up close, very close, indeed from inside the reality of the world&#8217;s largest manufacturer by volume: the company opened its doors to us and also those of the new plant in Zhengzhou (totally financed by Yutong itself), where we were able to visit a good part of the plant: from a touch and go in the production lines to the research and development departments, passing through the area dedicated to testing e and test drive circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788231509-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788231509-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788304693-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788304693-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788304693-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788304693-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the face of a domestic demand that is heading toward stagnation, bus&amp;coach production in the Dragon Country remains high, huge, and for this very reason houses, Yutong above all, have launched the offensive by exporting their products en masse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414760-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414760-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414760-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.sustainable-bus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1715788414760-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As of today, just to rattle off a few numbers pitted against us by Yutong, <strong>there are 7,000 Yutong buses&amp;coaches running on the streets of the Old Continent, 2,000 of them electric, while in 2023 Yutong exported 10.165 buses and coaches worldwide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" 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