“The Belt and Road” Initiative Takes Effect Again! First Batch of 120 Higer Buses are Delivered to Pakistan

Recently, the first batch of 120 12m Higer buses were delivered to Pakistan’s first largest city, Karachi. As one of “Made in China” representatives, the buses will guarantee Pakistan’s daily transportation, providing the locals with comfortable and perfect public transportation experience.




As a trusted partner of the Pakistani people, Higer Bushas become one of the most reliable bus brand in Pakistan. With the delivery ofthe first batch of Higer buses, 130 buses will be further delivered to Sindh.On the first day of the delivering, the honorable Minister of Transport & Mass Transit Sindh and the honorable Minister of Labour & Human Resources Sindh arrived at the scene for test ride of the Higer buses and delivered aspeech. They both agreed that the first batch of Higer buses have taken a solid step to improve the public transportation system in Karachi.




The 12m bus model delivered this time is Higer KLQ6129GHEV, its stylish streamlined design and special middle four-door design meet the requirements of Pakistan’s BRT lane, and the inner space of the bus is as spacious and comfortable as possible. Moreover, as Higer’s important product exported to Pakistan’s largest city, the first batch of Higer buses meet the regulatory requirements of local government, and also have made a series of adaptive improvements according to habits and aesthetics of the locals. The first batch of Higer buses will provide services to six major cities in Sindh, Pakistan, including Karachi. The powertrain of the buses, with a gasoline-electric hybrid design, can ensure normal operation and promote sustainable development of urban transportation.They are equipped with four spacious doors, and separate male and female passenger areas according to local requirements; its advanced hybrid engine is environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient; its CAN bus and instruments make it more intelligent and more convenient for maintenance, which can achieve various functions, such as function integration, space saving, reduction offault maintenance points, and convenient installation.


In order to ensure the normal operation of the buses, Higer quickly set up a special team for the Pakistan bus project after the official signing of the contract to communicate with customers about product, after-sales service and other relevant details, and employed an international authoritative vehicle inspection agency for the vehicle inspection after the successful trial production of the prototype vehicle to ensure the product quality.


In recent years, following “the Belt and Road”initiative, Higer Bus has exported its new energy and clean energy products to South Korea, Serbia, Bulgaria, Italy, Austria, Israel and other countries along “the Belt and Road”. Since 2008, Higer Bus has established a complete after-sales service team to provide after-sales service for customers inPakistan, a country along “the Belt and Road”. Superior production quality and considerate after-sales service have been widely recognized by the Pakistan people. With a new batch of Higer buses entering Pakistan, Higer will stay true to its original mission to make contributions to local public transportation, thereby enhancing the influence of “Made in China” in the countries along the“Belt and Road”.







Privacy Statement

PRIVACY STATEMENT

This Privacy Policy explains how the personal information (" Data ") you provide to and collected by Higer Bus Company Limited (" Us ", "our" or the "Company") through this Website will be processed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.


1.    How do we get the data

The following data may be collected, processed and stored:


SCENARIO

PERSONAL DATA

Sales marketing

l Contact person (such as legal representative/responsible person, agent, service return contact person), contact number, fax, gender, nationality, email address, hobbies, marital status, religion.

after-sale service

l Contact person (such as: the person in charge of the maintenance station, service station salesman, repairman, repairer, car owner), nationality, contact telephone, fax, E-mail, contact address, ID number, account information;

l Factory number, vehicle VIN code, vehicle license plate, total mileage, factory date, engine number, serial number, diagnostic data.

the use of vehicles

End function

Vehicle performance and operation data, such as vehicle component information, light signals, door signals, interior environment, vehicle electrical status, braking information, battery usage, engine data, tire status.

Vehicle and cloud interaction management

Location information, vehicle Vin code, vehicle operation data, such as braking, power, body status information.

Driver assistance alarm

Driver image information, positioning information, vehicle operation data, such as speed, steering, steering wheel Angle, braking, gear position, function switch information, fatigue warning information, blind area alarm information, blind area image information, driving area alarm information, vehicle front image information.

Remote upgrade and diagnosis

Vehicle brand, vehicle series, vehicle configuration, vehicle VIN code, vehicle ID, software version, hardware version, device ID, device key, diagnostic report, diagnostic log, location information.

vendor contact

Contact, phone, email, fax, address


Inaddition, in order to meet the requirements of laws and regulations such as2021/1341/EU R151/R159/R158, the external cameras and sensors installed on thevehicle are mainly used to collect video stream images for vehicle earlywarning to ensure vehicle safety, and will not collect any biological information from you. The data collected by such sensors will also not be usedto track you or identify you personally. We will install monitoring systems insome vehicles as specified by customers/dealers, the ownership of the data inthe monitoring system does not belong to us, and we will not process (includingbut not limited to collect, store, use, change, delete and other processing measures) any data in the monitoring system.

