RAC of Taiwan to Deliver About 90 E-buses/trucks in 2013

Taipei, Nov. 26, 2012 (CENS)--RAC Electric Vehicles Inc., maker of electric busses in Taiwan, recently claimed to have landed orders for another 10 pure-electric buses from a domestic bus company and an international logistics firm, and will begin delivery in March 2013.

RAC, an affiliate of Mobiletron Electronics Co., Ltd. (an automotive-electronic parts and electric hand-tool maker) holding 17.7% stake, has already exported products to Victory Liner, the largest bus company in the Philippines, and sold 11 e-buses to customers in Taiwan.

The e-bus maker is also expected to sign an agreement with a customer in Hong Kong to supply at least three e-bus chassis by mid-2013, claiming such order volume is expected to continue to expand in the future.

Y.C. Tsai, RAC's president, pointed out that public-bus companies in Taipei, Hsinchu and Kaohsiung have adopted his company's electric buses, with so far 20 e-buses on the roads in Taiwan, 17 of which produced by RAC and three by local counterpart Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry Co., Ltd.

To expand customer base and according to Tsai, RAC has developed e-vehicle chassis for mid-sized applications, which has been certified by Taiwan's Automotive Research & Testing Center (ARTC) and is expected to be vehicle type safety approved by Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) by year-end.

In the future, Tsai said, RAC will continue to push 3.5- and 9-ton pure-electric truck chassis, and hope to win more orders from government or big enterprises such as Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. and Taiwan Power Co., Ltd.

The president added that many new orders in the fourth quarter have been received, and 80 to 90 e-buses and -trucks will be shipped in 2013.