Shaanxi Automobile Group sold 26,000 new energy heavy-duty trucks, a year-on-year increase of 280%, ranking second in the country in terms of growth rate.

280%! Second fastest growth rate nationwide!

This is Shaanxi Automobile’s (Shaanxi Auto) 2025 report card for new energy heavy-duty trucks.

Behind this impressive performance is Shaanxi Auto’s early investment in the new energy vehicle sector and its commitment to long-term development, despite its past as a state-owned enterprise and a traditional third-tier city.

In the past, the Chinese heavy-duty truck industry was trapped in a development dilemma of sacrificing volume for price in the face of fierce market competition.

Standing at the crossroads of industrial development, Shaanxi Auto focused on the technological research and development of new energy heavy-duty trucks. By adjusting its product structure and adhering to a quality-driven approach, it became a leader in China’s new energy heavy-duty truck market and successfully entered the global “first tier” of heavy-duty truck manufacturers.

Only innovators are strong, only innovators win. As early as 1999, Shaanxi Auto pioneered the research and development of new energy vehicle technology in China.

In 2005, through the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, Shaanxi Auto successfully developed China’s first single-fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) heavy-duty truck, thus opening the prelude to the development of CNG heavy-duty trucks in China.

In 2008, Shaanxi Automobile Group (Shaanxi Auto) developed the world’s first and China’s first self-pressurized liquefied natural gas (LNG) heavy-duty truck, ushering in the era of commercialization for LNG heavy-duty trucks in China.

In 2009, Shaanxi Auto established Xi’an Lande Automotive Technology Investment Co., Ltd., a New Energy Vehicle Research Institute, and Dechuang Future Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., strengthening its new energy R&D capabilities.

In 2014, Shaanxi Auto launched a diesel-natural gas dual-fuel vehicle, becoming the first domestic manufacturer to produce dual-fuel heavy-duty trucks meeting the National IV emission standard.

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Through years of technological accumulation, Shaanxi Auto has developed a complete solution encompassing “vehicle assembly + three-electric system + energy replenishment,” establishing a technological “moat” in the new energy heavy-duty truck sector.

Opportunity always favors the prepared. In the transition from old to new growth drivers, the “wind” of new energy swept through the automotive industry, gradually releasing demand in the commercial vehicle market.

Since then, Shaanxi Auto’s new energy heavy-duty trucks have taken off—

In 2021, Shaanxi Auto’s new energy heavy-duty trucks achieved small-batch sales, with approximately 210 units sold. In 2022, sales of new energy heavy-duty trucks reached 773 units; in 2023, sales increased to 3,103 units; in 2024, sales rose to 6,900 units; and in 2025, sales are projected to reach 26,000 units.

“Shaanxi Automobile’s new energy heavy-duty truck sales account for about 10% of the domestic market, meaning one in every ten new energy heavy-duty trucks comes from Shaanxi Automobile,” said Wang Huadong, deputy director of Shaanxi Automobile’s New Energy Business Promotion Office. He added that this year, orders for new energy models have increased, and production lines are operating at high speed.

While heavy-duty trucks are constantly being “renewed” and seizing market share, the manufacturing sector is also undergoing a “smart manufacturing” transformation—

On February 5th, at Shaanxi Automobile’s final assembly plant, with close cooperation across all processes, one after another “giant” truck rolled off the production line in an orderly manner.

By constructing a rich array of “smart manufacturing” scenarios, Shaanxi Automobile has created a “model” for intelligent heavy-duty truck factories in my country, employing a flexible production method of small batches and multiple product categories.

Ji Xiang, Senior Business Deputy Manager of the Production Office at Shaanxi Automobile’s General Assembly Plant, said, “Thanks to the continuous improvement in equipment interconnectivity, the automation rate of the general assembly line exceeds 70%. One of our production lines can assemble more than ten models simultaneously, making it one of the most versatile and flexible production lines in the domestic heavy-duty truck industry.”

In 2025, Shaanxi Automobile’s General Assembly Plant produced over 15,000 new energy heavy-duty trucks. This year, to efficiently respond to market demand, the plant increased its daily output from 500 to 625 vehicles, with 13,700 vehicles rolling off the production line in January alone, setting a new record.

In 2025, Shaanxi Automobile achieved vehicle sales exceeding 200,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 22.1%. Among them, sales of new energy vehicles increased by 172.5% year-on-year; sales of new energy heavy-duty trucks reached 26,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 280%, ranking second in the country in terms of growth rate.

Accelerated production drives new steps in “going global”—

As one of the earliest Chinese heavy-duty truck companies to go global, Shaanxi Automobile established an import and export office in 1994. In 2000, the Import and Export Office was renamed the International Trade Department. To further expand into overseas markets, Shaanxi Automobile Group (Shaanxi Auto) established Shaanxi Heavy-Duty Vehicle Import and Export Co., Ltd. in 2006, and in the same year, it was approved as one of the first batch of national export base enterprises for complete vehicles and auto parts.

Shaanxi Auto’s overseas sales of heavy-duty trucks exceeded 10,000 units for the first time in 2008. In 2009, it launched the SHACMAN international brand, and in 2014, its overseas heavy-duty truck fleet exceeded 100,000 units… Reviewing its achievements, Hui Xiang, brand manager of Shaanxi Heavy-Duty Vehicle Import and Export Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shaanxi Auto, remarked with deep feeling: “Since the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed, the company’s development has accelerated significantly. By 2025, SHACMAN new energy heavy-duty trucks will have added six more export countries, doubling the export volume.”

SHACMAN is Shaanxi Auto’s heavy-duty truck brand registered overseas. In recent years, riding the wave of the Belt and Road Initiative, SHACMAN has been sold to more than 160 countries and regions worldwide.

Since 2013, Shaanxi Automobile Group (Shaanxi Auto) has actively participated in the infrastructure connectivity construction of countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, accelerated international production capacity cooperation, and participated in projects such as the Simandou Railway in Guinea, becoming one of the major equipment suppliers for infrastructure projects in Belt and Road countries.

“By 2025, the company will have introduced high-quality products in key regions such as Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, with sales reaching several thousand vehicles,” said Hui Xiang. Meanwhile, its flagship heavy-duty truck, the X6000, with its intelligent features and comfort, is exported to 26 countries and regions.

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Moving westward, Shaanxi Auto has firmly seized the opportunities presented by the global expansion of Chinese heavy-duty trucks. In Tajikistan, two out of every three Chinese heavy-duty trucks are from Shaanxi Auto.

Today, riding on the coattails of Shaanxi Auto, automotive parts suppliers in Shaanxi Province, such as Fast Gear and Hande Axle, are joining forces to compete with global automakers.

With its overseas market share growing rapidly, Shaanxi Automobile is accelerating the construction of a global after-sales service network, establishing 41 overseas marketing regions worldwide, including over 200 primary dealers, more than 600 overseas service outlets, and over 180 parts distribution channels, covering regions such as Africa, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Central and South America.

From product structure optimization to technological innovation, from intelligent manufacturing transformation to external ecosystem co-construction, Shaanxi Automobile Heavy Truck is undergoing rapid transformation, becoming a benchmark for the transformation of China’s automotive industry.