Golden Dragon City Buses Equipped with FPT Cursor NG Engines to Start Operation in Israel

Tag: Golden Dragon, City bus, Cursor 9 EURO VI CNG, Israel 

Recently, Xiamen-based Golden Dragon officially delivered its first batch of city buses equipped with FPT Cursor natural gas engines to its Israeli customer. Fully in compliance with Euro VI Step E Emission Standards, Golden Dragon city buses are set to substantially improving the local public transport network and providing greener and more convenient transportation services for local residents.

Before this delivery, FPT Industrial had provided over 100 units natural gas engines with Euro VI Step D Emission Standards, which enabled Golden Dragon to strengthen its presence in Israeli bus market.

With unparalleled stability and superb reliability, FPT Cursor 9 natural gas engine excels in its performances. Generating little noise and achieving high fuel economy, it is able to help bus operators cut their fuel costs by 40%. By adopting the three-way catalytic converter as its post-treatment solution, the engine achieves higher user-friendliness and delivers more powerful performances.

According to Golden Dragon, it established cooperative ties with FPT Industrial in 2014. Since then, it has purchased over 2,000 units engines from its business partner. In this first quarter this year, nearly 200 units Golden Dragon 12-meter inter-city buses, 12-meter city buses and luxury coaches equipped with FPT Cursor 9 diesel engines with Euro VI Step E Emission Standards started operation in the capital city of Israel.