Zhongtong Bus Holding Co Ltd is a Chinese

China

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 bus manufacturer based in Liaocheng

Liaocheng

Liaocheng , also known as the Water City, is a prefecture-level city in western Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Dezhou to the northeast, Tai'an to the south, and the province of Hebei and Henan to the west...

, Shangdong Province. The company is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Shenzhen Stock Exchange

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, and is one of China's major bus makers.

History

Originally founded in 1958 as Liaocheng Vehicle Manufacturing and Repair Factory, the company began building buses in 1971 and after a series of name changes became known as Zhongtong Bus Holding Co Ltd in 1998.

Products

Products range from 6-meter light buses to 18-meter high-end luxury buses, including road, urban, light, and Hybrid electric bus

Hybrid electric bus

A hybrid electric bus combines a conventional internal combustion engine propulsion system with an electric propulsion system. These type of buses normally use a diesel-electric powertrain and are also known as hybrid diesel-electric buses....

es.

Production bases and facilities

The company states the combined floor-space of its facilities total around 300,000 square meters. A subsidiary, Xinjiang Zhongtong Bus Co Ltd, is responsible for a production line that became operational sometime in 2007.

External links

• Official website