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SHACMAN Heavy Duty Truck is a backbone force in the heavy-duty truck manufacturing industry in China. Its core operating entity is Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle Co., Ltd., which is subordinate to Shandong Heavy Industry Group and indirectly controlled by Weichai Power. The company was established on September 18, 2002, and is headquartered in the Jingwei Industrial Park of the Economic and Technological Development Zone in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. It has a registered capital of 5.78796 billion RMB, total assets of 67.241 billion RMB (2024), and approximately 8,545 employees (2024). Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle is the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in northwest China and a nationally designated production base for heavy-duty military off-road vehicles. Its products cover heavy-duty military off-road vehicles, heavy trucks, medium trucks, and axles, and it has built a national enterprise technology center, a postdoctoral research workstation, and a new energy laboratory.
Within the SHACMAN system, there are multiple entities that can be easily confused. Clarifying their relationships helps to understand the full brand picture. Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group Co., Ltd. is the highest-level group company in the SHACMAN system, originally founded as Shaanxi Automobile Manufacturing Factory in 1968. SHACMAN Automobile Group Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary under Shaanxi Auto Holdings that undertakes complete vehicle businesses, holding controlling equity in SHACMAN Commercial Vehicle and a minority stake (49%) in Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle. Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle Co., Ltd. is an enterprise jointly established by Shaanxi Group and Xianghuo Ji in 2002; after Weichai acquired Xianghuo Ji in 2007, it became the controlling shareholder (holding 51%). The familiar Delong series heavy trucks all come from Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle. SHACMAN Commercial Vehicle is an enterprise renamed from Baoji Huashan Engineering Vehicle Company by Shaanxi Group in 2018, producing Yan'an and DeYu series medium and light trucks as well as new energy products, and is a 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of Shaanxi Group.
The SHACMAN Heavy Duty Truck brand logo is the wordmark "SHACMAN," concise and powerful. The product matrix is led by the Delong series as its core, with export volumes consistently ranking at the forefront of the industry. The brand has accumulated 555 new energy and intelligent connected vehicle patents and has undertaken two national 863 Program projects. It has successively won numerous national honorary titles, including "National Green Factory" and "National Science and Technology Progress Award Second Prize."
SHACMAN's history traces back to the late 1960s. In 1968, to meet the strategic needs of national defense construction, the Ministry of Machine Building Industry decided to establish the Shaanxi Automobile Manufacturing Factory in Maili Xigou, Qishan County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. In 1969, with strong support from Beijing Automobile Manufacturing Factory, Nanjing Automobile, Hangzhou Automobile Engine Factory, and other entities, the factory was officially founded and constructed, becoming one of the important outcomes of the Third Front Construction. In 1970, Shaanxi Automobile independently developed China's first generation of heavy-duty military off-road vehicles—the Yan'an 250—instantly rewriting China's history of not being able to produce heavy-duty military off-road vehicles. Thereafter, Shaanxi Automobile became the only designated production base for heavy-duty military off-road vehicles in China, successively undertaking the R&D and production tasks for the first, second, and third generations of heavy-duty off-road vehicles in China, and participating in national military parades six times with its heavy-duty military vehicles.
In 1980, Shaanxi Automobile Manufacturing General Factory led a joint venture with Sichuan Automobile Manufacturing General Factory and other enterprises to form the China Heavy Truck Industrial Joint Venture Company (the predecessor of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group). In 1983, Austrian Steyr 91 series heavy truck technology was introduced, with Shaanxi Automobile, Hongyan, and Jinan Heavy Truck sharing the technology and jointly producing Steyr heavy trucks. By the end of the 1990s, Steyr technology had become increasingly outdated, and the China Heavy Truck Joint Venture Company fell into significant losses. In 2000, China Heavy Truck officially split, and Shaanxi Automobile was placed under independent Shaanxi management, inheriting over 8 billion RMB in liabilities, and operations fell into unprecedented difficulties.
In 2002, Shaanxi Automobile Group and Xianghuo Ji jointly established Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle Co., Ltd., with Xianghuo Ji holding 51% and Shaanxi Automobile Group holding 49%. The following year, Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle introduced German MAN truck technology, successfully creating the Delong series heavy truck product, and the brand embarked on a path of rapid development. In 2004, Shaanxi Automobile began construction of a 3,500 mu (approximately 574 acres) new base in the northern suburbs of the Xi'an Economic and Technological Development Zone, with an investment of 1.98 billion RMB. The Delong F2000 heavy truck rolled off the line, marking the birth of the third generation of heavy trucks. In 2007, Weichai Power acquired Xianghuo Ji and became the controlling shareholder of Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle. Relying on the industrial chain synergy advantages of Weichai engines, Fast Gear transmissions, and Hande axles, Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle's "Golden Power Chain" combination quickly became an industry benchmark.
