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Beiben Truck Group Co., Ltd. is a core commercial vehicle manufacturing enterprise under China Ordnance Industries Group, headquartered in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. As a landmark project of the national "military-to-civilian conversion" strategy, it is a modern commercial vehicle enterprise built in the 1980s to change the situation of "shortage of heavy-duty vehicles" in China's automotive industry, constructed according to the principles of "high starting point, high standards, and high quality." At the same time, Beiben Truck is also the only local heavy truck enterprise in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Beiben Truck's core historical origin dates back to 1988, when it fully introduced complete heavy-duty truck manufacturing technology and process equipment from German Daimler-Benz. The company's main products cover heavy-duty trucks, dump trucks, semi-trailer tractors, specialized vehicle chassis, and new energy heavy trucks, among others. Its products are popular both domestically and internationally and are widely used in national defense, postal services, railways, highways, ports, petroleum, chemicals, hydroelectric power, forestry, fire protection, banking, and many other industries and sectors.
As a member of the "Eldest Son of the Republic" military-industrial group, Beiben Truck has always positioned itself as a "unique high-quality heavy truck enterprise," keeping pace with national conditions and market rhythms, actively practicing energy-saving and emission-reduction, low-carbon environmental protection, and green development concepts, and achieving significant results in new energy transformation.
Beiben Truck's history originated from a strategic decision at the national level. In 1988, to implement the "military-to-civilian conversion, revitalizing the military industry" strategy, the state decided to introduce complete heavy-duty truck manufacturing technology and process equipment from German Daimler-Benz to build a modern heavy-duty truck manufacturing enterprise in Baotou. In February 1990, the Inner Mongolia Yiji Factory Benz Automobile Preparatory Group was established, marking the official entry of the project into the implementation stage. In 1992, the first batch of 50 original Mercedes-Benz 2635S trucks successfully rolled off the assembly line. After several years of introduction, digestion, and absorption, the project was fully completed and passed national acceptance in 1995. By the late 1990s, Beiben Truck had developed into a modern enterprise with three major A, B, and C series, 40 basic models, and over 400 varieties, with products sold overseas.
Entering the new century, Beiben Truck, while consolidating its original technological advantages, increased its efforts in independent R&D and product structure adjustment. During this period, Beiben trucks were widely used in national economic construction, rapidly covering the market of small and medium-sized enterprises and private transport households, which accounted for over 80% of domestic heavy truck purchasing power. Among them, the C-type vehicle, as a classic work of independent development by Beiben Truck, became the model with the highest sales and penetration rate in the brand's history due to its excellent performance and market adaptability. By the end of 2017, over 10,000 Beiben military vehicles were deployed across the Navy, Army, Air Force, Rocket Force, and Armed Police, becoming an important component of China's national defense capabilities.
In 2010, Beiben Truck launched the high-end heavy truck model with complete independent intellectual property rights—the Beiben V3—marking the enterprise's entry into a new stage of development. This series achieved comprehensive expansion in horsepower, drive forms, and application scenarios, becoming the market mainstay. In recent years, Beiben Truck, aiming to "create a unique high-quality heavy truck enterprise," has accelerated its transformation toward new energy and intelligence. In 2025, the company achieved major breakthroughs in the new energy field, with ultra-fast charging technology co-developed with Huawei reaching domestic and international leading levels. In 2026, Beiben Truck comprehensively upgraded its cabins, launching 16 main sales products with the V5 brand at the core, covering standard load tractors, heavy-load dump trucks, ultra-fast charging battery swap vehicles, and other application scenarios, marking the enterprise's entry into a new platform era.
Beiben Truck's product line has constructed a diversified matrix parallel to traditional energy and new energy technology routes, and through continuous technology iteration, has formed clear generational divisions. Currently, the brand's core products have moved from the classic "NG80" and "V3" series into the new platform era centered on "V5."
V5 Platform Series: This is Beiben Truck's new flagship platform for the 2026 market and beyond, aiming to lead the market through technological upgrades. Under the new platform, Beiben launched up to 16 main sales models, covering the most core application scenarios. Among them, the V5 Flat Floor 600kWh heavy truck, the V5 Flat Floor series ultra-fast charging models, and the V5M series engineering vehicles are the key products in this refresh, receiving significant market attention.
V3 Platform Series: As the flagship platform of Beiben Truck, the V3 series has occupied a leading position since its launch in 2010. This series possesses independent intellectual property rights, comprehensively covering tractors, dump trucks, cargo trucks, and others, with horsepower ranging from 240 to 560, and drive forms covering multiple specifications such as 4×2, 6×4, and 8×4. In the new energy field, Beiben has laid out a rich range of pure electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and hybrid products on the V3 platform, widely covering tractor, dump truck, specialized vehicle, and wide-body mining vehicle models. Additionally, the V3 Electric Edition supports battery swap technology, its fuel cell models are equipped with 405 kW fuel cell systems, and it has won the 2024 Media Recommended Commercial Vehicle Award.
Classic and Special Vehicle Series: Historical classic models represented by the NG80 platform were once the product series with the highest sales and penetration rate for Beiben Truck. To this day, Beiben trucks are still widely used in many military branches, such as the Army, Air Force, and Chinese Peacekeeping Forces, while simultaneously serving fields such as postal services, petroleum, and chemicals. Their excellent military quality and reliability remain the core genes of the brand.
