Weichai Group — a company specializing in the design, manufacturing and sales of diesel engines — has just released a tour bus equipped with its new powertrain system that meets exacting Euro VI emission standards.

The Euro VI standards were issued by the European Union to reduce levels of harmful exhaust emissions, both from petrol and diesel automobiles.

The powertrain of an automobile comprises the engine, exhaust system, transmission, drive shaft, suspension and wheels.

The company, headquartered in the Weifang Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, in the city of Weifang in Shandong province, released the bus in Hong Kong on March 28.

It is Weichai's latest efforts to speed up its provision of customized high-end products to the international market.

The first tour bus, produced by its subsidiary Xiamen Fengtai Bus and Coach International, was delivered to Hong Kong's Great Leader Bus Holdings during the release ceremony.

Weichai Group President Tan Xuguang and more than 100 international clients from the public transportation, tourism and long-distance bus services sectors participated in the ceremony.

Fengtai is the Weichai Group unit which focuses on developing new energy hybrid coaches, pure electric coaches and low emission luxury coaches that meet the Euro V and Euro VI emission standards.All its products are supplied to developed countries including the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.