In 2018, Shaanxi Automobile Group renamed its Baoji Vehicle Factory to SHACMAN Commercial Vehicle, forming a dual-core driven brand pattern of "Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle" and "SHACMAN Commercial Vehicle." In 2020, the independently developed high-end platform Delong X6000 was launched, marking Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck's official entry into a new stage of high-end and intelligent development. That same year, Shaanxi Automobile developed China's first LNG new energy heavy truck, holding 832 new energy and intelligent connected vehicle patents. In 2024, Shaanxi Automobile was selected as a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Factory. Level 2+ autonomous driving heavy trucks have achieved mass production, and Level 4 autonomous driving has achieved batch commercial operations in multiple scenarios, making the brand a pioneer in the industry's intelligent driving field.
In 2025, Shaanxi Automobile Group's annual sales are expected to reach 195,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 16.7%. Among them, Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle's domestic civil product sales are expected to reach 88,000 units, a significant year-on-year increase of 60%, with orders exceeding 94,000 units. In April of the same year, Weichai's subsidiary Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle released the fully autonomous new energy "Zhihui" brand, gathering the "Weichai New Energy Battery + Fast Gear AMT Transmission + Hande Electric Drive Axle" Golden Powertrain, achieving a breakthrough in the full-stack independent R&D new energy brand strategy. In April 2026, Shaanxi Automobile jointly established the SHACMAN Heavy Duty Truck New Energy Global Ecosystem Alliance with industry leaders such as Weichai Power, Fast Gear, Hande Axle, and CATL, and simultaneously released the new energy 3.0 "Extreme Smart Cloud Bridge" series products, signing 1,300 units of orders on site.
SHACMAN Heavy Duty Truck is centered on the "Delong" series, supplemented by an exclusive new energy platform, building a full series product matrix covering fuel, gas, pure electric, and hydrogen power.
Delong X6000 Series: This is the highest-end flagship platform of Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck, oriented toward the long-haul logistics market and hailed by the industry as the "ceiling" of domestic heavy trucks. This series is equipped with a Weichai 17-liter 840-horsepower engine (peak torque 3,750 N·m), an optional Fast Gear 16-speed AMT transmission, and comes standard with a hydraulic retarder and cylinder braking. The X6000 Supreme Flagship, released at the 2026 business conference, fits both oil and gas power options, innovatively introduces the industry's first intelligent cockpit based on an AI large model, and adopts an all-domain domain-controlled electronic architecture for the first time. AI energy-saving technology can learn from excellent driver behavior and work with predictive cruise control to achieve lower energy consumption.
Delong X5000 / X3000 Series: These are the brand's core strength models, combining economy and reliability, and focusing on the quasi-heavy truck and heavy truck markets. The X5000 is equipped with a 460-horsepower engine and an 11.5T rear axle; the X3000 has long remained a sales leader due to its broad scenario adaptability.
Delong M3000 Series: This series focuses on lightweight special vehicles and the construction vehicle market. The M3000S series is equipped with LNG and CNG natural gas power and is widely used in resource transportation, port short-haul, and other scenarios.
Exclusive New Energy Platform: The G6000E series is a full-stack independent R&D new energy heavy truck platform developed from the ground up by Shaanxi Automobile, equipped with a Weichai 600-degree battery. Dual-plug 1,000A charging can achieve 20-80% SOC in only 30 minutes. Express logistics comprehensive power consumption is as low as 1.1 kWh/km, and curb weight leads competitors by 200 kg. The H6000E Extreme Smart Cloud Bridge is the representative product of the new energy 3.0 series, with 1,000 units signed on site at the ecosystem alliance establishment ceremony in 2026.
New Energy Light Truck Smart Cloud Series (SHACMAN Commercial Vehicle): This series focuses on the urban distribution logistics market and is equipped with the industry's first vehicle-integrated thermal management system. Power battery service life is improved by 30%, and products have fully switched to the Tianxing 2.0 version.
Heavy Duty Military Vehicle Series: The brand inherits the military vehicle manufacturing genes dating back to 1968 and remains an important R&D and production base for heavy-duty military off-road vehicles in China today, having successively undertaken the R&D and mass production tasks for the first, second, and third generations of heavy-duty off-road vehicles in China.
