Higer Electric City Buses Arrive in Costa Rica for Operation

On April 11, a grand ceremony was held in Beijing to mark South-South Cooperation on Climate Change-Delivery of China’s Aids to Costa Rica, Kiribati and Botswana. Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Chen Dulian, president of Higer, together with ambassadors of the above-mentioned countries to China, attended the ceremony.



Higer electric city buses will soon embark on their journey to Costa Rica for operation, providing greener and more convenient transportation services for local residents. Particularly designed for Costa Rica, this batch of Higer electric city buses deliver consistently impressive performances and achieve superbly high safety standards. Their interior, with ergonomically designed seats, is simple but comfortable. Equipped with an LED dashboard, a radar imaging system, an advanced air-conditioning system, luggage racks for large-sized luggage, etc., it is able to drive 280 km continuously after being fully recharged. Statistics show that under normal driving conditions, each Higer electric city bus is able to cut carbon emissions by 6.72 tons each year.



Through delivering electric city buses to Costa Rica, Higer plans to further deepen its cooperation with bus operators in the country, promoting highly efficient and environmentally friendly public transport. As early as 2007, the bus maker delivered its first batch of buses to Costa Rica. Currently, over 300 units Higer buses & coaches are in smooth operation, having established a solid reputation in the country. Moreover, Higer boasts six Sales & Service Centers across Costa Rica, fully ensuring timely services for local bus operators.


As the first country in Central America to establish diplomatic ties with China in the 21st century, Costa Rica is now China’s strategic cooperative partner and the two countries have carried out fruitful cooperation in a number of areas. In February, 2022, China promised to donate six units electric citybuses to Costa Rica to mark the country’s third year in launching Decarbonization Campaign. In July, 2022, Higer successfully won the bid to make the delivery.




It is revealed that all the aids from China, including electric citybuses, photo voltaic systems, environmental monitoring equipment, mobile weather-forecast stations, remote sensing satellites, will soon arrive in these countries for service.


As a staunch supporter of South-South Cooperation on Climate Change,China has been taking a series of effective measures to work closely with countries and regions across the world, especially those developing countries, in fighting against carbon emissions. By carrying out cooperation on fighting against global warming with 38 developing countries, China has so far launched over 60 aid programs and held over 50 training sessions.


Nowadays, it is widely agreed that people around the globe must work together and act speedily to protect the increasingly fragile eco-system. To cut carbon emissions, China has been actively involved in promoting new energy vehicles. In 2022, it sold 6.887 million new energy vehicles, up by 93.4% yearon year and accounting for 61.2% of the world’s total sales volume of new energy vehicles. For eight consecutive years, China has ranked the first place in the world in the sales of new energy vehicles.


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.