"Made in China" is favored by the Korean electric bus market

Xinhua News Agency, July 18th (Reporter Lu Rui Sun Yiran) Thanks to the advantages of technology and price, China's production electric buses are increasingly favored by the Korean market.

According to South Korea's "Korean National Daily" report, the recent data from the Korean car market research company Carisyou showed that there were 896 new electric bus registered in the first half of this year, of which 399 were made in China, accounting for 44.5%. The share of Chinese -made electric buses in the South Korean market has increased year by year. Among the electric buses registered in South Korea in 2020, Made in China accounted for 23.2%, this number rose to 33.2%in 2021.

It is reported that the main reason for the increasing market share of Chinese -made electric buses in South Korea is that it has technical competitiveness, that is, battery performance is better than Korean domestic bus. Chinese -made electric buses can run all day long, and it is difficult for Korean electric buses to do this. Compared with Korean electric buses with short range of mileage, Chinese -made electric buses are cost -effective.

According to South Korea's "East Asian Daily" recently reported, the head of a non -famous car manufacturer in South Korea said that the era of "Made in China" occupying half of the Korean electric bus market is coming.

"East Asia Daily" said that the number one buses in South Korea KD Transportation Group's subsidiaries launched 40 large -scale electric bus in China in April this year. Bus.

It is reported that the biggest advantage of China's electric buses is the price -performance ratio. The electric bus "ELEC CITY" of Hyundai Motors is priced at about 350 million won (about 1.8 million yuan) per car, while the price of Chinese electric buses is generally below 300 million won. Korean industry insiders pointed out that China's electric buses have good price competitiveness, and their performance and security are further improved. Therefore, the market share in South Korea is expected to continue to increase in the future.

[Editor in charge: Liu Yang]

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