The first batch of 895 Zhongtong pure electric buses were successfully shipped to Chile.

The first batch of 895 Zhongtong pure electric buses were successfully shipped to Chile

    On March 26, 2025, the first batch of 895 pure electric buses exported to Chile by Zhongtong Bus, a subsidiary of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, was successfully shipped in Liaocheng, Shandong. All of these vehicles are Zhongtong N-series city buses, which is the largest batch order of Chinese buses exported to Chile in recent years.

    After successful delivery, they will serve the public transportation system of Santiago, the capital of Chile, and open a new chapter of green travel for local people.

    From the national copper mining area in northern Chile to the urban area of ​​Antofagasta, from the central Ohigin Province to the capital Santiago, Zhongtong Bus shuttles between cities, beaches and mines in Chile, and its service footprints are spread across its major cities. It has become one of the important representative brands of buses in the Chilean market.

    Today, the Chilean government attaches great importance to environmental protection and sustainable development, and has put forward the goal of achieving carbon neutrality in 2050, and is fully promoting the electrification transformation in the public transportation field. Relying on its deep accumulation in the field of new energy buses, Zhongtong Bus seizes opportunities and actively participates in the electrification transformation of local passenger transportation.

    In 2021 and 2022, Zhongtong H12Plus pure electric high-end tourist buses were delivered to Chile in succession, taking on the commuting travel guarantee of Chile's national copper mining area, and setting a record for the largest single batch of pure electric tourist bus export orders in China.

    In 2023, 40 Zhongtong pure electric buses were put into operation in Antofagasta, which is also the first city in Chile to operate electric vehicles in batches except Santiago, the capital of Chile. In May 2024, Chilean President Gabriel Borich witnessed the batch delivery of Zhongtong N series pure electric buses to Rancagua City, Ohiquin Province, Chile.

    In 2025, Zhongtong H12Plus pure electric high-end tourist buses were once again exported to Chile in batches, and they stood out from the Chilean tourism commuting market with strength. Zhongtong new energy buses play an important role in many passenger transportation fields in Chile.

    Now, with the batch delivery of 895 Zhongtong N series pure electric buses, the "green" content of Zhongtong buses in Chile continues to rise, constantly promoting the pace of local green transportation transformation.

    Chile, as a relatively developed country in South America, is also a highly open and competitive market, gathering many global bus manufacturers including European and American brands. In the critical period of green and low-carbon transformation, Chile not only has a large demand for green buses, but also has high quality standards.

    In the fierce competition, Zhongtong Bus has made a strong breakthrough and successfully won the bid for 895 new energy buses in Chile, which is inseparable from its strong core technology accumulation and customized adaptive development capabilities.

    As the earliest company in China to carry out new energy bus technology research and development and market promotion, Zhongtong Bus has a complete set of world-class core technologies from batteries, motor control to vehicle integration. It has achieved industry leadership in key core areas such as vehicle energy-saving technology innovation and application, integrated integration, power system matching, and vehicle control, ensuring high reliability and low energy consumption of products.

    With strong accumulation of new energy technology, Zhongtong Bus has also formed in-depth customized development through comprehensive research on local road conditions, traffic regulations, operating needs, passenger habits, etc.

    According to the characteristics of narrow roads and many slopes in Chile, Zhongtong Bus has improved the vehicle's passability, power and economy through system matching and control strategy optimization. Combined with local operations and driving habits, a number of humanized designs have been carried out, including electronic locks for sliding side windows, blind spot detection alarms and electronic fences, intelligent safety functions, etc., to comprehensively improve the comfort and safety of the vehicle.

    At the same time, Zhongtong Bus also matched the core charging and discharging technology for this batch of orders from Chile to help users achieve high operational added value. With the continuous improvement of the construction of a localized after-sales service system, we provide customers with more standardized, timely and efficient service guarantees.

    Since 2024, Zhongtong's new energy buses have been exported to countries and regions such as Portugal, Singapore, Denmark, and the United Arab Emirates. Aiming at the highest end of the global bus industry chain, Zhongtong Bus uses new energy as a breakthrough point to "conquer cities and territories" in more and more markets.

    In the future, Zhongtong Bus will continue to strengthen technological innovation, build core competitiveness with hard-core products, polish the "green smart manufacturing" brand of Chinese buses, and contribute more Chinese wisdom to the green transformation of global transportation!