Scania Enters Chinese City Bus Market with Euro 4 Buses

29 December 2007

Scania is now delivering 25 Euro 4 articulated buses to the public transport company in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province in eastern China. Scania won the contract because of its emission technology, low operating cost and long service life, according to the company.

Scania’s emission technology is based on EGR (exhaust gas recirculation), which neither requires aftertreatment of exhaust gases, nor extra tanks with additive on-board.

In October this year, Scania signed a contract and is also in the process of supplying 500 city buses to Singapore, where environmental performance was a deciding factor.

The delivery was made as a result of the agreement between Scania and Chinese bodybuilder Jiangsu Alfa Bus. Alfa Bus is a privately owned company based in Jiangsu province that manufactures buses for urban traffic as well as tourist and express coaches. With backing from Scania, the company will also be responsible for marketing the Scania buses it produces.