DDAC Won 2015 Trusted Products Award of Chinese City Bus Industry
Recently, the selecting activity of 2015 trusted products in Chinese city bus industry held by City Bus Branch of China Road Transport Association was launched in Mianyang, Sichuan. With the excellent performance in the market for many years, Dongfeng Dana Axle Co., Ltd. (DDAC) was awarded the “2015 trusted products award of Chinese City Bus Industry”. The award winner is recommended by the bus companies nationwide with the high recognition of national bus companies and industry experts. Simultaneously, this award has a very high value and is a good proof of painstaking product research and development and sincere customer value return for DDAC.
As a leader in the domestic axle industry, DDAC has focused on the research and development of new energy bus driven axle all the time and advocated the concept of “five generations of new energy axles”. DDAC first launched the first generation of new energy products in 1990s, i.e., the battery sightseeing car and large tram driven axles. In 2012, DDAC launched the second generation of new energy products, i.e., the 462 and 434 large hybrid-power bus driven axles. In 2014, DDAC introduced the technologies from its parent company — Dana Holding Corporation, and launched the third generation of new energy bus axles, i.e., the large, middle and light duty pure electric driven axles such as P1301, 382 and S130. In the coming 5-10 years, DDAC will also launch the fourth generation (motor and drive head integration driven axle, wheel-side motor driven axle) and fifth generation (wheel hub motor driven axle) of new energy bus axles.
The third generation of new energy bus axles such as P1301, 382 and S130 are the brand new products of DDAC which are built according to the application features of new energy buses and geared to international standards. Among them, P1301 adopts the standardized and modular design, and has been awarded with 15 national patents at present. Compared with old products, its performance is improved completely with more mature technology and better cost performance. It is a brand new product with high reliability, high efficiency, high comfort, high maintenance interval, and safety. Lightweight design makes it approximately 26kg lighter than similar products in the market; the 2.69-7.17 range of speed ratio makes customers can select more flexibly; the patented lubricating oil filter can improve the transmission efficiency for 2-3%; the quality assurance mileage is extended to 3 years or 300,000 kilometers and the maintenance mileage interval is increased to 100,000 kilometers. The excellent product performance established the good brand image of DDAC and products are exported to Europe with good reputation.
In addition to painstaking product research and development, DDAC also offers sincere value return for customers; adheres to the principle of customer first and wins loyal customers by being loyal to customers. The customer satisfaction survey activities are carried out regularly in product quality, after service quality, product development, product price, etc. At the same time, the quality improvement activities are conducted comprehensively by finding breakthrough from the differentiated product design and process design and the differentiated supplier selection and management. Establish the sales, technical, service and spare parts CFT teams, provide station service and mobile patrol service all year round in the user-concentrated area, feedback the market information and quality information in time and resolve the users’ complaints timely. DDAC has got a large number of loyal customers by its heart to heart and point to point services. It really deserves the 2015 Trusted Products Award of Chinese City Bus Industry.
