J-Bus Explained

J-Bus Ltd.
Industry:Automotive
Native Name:ジェイ・バス株式会社
Native Name Lang:ja
Romanized Name:Jei-basu Kabushiki-gaisha
Type:Joint venture
Hq Location City:Komatsu, Ishikawa
Hq Location Country:Japan
Areas Served:-->
Key People:Tetsuro Ishikawa (President)
Products:Buses, coaches, parts
Revenue Year:FY2021
Operating Income: -
Income Year:FY2021
Net Income: -
Net Income Year:FY2021
Assets Year:FY2021
Equity Year:FY2021
Num Employees:1,541
Num Employees Year:March 2022
Footnotes:Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021) is from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
References:[1] [2]

J-Bus is a Japanese manufacturer of buses and coaches established in 2002 as a joint venture between Isuzu and Hino. The venture was formed by merging the previous bus and coach operations of both manufacturers and started operations in 2004.

History

In January 2002, Hino and Isuzu said they had agreed to merge their bus/coach development and manufactuting operations.[3] These were the subsidiaries Hino Auto Body Industries Co., Ltd. (a plant in Komatsu, Ishikawa) from Hino and Isuzu Bus Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Utsunomiya) from Isuzu.[4] In October 2002, the J-Bus joint venture was established, and the companies started the business integration process.[3] The integration was completed in 2004.[4]

In 2017, J-Bus announced the first articulated bus developed in Japan.[5] Isuzu engineers were in charge of the body and chassis and Hino's of the engine and hybrid system. The bus was introduced by 2020.[6] By 2018, J-Bus' Komatsu plant started to assemble the fuel cell bus Toyota Sora for Toyota.[7] In February 2022, Hino and Isuzu said they planned to start assembling large electric transit buses at J-Bus by 2024.[8]

Facilities

J-Bus has two assembly plants: Komatsu and Utsunomiya.

The Komatsu plant mostly produces coaches and houses the venture headquarters. It has administrative, engineering, design, and production facilities. The plant complex buildings cover . The Utsunomiya plant produces transit buses and covers .[9]

Products

, J-Bus assembles various coach and transit bus models.[10] [11]

Komatsu plant

Utsunomiya plant

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ジェイ・バス株式会社 第20期決算公告 . J-Bus Corporation. Announcement of financial results for the 20th fiscal year . ja . J-Bus . Company Activities Total Research Institute . 9 June 2023.
  2. Web site: 会社概要 . Company profile . J-Bus . 9 June 2023 . ja.
  3. Web site: 日野・いすゞ、バス事業統合に向けた準備会社設立 . Hino and Isuzu establish a preparatory company for bus business integration . ja . Response.jp . 2 October 2002 . 9 June 2023.
  4. Web site: バスづくりは今でも手作業ってホント？ 路線バス製造工場を見学してきた . Is it true that buses are still made by hand? I visited a transit bus plant . Osaka . Akinori . ja . Kurukura . 7 July 2019 . 9 June 2023.
  5. Web site: 初の国産ハイブリッド連節バスを、いすゞと日野が共同開発 . Isuzu and Hino to jointly develop the first domestic hybrid articulated bus . Yamauchi . Hiroshi . ja . Clicccar . 20 February 2017 . 9 June 2023.
  6. Web site: ｢国産連節バス｣はダイムラーの牙城を崩せるかいすゞと日野が共同開発､｢シターロG｣に挑む . Can a domestic articulated bus break Daimler's stronghold? Isuzu and Hino jointly develop a Citaro G rival . Watanabe . Seiji . ja . Toyo Keizai . 20 March 2020 . 9 June 2023.
  7. Web site: トヨタＦＣバス、官庁街で試乗会 静かな走り「内緒話聞こえてしまう」 . Test drive event for the Toyota fuel cell bus by district governments. Quiet driving: "I even can hear secret chats" . ja . Automotive Business Association of Japan . 26 April 2018 . 9 June 2023.
  8. Web site: いすゞと日野がEVバス トヨタと水素燃料電池バスも検討 . Isuzu and Hino ponder an EV bus, an hydrogen fuel cell bus with Toyota . ja . Nikkei . 28 February 2022 . 9 June 2023.
  9. Web site: 工場案内 . Plant information . ja . J-Bus . 9 June 2023.
  10. Web site: 宇都宮生産車ラインナップ . Utsunomiya production vehicle lineup . ja . J-Bus . 9 June 2023.
  11. Web site: 小松生産車ラインナップ . Komatsu production vehicle lineup . ja . J-Bus . 9 June 2023.

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