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Taiwan Kinmen Held Electric Bus Starting Ceremony Back List >January 2017

 
 
According to Taiwan media reports: Taiwan's Kinmen government committed to building environmental tourism industry, and through purchasing 12 medium-sized electric bus help Kinmen become a low-carbon Tourism Island. Electric bus will produce benefits for developing slow travel with low pollution and low noise.
With the cross department cooperation of NDC, Ministry of economic affairs, Ministry of communications and environmental protection agency etc., Kinmen bulk purchased
12 medium-sized electric buses from Sunwin, and constructed supporting facilities actively. At present, Lieyu station, Jincheng station and Mountain stations all equipped with 4 vehicles, and per-vehicle having 19 seats. There are three vehicles of them in charge of Taiwan good line bus routes.
At the Starting ceremony of Dec. 12, Mr. Deng Zhengzhong, Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. Lv Zhenghua, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Industry, Mr. Chen Fuhai, Kinmen County Magistrate, and Mrs. Hong Liping, Kinmen County Speaker etc. hosted the starting ceremony in Kimmon Masukoma Jinhu Hotel. Mr. Deng Zhengzhong said that, due to extreme climate changing, the use of oil being limited, electric transport tools becoming more important, Taiwan is expected to buy 10000 electric buses in ten years, and hope Kimmon to become the models of Taiwan and international. Mr. Yang Yingxiong, legislator, said that Electric buses are the most suitable for Kinmen's public transport, because the area of Kimmon is just 150 sq km, and electric bus can run 180 km.              
                                                           
                              ——From International Business Dept.