Typically,you provide this data to us, but in some cases, we may collect data about youfrom third parties or public records. We protect data obtained from such third parties in accordance with the practices described in this Privacy Statement.


2.    How do we use data

Wemay process the data we collect for the following purposes:

i.   Meet any specific information requests that you submit through the Website;

ii.  To discover and meet the needs of our current and potential customers (marketing),for example by conducting market research or conducting customer satisfactionsurveys, sending business communications and newsletters, and advertising abou tour products and services. All of these activities may be carried out by hardcopy, automatic or electronic means, including by letter or email, telephone (such as automated smart outbound, SMS, MMS, fax) and any other means (such aswebsites, mobile applications);

iii.  Fulfill our contractual obligations, such as: providing services required by customers,providing on-board functions on demand, providing remote diagnostics, upgradingand making maintenance plans, and providing support;

iv.   Share your information with our other subsidiaries and affiliates, as well as our network of authorized resellers and distributors, who may use the information to send business communications and advertise their products and services, orto conduct market research and customer satisfaction surveys.


Please note that you can withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to Privacy@higer.com


Data may be processed electronically in IT systems or manually in paper form. Datawill be processed and stored throughout its life cycle, in accordance with theprinciples of fairness, legality and transparency, and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations to ensure data security and confidentiality.


3. Impact of failure to provide data

Submission of data was never mandatory. However, failure to provide the required data,which is marked as required, may prevent us from providing the services orproducts you require, or may cause us to provide the services or products you require less than ideal. On the other hand, if the data marked as optional isnot provided, you can obtain the service or receive the product in any case.


4. How do we share your data

Weare a company specializing in the manufacture of buses, and subject to the applicable laws and regulations regarding data storage and cross-bordertransfer of data, data may be shared and passed on to the trustee, such as: Our subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint ventures, service product suppliers,authorized resellers, distributors and business partners in or outside the People's Republic of China in which we are directly or indirectly involved havespecific contractual obligations and may only use them for the purposesdescribed above.


Data may be provided to other trusted trustees in order to fulfill legal obligations, manage and maintain the security of the Company, protect therights or property of the Company, and respond to orders from relevant government authorities.


5. Retain your personal data


5.1 In order to provide you with products or services, your data may be transferred tothe territory of the People's Republic of China, including storing such data indigital or physical databases managed on our behalf. Database management anddata processing are limited to the above data processing purposes, and we willperform the necessary assessments required by laws and regulations and meet therequirements of privacy protection laws to ensure that data is adequatelyprotected.


5.2 For the purposes stated in the Cost Statement, we will retain and maintain yourpersonal data in our systems and files for the shortest period permitted by lawand regulations, taking into account legal and contractual requirements whereapplicable, unless the storage period is extended for your benefit.


When the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was processed, thedata will be deleted or stored in a form that does not allow the identificationof the data subject, provided that we are not legally required or permitted tohold the data.


5.3 During the data retention period, if we receive your deletion request, we will deleteyour personal data according to your request, unless it needs to be retainedfor a certain period of time according to the requirements of relevant laws andregulations. In any case, we will comply with the above principles and theguidelines provided by the relevant privacy authorities in this regard.


6. Your rights to your data

Youmay exercise your rights under applicable laws and regulations, including:

Right to information andaccess: theright to receive an explanation from the processor as to how your personalinformation is processed, for what purpose and with whom it is shared, and theright to request access to your personal data.

Right of correction: The right to request theprocessor to correct personal data that you may consider inaccurate and tocomplete incomplete information, including by providing a supplementarystatement.

Right to deletion: The right to request theprocessor to delete your personal data without undue delay, subject toapplicable laws and regulations.

Right of data portability: The right to request theprocessor to transfer your personal data to another designated processorwithout being obstructed by the processor.

Right to withdraw consent: You can withdraw your consentto the collection, storage and processing of your personal data at any time.


Youcan exercise these rights by contacting us in the following ways:

Email to: Privacy@higer.com


If you send us a request, we may need to obtain additional personal information from you to verify your identity and contact you if necessary. Thisinformation, as well as other data already in our possession, will be processedin accordance with applicable law to meet your request. When necessary, certain information may be transferred to a subsidiary or affiliate of Higer Bus Company Limited asa trustee to meet your requirements. Your personal data will be processed foras long as it takes to evaluate and process your request, after which your data will be archived for an appropriate period of time so that we can demonstrate that the request has been processed correctly and in a timely manner.


7. Updates to this Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement is updated in September , 2024 . We reserve the right to modify orupdate this Privacy Statement at any time to adapt to changes in laws,regulations and our processes. We will post updates on this site from time to time, and this information is effective at the time of Posting. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to understand how we protect your information.