2025 was the year the Chinese heavy truck market hit bottom and rebounded. National heavy truck sales reached 1.13 million units, a year-on-year increase of about 30%. Against this backdrop, Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck delivered a resilient performance.
Overall Sales: In 2025, Shaanxi Automobile Group's annual sales reached 195,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 16.7%, achieving an industrial value added of 86.8 billion RMB, a year-on-year increase of 3%. Among them, the core operating entity, Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle, performed particularly well: total vehicle sales for the year reached 153,000 units, a strong year-on-year increase of 29.4%; domestic civil product sales were 88,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 60%, with orders exceeding 94,000 units, a year-on-year increase of over 64%. Beidou data share climbed to 12.9%, firmly ranking first among single factories, and insurance share was 11%, a year-on-year increase of 1.5 percentage points.
Segment Market Highlights: Cargo truck sales broke through 10,000 units for the first time, doubling year-on-year, with product structure continuously optimized. Achieving structural breakthroughs in the cargo truck market, which had long been considered a weakness, became an important milestone for the brand's diversified development.
New Energy Performance: In 2025, Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle's new energy heavy truck sales reached 25,000 units, a surge of 262% year-on-year. The brand has been growing steadily for four consecutive years, with market share increasing by 3.3 percentage points year-on-year, demonstrating significant transformation effects. The cargo truck market, another area of weakness, also achieved breakthrough sales growth, realizing a historic leap beyond 10,000 units and far exceeding the industry average. In the first quarter of 2026, Shaanxi New Energy Heavy Truck sales continued to grow by 27.4% year-on-year, achieving batch delivery in scenarios such as trunk logistics, mines, and ports. In addition, SHACMAN Commercial Vehicle (light truck segment) achieved sales of 8,777 units of new energy products in the first three quarters of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 106%.
2026 Goals: Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck will target 100,000 units of domestic civil product sales for 2026, with new energy product targets set at 40,000 units, accounting for 40% of the total.
The core technology cornerstone of Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck originates from the deep synergy of three core assemblies: Weichai engines, Fast Gear transmissions, and Hande axles. This combination is publicly recognized in the industry as the "Golden Power Chain". Weichai customizes exclusive power solutions for different Shaanxi Automobile models; Fast Gear and Shaanxi Automobile have deeply cooperated from technology R&D to product landing for 57 years. In the new energy field, this synergy has further upgraded to the golden combination of "Weichai New Energy Battery + Fast Gear AMT Transmission + Hande Electric Drive Axle", achieving complete domestic independence of "Big Three Electronics" hardware and software.
SHACMAN New Energy Heavy Trucks have achieved full-stack independent R&D of the three-electric system. The G6000E platform adopts core technologies such as fully autonomous multi-in-one smart integrated electronic control, modular bottom-mounted battery, 3-gear 600kW electric drive axle, dual-plug 1000A high-current charging system, and high-computing power domain control architecture. Smart Cloud New Energy Light Trucks are equipped with the industry's first vehicle-integrated thermal management system, equipped with intelligent assisted driving and more advanced temperature control capabilities, improving power battery service life by more than 30%. Hande Axle has an annual production of 1.5 million axle assemblies, leading technology in the electric drive axle field.
SHACMAN holds China's first heavy truck autonomous driving test license, having cumulatively obtained 555 new energy and intelligent connected vehicle patents. Currently, L2+ autonomous driving heavy trucks have achieved mass production, and L4 autonomous driving has achieved batch commercial operations in various scenarios. The X6000 Supreme Flagship adopted an all-domain domain-controlled electronic architecture for the first time, introducing the industry's first intelligent cockpit based on an AI large model. AI energy-saving technology learns from excellent driver behavior and cooperates with the predictive cruise function to achieve lower fuel consumption under the same power combination. Independently developed intelligent driving high functional safety line control chassis has achieved benchmark demonstration operations in enclosed park scenarios.
SHACMAN holds 832 new energy and intelligent connected vehicle patents, undertaking 2 national 863 Program projects. Its Xi'an assembly plant is hailed as "one of Asia's longest heavy truck production lines", the automated assembly line is 475 meters long, with 34 assembly workstations, peak daily production can reach 450 units, and a heavy truck rolls off the line every 6 minutes. Shaanxi Automobile General Assembly Plant output in January 2026 reached 13,700 units, daily production increased from 500 units to 625 units, creating a new single-month historical high.
