On May 28, the
2018 Beijing International Road Transportation, City Bus, and Parts Exhibition
(Hereafter referred to as 2018 Road Transportation Vehicle Exhibition) was held
in China International Exhibition Center. After the official opening of
this exhibition, King Long ceremoniously held the 30th anniversary
brand launch conference themed by “Future Road and Acceleration” and launched
the China’s first commercial autonomous driving bus Apolong and the China’s high-end bus representative Longwin II VC.
Through 30-year
hardworking, King Long realized the transformation from nothing to something
and from excellence to brilliance. Undertaking the China’s national industry
task for 30-year, King Long successfully forged a world’s renowned China bus
brand. At the launch conference, King Long Executive Deputy General Manager
Zhou Fangming reviewed the 30-year hardworking course of King Long, expressed
the King Long’s strategic direction for future public transportation trend, and
explained the future-oriented acceleration concept and action of King Long.
30-year history forges glory of
independent brand
A magnificent
and impassioned video reviewed the 30-year growth history of King Long to
unveil the launch conference.
Going back to
1988, the founding year of King Long, King Long determinedly took the China
nation situation as the starting point, marched on the independent innovation
road, and undertook the China national auto brand course. After 30 years, King
Long has become a flag of China bus industry and a world’s renowned China bus
brand.
King Long Executive Deputy General Manager delivers the “Future
Road and Acceleration” keynote speech.
King Long Domestic Marketing General Manager Zheng Xiaohu
introduces Longwin II VC and Apolong
Looking back to
the past 30 years, King Long insisted on the independent innovation, made
continuous breakthroughs, and created a brilliant record in the China bus
industry development history. Rooting in the development course of China independent
bus brand and the development of independent technologies, leading the
innovations of China bus technologies, creating the record of China bus
globalization operation, and outputting the China passenger transportation
system solutions are the King Long’s 30-year epitomes and also the
manifestations of China bus progress history.
Implementing
the independent brand course is the 30-year persistence of King Long and is
also the reason for King Long to win the favor of countrymen and gain the
reputation of “National Bus”. Not
satisfied with the current situation, King Long promoted the independent brand
to the world, even the developed markets, with extraordinary courage. The first
export order to Middle East, the China first EU market entry license, and the
first exhibition at Busworld Kortrijk... King Long became the industry
precedent one by one to present the China bus to a broader world. King Long
also offered passenger transportation system solutions to the world while
outputting the products. During this course, King Long continuously absorbed
and merged the world’s advanced bus manufacturing concepts and technologies and
launched the continuous investments into the breakthroughs and R&D of
independent innovation technologies to continuously promote the core
competitiveness of independent brand and boost the overall promotion of China
bus manufacturing level.
Nowadays, China
has become a great bus manufacturing country and the China independent brand
buses have become popular around the world to deeply merge into the world’s
public transportation systems. King Long’s herringbone logo has become an
outstanding representative of China buses in the minds of world’s people.
Future-oriented and accelerated
progress
China bus
industry has changed remarkably throughout 30 years. As a witness and
participant, King Long feels honored with the China bus industry. Facing
towards the future, King Long also feels great responsibilities. King Long
deems that the future public transportation system should incorporate three
features, namely “Diversification”, “Zero-emission”, and “Interconnection
essence”. Therefore, facing towards the public transportation of new era, King
Long will make unremitting efforts in the supply of better mobility, in
energy-saving and environmental-friendly field, and in the intelligent mobility
exploration field.
The
member of Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Transportation Li Jianbo
visits King Long exhibition booth and experiences Apolong
Facing towards
the diversified traveling needs, King Long will play it advantages of complete
product lineup and abundant bus operation experiences to release the “Optimal
Mobility” solutions meeting the demands of all market segments. “Optimal
Mobility” means the better mobility, which is not only the upgrade of product
solutions, but also the innovation of marketing mode. King Long believes that
the diversified future public transportation will be surely the better public
transportation.
“Zero-emission”
is the threshold for the future public transportation. Based on the nature of
public transportation, the bus will still be the pioneering strength in the
energy-saving and environmental-friendly field. With 20-year new energy bus
R&D experiences, King Long will continue to develop the new energy field to
realize the harmony with the nature. At present, the ECO-Chip, the King Long’s
new energy management technology, has developed from hybrid version to
pure-electric version, of which the pure-electric airport shuttle bus has been
launched and the hydrogen fuel cell bus has obtained the production license.
The future transportation
tools will be the intelligent mobile terminals for interaction among roads,
vehicles, and passengers and the “Interconnection” will be the essence of the
public transportation. In recent years, King Long has taken the lead for the
extensive layout and proactive exploration in the fields of intelligence,
networking, electrification, and sharing of buses and has achieved outstanding
results. On this basis, King Long will, under the guidance of spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, stay true to the original
mission, keep the task in mind, seize the great opportunities of new round of
technologic and industrial revolution, drive the transformation and upgrade of
“Intelligently Manufactured in China”, and boost the realization of the “Corner
Overtaking” of the China’s automotive industry.
Brilliant appearance of “Longwin Apolong "
combination
At this exhibition, the brilliant appearance
of Longwin II VC and the autonomous driving bus Apolong , built in response to the future public
transportation, is exactly the best manifestation of the “Future Road and
Acceleration” theme for this exhibition.
Longwin II VC redefines the high-end flagship for
prominent value measure.
Longwin II launched in last May is King
Long’s flagship product rooted in globalization vision and built for future to
represent for the China’s high-end bus manufacturing industry. As a classic
product for the congratulation of King Long’s 30th anniversary, the
all-new Longwin II VC was revealed at this exhibition. Longwin II on exhibition
this time is equipped with the King Long’s latest Variable Costs (VC) lifecycle
value management system to save RMB >150,000 operation cost for the customer
within 6-year 600,000km lifecycle by means of the comprehensive control focused
on the operation cost, maintenance cost, and intelligent operation management.
VC lifecycle value management system enables Longwin II to truly become a
high-end flagship product redefining the prominent value measure.
At the first assessment result press conference of China Safety
Coach Assessment Program (C-SCAP) held by the China Bus Safety Assessment
Management Center on the opening day, King Long’s Longwin II won the title of
“China Super Five-Star Safety Bus” with the brilliant performance of industry’s
highest score, successfully establishing the new safety benchmarking for
China's high-end buses. At the “Selection of Road Transportation Cup” held at
the opening evening, Longwin II again won the award of “2018 Best Road Bus
Award”. At this grand ceremony, Longwin II once again presented comprehensively
the king style of the high-end road bus.
China’s first commercial autonomous driving bus - King
Long Apolong
The King Long Apolong, the autonomous
driving bus with futuristic appearance and functions, will realize mass
production in July, becoming the China’s first mass production autonomous
driving vehicle and laying a new milestone for China’s automotive industry.
King Long Apolong will take the lead to realize the commercialization of
China’s autonomous driving vehicle in response to the enclosed scenes,
including scenic areas, parks, and airports, and boost the autonomous driving
vehicle to truly serve the public transportation life. Meanwhile, the new
artificial intelligence technology represented by King Long Apolong will inject
new energy into the China’s automotive industry and boost the China’s
automotive industry to create the “Chinese Speed”.
Zhou Fangming
said: “30-year is only a start point for King Long. In the future, King Long
will stay true to the original mission, undertake the pioneering courage and
independent innovation persistence, and accelerate towards the future!”
Standing in the new start point, King Long will boost the continuous progress
of China bus industry with innovation acceleration, meet the future diversified
needs with considerate acceleration, and enable the China independent brand
buses with responsible acceleration to stand in the world’s stage in a more
confident and stronger posture.