China Yuchai, through subsidiary Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited, has entered into a strategic partnership with Guangxi Shenlong Automobile Manufacturing (Sunlong), an electric vehicle (EV) bus producer in China.

Through this agreement, China Yuchai and Sunlong will join technologies to develop new energy vehicles based on China Yuchai’s four new energy powertrain systems – ISG (integrated starter/generator) power generation powertrain, e-CVT (continuously variable transmission) power-split hybrid powertrain, integrated electric drive axel powertrain, and a fuel cell system.

In addition to product development, China Yuchai and Sunlong will leverage each other’s supply chains and distribution networks, especially in international markets, with a focus on entering into Southeast Asian markets.

Headquartered in Nanning in Guangxi Province, Sunlong specialises in new energy buses, and logistical vehicle development and production in Southern China. In the past, China Yuchai has supplied its electric direct drive system, hybrid system and National VI-compliant compressed natural gas (CNG) engine to Sunlong for its vehicles sold in Southern and Western China. In April 2021, the first batch of Sunlong buses featuring China Yuchai’s new energy powertrain systems was successfully delivered to the Nanning local public transit operator.

China Yuchai President Mr Hoh Weng Ming said, “We are excited to ink this important strategic partnership with Sunlong and make further inroads into the fast-growing new energy vehicle market in China and abroad.”