Two electric buses developed by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) are today to begin offering circular shuttle services in the Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區).
Speaking with reporters at a ceremony to inaugurate the two e-bus services, Hsinchu Science Park Bureau director-general Wayne Wang (王永壯) said the e-buses would run between the park’s section in Miaoli County’s Jhunan Township (竹南) and the Hsinchu high-speed rail station in Hsinchu County’s Jhubei City (竹北), meeting the needs of staffers in the park, while also reducing carbon emissions.
The e-buses rolled out by Foxtron Vehicle Technologies Co (鴻華先進), a joint venture between Hon Hai and Yulon Motors Co (裕隆), are equipped with a lane departure warning system and a forward collision warning system, Wang said.
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The park would study the services before deciding whether to use more e-buses, Wang added.
The Hon Hai-developed e-buses were made based on the “Model T” prototype the company unveiled in October 2021.
Michael Kuo (郭耀聰), an aide to Foxtron CEO Andy Lee (李秉彥), said the company expects shipments of Model T based e-buses to range from 105 and 110 units this year after 50 were shipped in the first half of the year.
Last year, only 20 units were shipped, Lee said.
Foxtron started to ship Model T based e-buses to Kaohsiung in March last year, and provided the same model to Taipei, Tainan, Taitung and outlying Kinmen County, as well as to Indonesia.
Taichung Bus Co (台中客運) in central Taiwan is scheduled to adopt the model in October, Kuo added.
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