In the first half of 2026, China's heavy-duty truck industry continued its recovery and growth trend, with cumulative sales of approximately 443000 vehicles from January to April, a year-on-year increase of 26%. Although the penetration rate of new energy heavy-duty trucks continues to increase, traditional power heavy-duty trucks (diesel+natural gas) still dominate the industry due to their irreplaceability in complex scenarios such as engineering construction, long-distance transportation, and high-altitude mountainous areas, as well as strong demand in overseas markets. The four major brands of Sinotruck, Shacman Heavy Truck, Foton Auman, and Beiben Heavy Truck have successively launched new traditional power products, continuously optimizing their product structure and engaging in fierce competition in domestic segmented markets and international export fields.
Sinotruck: Traditional power continues to iterate, leading the export market
As a leading enterprise in China's heavy-duty truck industry, Sinotruck maintains strong technological advantages and market share in the traditional power field. In the first quarter of 2026, the sales volume of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group reached 87000 vehicles, including 49000 exported heavy trucks, a year-on-year increase of 46.9%, accounting for 48.5% of the domestic heavy truck export share, maintaining the industry's top export position for 21 consecutive years.
In the field of tractor, Sinotruck showcased the G7 tractor equipped with the third-generation MC engine at the 2026 Shenzhen International Expo. The engine adopts a super strong body made of vermicular graphite cast iron and the industry's only cylinder body expansion and fracture process, which can output a super large torque of 2400N · m, achieve a super high burst pressure of 250Bar and a high compression ratio of 21:1, while ensuring strong power, comprehensive fuel saving of 5%, matched with an integrated AMT gearbox, bringing users an efficient fuel saving experience.
In the dump truck market, Sinotruck officially launched the Mengshi series of dump trucks at the HOWO light truck engineering dump product launch conference in January 2026, improving the brand's full scenario transportation product matrix.
Shacman Heavy Truck: Focusing on Segmented Races, Gas and Diesel Dual Wheel Drive
Shacman Heavy Truck has put forward the strategic goal of "strong transformation, structural adjustment, seeking new opportunities, and winning in 2026" in 2026, aiming to achieve a domestic sales volume of 100000 civilian vehicles throughout the year. In the traditional power field, Shacman focuses on tackling the high horsepower tractor and small dump truck markets, while continuing to make efforts in the gas heavy-duty truck field.
In terms of tractor, Shacman unveiled the X6000 extraordinary flagship product at the 2026 business conference, covering dual power of oil and gas, suitable for various scenarios such as daily use, hazardous chemicals, and express delivery.
In the field of dump trucks, Shacman commercial vehicles position small dump trucks as the "basic plate". Shacman's small dump trucks have gained widespread recognition in urban-rural fringe areas and rural markets due to their lightweight design, high reliability, and low operating costs.
Foton Auman: Intelligent upgrade of traditional power, creating efficient logistics solutions
Foton Auman will continue to promote the intelligent upgrade of traditional heavy-duty trucks in 2026, combining advanced intelligent driving technology with mature power systems to provide users with safer and more efficient transportation solutions.
On April 25, 2026, Foton Auman officially released the Auman Galaxy 9 HWP highway navigation heavy truck and Auman Galaxy 5 HWA highway auxiliary heavy truck. These two heavy-duty trucks are built on Auman's worry free intelligent driving, intelligent wire controlled chassis, super power chain, intelligent cockpit, and cloud platform system, and have been fully optimized and upgraded for different transportation pain points in high-speed logistics scenarios. Auman
In the dump truck market, Auman plans to launch multiple dump truck products such as road transport and dump trucks in 2026, improving its engineering vehicle product matrix. Auman's dump truck is equipped with Fukang's new generation of fuel-efficient power, upgraded with an efficient turbocharger, increasing intake efficiency by 30% and achieving more complete combustion; Simultaneously adopting modular and lightweight design, reducing weight by 200kg and further lowering fuel consumption.
Beiben Heavy Truck: Relying on military quality, deeply cultivating overseas markets
Beiben Heavy Duty Truck relies on military quality and Mercedes Benz technology accumulation to anchor the positioning of "creating a unique boutique heavy truck enterprise" in 2026, with a sales target of 12000 vehicles for the whole year, including 3700 vehicles for overseas sales.
In terms of products, Beiben Heavy Duty Truck announced 16 heavy-duty truck products at the 2026 Partner Conference, including 7 tractor trucks and 9 dump trucks, including 2 traditional energy vehicle models. The Beiben V5 LNG tractor is equipped with a 660 horsepower gas engine from Jiefang Power, adopting a scientific lightweight design, reducing weight by over 500kg, with a curb weight as low as 8.44 tons, and a throttle of ≥ 3kg/100km. At the same time, it has been upgraded to a flat floor cab, improving driving comfort.
Overseas markets are an important pillar of Beiben Heavy Duty Truck's traditional power business. Beiben Heavy Truck has been continuously cultivating in more than 80 countries and regions including South Africa, Pakistan, Laos, India, Mongolia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, etc., and has formed a good brand effect in overseas local markets. On August 21, 2025, ESI Corporation in South Africa welcomed the production of its 10000th Taipei Benz heavy-duty truck, marking a significant breakthrough in localized production for the African market.
Despite the rapid development of new energy heavy-duty trucks, traditional power heavy-duty trucks will still occupy an important position for a considerable period of time in the future. The four major brands of Sinotruck, Shacman Heavy Truck, Foton Auman, and Beiben Heavy Truck will continue to deepen their efforts in the traditional power field, improve the power, economy, reliability, and intelligence level of their products through technological innovation, and actively expand overseas markets to provide high-quality Chinese heavy truck products and services to global users.
