Dongfeng Auto to Make Hydrogen Cars With Government Support
Tang Shihua
DATE:  Jul 26 2019
/ SOURCE:  yicai
Dongfeng Auto to Make Hydrogen Cars With Government Support Dongfeng Auto to Make Hydrogen Cars With Government Support

(Yicai Global) July 26 -- Dongfeng Automobile, a unit of China's Dongfeng Motor, will develop hydrogen buses and logistics vehicles with three partners, including a regional government, in its hometown in Central Hubei province.  

Dongfeng Auto penned an agreement with the municipal government of Xiangyang, the State Power Investment Corp. Research Institute of China, and Wuhan University of Technology regarding advancing the region's hydrogen sector, the carmaker said in a statement yesterday. 

This year, China's central government has started promoting hydrogen to shift toward the clean-burning fuel while reducing subsidies for electric vehicles.

The four parties will build refueling stations to promote hydrogen vehicles as a means of public transport as well as Xiangyang as a manufacturing hub of related equipment, Dongfeng, which already has a production base in the city, added. 

Each of the partners has its area of responsibility in the deal as the SPIC institute will construct refueling stations, Dongfeng will make hydrogen vehicles and the university will assist with talent acquisition to develop batteries. Xiangyang will provide policy support with land acquisition.

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Keywords:   Dongfeng,Business Parnership,Hydrogen Industry Chain