As an important participant in the Chinese heavy truck market, Beiben Truck has achieved rapid growth in its new energy and export businesses while stabilizing its traditional market in recent years.
Traditional Heavy Trucks: According to industry data, in the 2024 China Heavy Truck Market Sales Ranking, Beiben Truck ranked in the top ten of the industry. In 2024, Beiben Truck sold 11,105 heavy trucks throughout the year, ranking ninth in the industry. Entering 2025, the company showed strong growth momentum, with March sales of approximately 1,200 units, a year-on-year increase of 28%. In 2025, Beiben Truck achieved solid results across all sub-sectors.
New Energy Vehicles: New energy is the fastest-growing business segment of Beiben Truck. In the local Baotou market, its market share for new energy heavy trucks in 2025 reached as high as 75%, achieving absolute leadership in the regional market. Nationwide, Beiben new energy heavy trucks also won a large number of orders, with star products such as its ultra-fast charging heavy trucks receiving widespread market recognition.
Overseas Exports: The overseas market is an important growth pole for Beiben Truck. In 2025, the company's overseas export volume broke through 2,000 units. Taking the East African market as an example, its core dealer, since representing the Beiben brand in 2006, has cumulatively sold over 2,300 Beiben heavy trucks, with sales networks covering Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and other countries. Additionally, Beiben Truck's joint venture company in South Africa also achieved a historic breakthrough in 2025, with monthly sales exceeding 100 units, annual sales exceeding 1,000 units, and total production exceeding 10,000 units.
Beiben Truck's technical system integrates the rigorous manufacturing processes derived from German Mercedes-Benz, military-grade quality reliability, and innovative breakthroughs for the new energy era.
Ultra-Fast Charging Core Technology: Beiben Truck has cooperated deeply with Huawei to jointly develop domestically and internationally leading liquid-cooled ultra-fast charging technology. Its ultra-fast charging heavy truck products can quickly charge the battery from 10% to 90% within 15 to 18 minutes, greatly improving the operational efficiency of electric heavy trucks. This technology adopts advanced electronic control systems, thermal management, and lightweight design to meet the needs of all-temperature application scenarios, from minus 40 degrees to 60 degrees Celsius.
Three-Electric System Integration: Beiben Truck has accumulated extensive experience in the core integration of three-electric systems for new energy vehicles. Its battery swap heavy truck technology has achieved commercial operation, and it has also developed mutual charging technology for special scenarios, such as mother-daughter vehicles. In the hydrogen fuel cell field, its high-power fuel cell system installations have also received industry recognition.
Lightweighting and Intelligent Manufacturing: Beiben Truck widely applies lightweight processes and new materials to achieve lower energy consumption and higher transportation efficiency. Its advanced final assembly lines for complete vehicles, cabs, frames, and axles are equipped with 2,254 pieces of various equipment, including 252 pieces of imported equipment, ensuring the excellent quality of the complete vehicle.
Intelligent Connectivity Technology: Beiben Truck is actively promoting the application of intelligent connectivity technology, developing platoon intelligent driving technology, and has developed mechatronic air conditioning technology capable of meeting extreme harsh working conditions for the special vehicle market. The company is providing systematic and intelligent product solutions for specific scenario users through its "5+2" market strategy.
Beiben Truck's international strategy is guided by the "Belt and Road" Initiative, deepening its presence in neighboring and key regional markets, and is accelerating its transformation from product export to localized operation, technology and service output, and full industrial chain cooperation.
International Strategy Centered on the "Belt and Road": Beiben Truck's products, with their high reliability and low emission advantages, have deeply participated in infrastructure construction projects in Belt and Road partner countries. The company has established a stable strategic partnership lasting 23 years with large central enterprises such as China Henan International Group, providing customized heavy truck products and full-lifecycle service guarantees for their key overseas projects through strong alliances.
Localized Deep Cultivation in Key Regions: In the African market, Beiben has established sales and service networks covering multiple East African countries through deep cooperation with top local enterprises in Kenya, Mozambique, and others. In South Africa, Beiben Truck's joint venture company (ESI) has become a model for its global operations, achieving a major breakthrough of annual sales exceeding 1,000 units in 2025.
Sales Target: In 2026, Beiben Truck will make every effort to complete its annual sales target of 12,000 vehicles, anchored in the core positioning of "creating a unique high-quality heavy truck enterprise," and continuously promote the enterprise toward high-quality development.
Product and Market Strategy: The company will strengthen collaborative cooperation in the fields of infrastructure, mining, construction machinery, and heavy truck supply chains, actively expand the overseas aftermarket, provide comprehensive product solutions, and insist on taking the "1+5+2" business sectors as its driving force to pursue a path of high-end, differentiated, and internationalized development.
New Energy and Intelligence: Beiben Truck will continue to deepen strategic cooperation with technology giants such as Huawei, using ultra-fast charging technology, battery swap technology, and fuel cell technology as fulcrums to continuously enrich its new energy product matrix and accelerate the electrification of heavy trucks. At the same time, the company will continue to promote the commercial application of intelligent driving and intelligent connectivity technologies in specific scenarios, laying the foundation for the future smart logistics ecosystem.
As a tough team originating from the military industry and deeply rooted in the northern ethnic industry and heavy truck industry, Beiben Truck is writing a brand-new chapter of "high starting point, high standards, and high quality" for the Chinese commercial vehicle industry with its deep manufacturing heritage and keen grasp of frontier technologies.
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