July 27, 2026, inside the Malaysian partner assembly plant, Sinotruk held a grand ceremony for the roll-off of the 10,000th CKD complete vehicle. Hu Haihua, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, attended the ceremony, jointly witnessing this glorious moment with Sinotruk representatives, partner representatives, and guests from all walks of life.

Sinotruk and partners formally established cooperation 15 years ago. Relying on products' excellent reliability and economy, they won extensive trust from local customers, and market share steadily increased. Both sides always take user needs as the core, providing reliable support covering the vehicle's full lifecycle. Sinotruk will fully support partners in improving "three networks" construction, optimizing CKD assembly lines, further enhancing localized service capabilities, and effectively reducing customer operating costs.

In the future, Sinotruk will continue to deepen collaboration with partners, writing a new chapter in market development together with a more complete product portfolio, smarter technical solutions, and more efficient service support.

Original | Li Jun

On July 16, GAC Group's 30 millionth vehicle officially rolled off the production line at the Trumpchi factory in Panyu, Guangzhou. The model is the right-hand drive version of the Trumpchi M8 PHEV. Thus, GAC has become the fifth automotive group in the country to achieve 30 million vehicles rolling off the production line, following FAW, SAIC, Dongfeng, and Changan.

This roll-off ceremony adopted a form of synchronized connection across global production bases. GAC Honda P7, GAC Toyota bZ7, Qijing GT7, GAC Aion N60, and GAC Hyper S600 served as the 29,999,995th to 29,999,999th vehicles respectively, completing the roll-off sequentially at factories in various locations. The four product lines of Joint Venture, Independent, High-end New Energy, and Smart Selection Cooperation appeared simultaneously at this milestone node, intuitively presenting the results of GAC's current electrification and intelligence transformation. As the milestone vehicle for the 30 millionth unit, this right-hand drive Trumpchi M8 PHEV was delivered to Thai kung fu actor Tony Jaa on-site, sending a clear signal that GAC will make the overseas market the growth focus of the next stage.

GAC Group was established in 1997. It took 20 years from the first vehicle rolling off the line to the cumulative 10 millionth. It took only 9 years from 10 million to 30 million. Its development path can be roughly divided into four stages: Early on, Honda and Toyota systems were introduced through joint ventures to establish an industrial foundation; In 2010, the Trumpchi brand was launched, officially beginning the independent vehicle building journey; Around 2020, Aion and Hyper entered the new energy track; In 2024, joined with Huawei to create the Qijing brand, gradually forming a "Joint Venture—Independent—Intelligent—Ecosystem" business landscape.

From the perspective of operational data, in the first half of 2026, GAC Group's cumulative sales reached 773,100 units, a year-on-year increase of 2.35%. Energy-saving and new energy vehicles accounted for 62.82%. The independent segment sales were 346,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 35.69%; independent brand exports reached 121,500 units, a year-on-year growth of 132%, approaching the full-year export scale of 2025. Behind this growth is the gradual release of the effectiveness of the "Panyu Action" reform. After launching this reform at the end of 2024, GAC promoted the integrated operation of its independent brands, shifting product development thinking from engineer-oriented to user-oriented, and product iteration efficiency has been significantly improved.

Supporting the 30 million user base is GAC's systematic capability covering the entire chain of R&D, production, safety, and service. According to GAC, on the development end, every new car must go through a complete verification cycle of "Two Winters and One Summer", with the shortest being 18 months and the conventional 21 months. At the same time, it passes the "Five Highs, One Mountain, One Dust" extreme environment assessment, covering 60°C Turpan high temperatures, -40°C Hulunbuir extreme cold, high altitude, high humidity, high salt mist, mountainous complex road conditions, and desert sand environments. The cumulative equivalent test mileage per vehicle exceeds 13 million kilometers. The Aion Intelligent Ecosystem Factory, known as the "World's First New Energy Lighthouse Factory", equips its welding workshop with over 600 industrial robots and an AI vision detection system, achieving millisecond-level response and millimeter-level precision, with production data for key fastening points of the whole vehicle supporting lifetime traceability.

