WANG CHUANFU, chairman of China’s leading electric vehicle maker BYD Co., said the company will deliver more electric buses to Spain and buy more products from Spanish firms.

BYD started its business in Spain in 2014 with pilot electric bus systems. Now the company’s electric buses run in several Spanish cities such as Sant Cugat, Valencia, Badalona and Badajoz.

The company has won the order of 25 e-buses in Spain, accounting for 16 percent of the country’s e-bus market. It is also the only Chinese e-bus maker with Spanish business.

Wang expected BYD to get more orders for its e-buses in the country as the Spanish economy keeps the recovery from decline.

“The world is facing unprecedented challenges as air pollution and traffic congestion have become common problems for major cities in the world,” said Wang, adding that BYD’s operations in Spain have gained achievements in cutting urban air pollution.

He believed that as the European Union countries are facing pressure in emission cut and attach great importance in environmental protection, more and more environmental-friendly public transport systems are needed so that China and Spain, as well as China and the whole EU, have huge potential for cooperation in this field.

BYD operates almost 400 e-buses in EU and is expected to reach 800 in 2019 and further double the number again in 2020, according to Wang.

“We will deepen cooperation with Spanish partners in the environmental-friendly transport system and new energy, bringing green public transport solutions and the idea of the electrification of public transport to Spain and other countries,” he said. (Xinhua)