Overseas business is one of the most impressive growth engines for Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck. As of 2025, SHACMAN products have covered more than 150 countries and regions worldwide, of which 115 are countries along the Belt and Road, with cumulative exports exceeding 390,000 units. SHACMAN established Shaanxi Heavy Vehicle Import and Export Co., Ltd. in 2006 and was approved as one of the first national complete vehicle and parts export base enterprises. It has over 200 primary dealers and over 600 service stations overseas, forming a comprehensive service network covering its export countries.
Regional Market Status: In Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Algeria, SHACMAN's market share ranks first, making it the trusted "First Brand" for local heavy truck users. In 2025, SHACMAN achieved a key breakthrough of over 1,000 units in sales in markets such as Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, with cumulative overseas orders nearing 40,000 units. SHACMAN actively practices the "One Country, One Vehicle" strategy, customizing new product development for different markets' regulatory requirements, road conditions, and transportation needs. For example, it developed a "Cold Zone Version" model for Kazakhstan's severe cold climate and launched customized products suitable for the high temperatures, heavy rain, and complex road conditions of the South American market.
Export Product Upgrades: High-end X series product exports have broken through 10,000 units, accounting for over 30% of total export sales. The flagship product X6000 has been exported to 26 countries, including Australia, Malaysia, and South Africa. New energy products have expanded to over 20 models, successfully entering 16 countries such as the UK, the Netherlands, and Morocco, demonstrating the high-end strength of "Chinese Intelligence" to the world. For every five heavy trucks exported from China, one is from SHACMAN. Export volume has long been firmly ranked second in the industry, holding the second position in Chinese heavy truck exports.
Local Production: SHACMAN has built KD factories (local production bases) in 17 countries, including South Africa and Morocco, and has established 40 overseas marketing regions, over 190 primary dealers, over 550 service outlets, and 43 parts distribution centers. Through local assembly and service network construction, SHACMAN is deeply transforming from "products going out" to "brand going in," continuously consolidating its global influence as the main force of Chinese heavy truck exports.
Standing at the intersection of the conclusion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the opening of the "15th Five-Year Plan," Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck has established the core strategic direction of leaping from scale competition to value competition.
"15th Five-Year Plan" Goals: By 2030, the brand aims to achieve comprehensive breakthroughs in market share, product layout, and technology capability, and to firmly rank in the top three of the heavy truck industry. Yuan Hongming, Chairman of Shaanxi Auto Holdings, has explicitly stated that traditional energy and new energy should develop in coordination and promote each other, promoting full commercialization of intelligent driving, and firmly establishing the industry's "First Brand" image for fuel saving, gas saving, and electricity saving.
New Energy and Intelligence at Full Power: SHACMAN's new energy sales target for 2026 is set at 40,000 units, accounting for 40% of total sales. In the new energy ecosystem dimension, the New Energy Global Ecosystem Alliance established by SHACMAN, together with Weichai Power, Fast Gear, Hande Axle, CATL, and others, connects the full chain of technology, manufacturing, energy, finance, and operations, providing customers with one-stop solutions for vehicle purchase, vehicle use, maintenance, financing, and charging. In terms of intelligence, continuous investment is being made in the R&D of next-generation platforms such as HD2.0. L4 autonomous driving demonstration operations have already been achieved in enclosed parks, with the goal of achieving full commercialization of intelligent driving.
Overseas Goals Upgraded Again: The overseas market is a key blue ocean for SHACMAN's incremental growth. With the X6000 obtaining EU WVTA certification and mass sales in European high-end markets, the brand is promoting export high-endization through its "One Country, One Vehicle" strategy. The 2030 overseas sales proportion target will be further increased, building a globally leading commercial vehicle export layout supported by 17 overseas KD factories.
Marketing Model Transformation: SHACMAN resolutely abandons low-quality, low-price competition, guiding its channels to shift from "selling vehicles" to "selling value and selling solutions." Through the "Rong e Xing" digital intelligence marketing service platform and the CIMC·SHACMAN integrated model (currently iterated to version 4.0), the brand is innovating after-market services, transforming into a "Full Value Brand Service Provider," and building one-stop full-lifecycle user solutions.
From Maili Xigou in 1968 to a world-class heavy truck enterprise operating in over 150 countries and regions in 2026, Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck has completed a remarkable transformation over nearly half a century. Looking to the future, this Chinese heavy truck backbone, founded for military purposes, is moving with a firm posture of "metamorphosis from scale to value," making a full-speed advance toward the strategic goal of becoming a world-class commercial vehicle enterprise.
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