Dongfeng Motor to export 400 CNG vehicles to Thailand

Shanghai, August 8 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Motor will export 400 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to Thailand this year, according to Shihua Financial Information.

At the vehicle delivery ceremony on August 6, Dongfeng Motor announced its plans to export 400 CNG vehicles to Thailand this year with each vehicle priced at 400,000 yuan ($58,224) besides the 35 CNG tractors this time.

The exported CNG tractors, as Dongfeng’s latest batch of special commercial vehicles, are developed to suit Thailand's environment and meet their particular demand, said Xu Ping, Dongfeng general manager.

Early in 2007, Dongfeng Special Commercial Vehicle Co. has signed an export deal with a Thailand company to jointly explore the Thailand market and extend the export to other southeast countries. In November 2007, the first 21 units of 280hp CNG tractors were successfully put into operation in Thailand by Dongfeng.