At the safety technology level, the Clip Battery has cumulatively equipped 1.5 million vehicles, and vehicles equipped with this battery have cumulatively traveled safely over 160 billion kilometers. The Star Guard Safety System has served nearly 2 million users, cumulatively preventing potential accidents 6.28 million times. In December 2025, the three major independent brands under GAC, Trumpchi, Aion, and Hyper, launched the "Three Responsibility" service commitment. Three scenarios—powertrain spontaneous combustion, battery degradation exceeding limits, and smart parking accidents—were included in the manufacturer's coverage scope, extending quality assurance from delivery to the full usage cycle.

Regarding R&D investment, as of the end of 2025, GAC's cumulative independent R&D investment exceeded 62 billion yuan, with a global R&D team exceeding 6,800 people, cumulative patent applications over 24,900, including over 11,200 invention patents. The Southern Test Center officially launched in March this year is the first large-scale comprehensive test center approved for airspace usage in the country, capable of meeting testing needs for intelligent connected new energy vehicles and low-altitude aircraft across multiple fields.

In terms of channel construction, as of the end of June 2026, GAC has completed the certification of 600 county-level outlets and plans to build 1,000 county-level authorized stores within the year. The "9 Verticals 10 Horizontals" charging network covers 213 cities across the country, with over 27,000 self-operated charging piles, achieving a guarantee of "a station within a 1km straight line in core urban areas."

At the level of overseas layout, GAC is promoting the "OneGAC 2.0" strategy, pushing overseas business from a single product export model to full value chain localization operation covering R&D, production, supply chain, and sales. Its international business has already covered 110 countries and regions in five major sectors: Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Americas, Europe, etc. It has built over 746 sales service outlets, 7 overseas production factories, and 9 overseas parts warehouses.

According to the 2030 development goals announced by GAC Group, at that time its business will enter 120 countries and regions globally, build over 2,000 overseas outlets, and achieve overseas annual sales of 1 million vehicles.

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July 16, GAC Group welcomed the roll-off of its 30 millionth vehicle, entering a new milestone moment.

Different from the single vehicle roll-off of other brands in the past, the roll-off of GAC Group's 30 millionth vehicles included GAC Honda P7, GAC Toyota BZ7, Qijing GT7, GAC AION N60, GAC Hyper S600, and the finale right-hand drive version GAC Trumpchi M8 PHEV.

The roll-off of star models from all brands under GAC Group simultaneously also indicates its anchoring on electrification, intelligence, and internationalization strategic routes, entering a deeper level of strategic transformation in electrification, intelligence, and internationalization.

Subsequently, Feng Xingya handed the key of the 30 millionth vehicle to Thai owner Mr. Tony Jaa. This moment froze not just a number, but a warm witness of the "two-way rush" between GAC and global users.

This trust spanning mountains and seas is the confidence with which GAC broke through amidst industry changes. In the first half of this year, GAC Group sales reached 773,100 vehicles, a 2.35% year-on-year increase. Among them, new energy vehicle sales increased by 68.8% year-on-year; overseas exports broke through 120,000 vehicles, a 132% surge year-on-year, running a steady rhythm during the industry's deep restructuring period.

Quality as the Foundation, Building the Confidence of 10 Million Users' Travel

"Quality is the bottom line that GAC will never cede," Feng Xingya said in the closing remarks. In GAC's development, scale growth has always been based on quality. For years, GAC Group has adhered to the "Quality First" concept, integrating Honda Total Quality Management (TQM), Toyota Production System (TPS), and Lingnan culture, constructing a quality management model centered on "Integrated Innovation". The bottom line of everything is to build good cars that allow users to drive with peace of mind, use with peace of mind, and sit with comfort.

From the R&D end to the manufacturing end, GAC has established a strict quality control system for the whole chain: Before every new car launch, it must undergo extreme environment tests of "Five Highs, One Mountain, One Dust" such as high cold, high heat, high altitude, high humidity, high corrosion, mountain areas, and sand and dust, completing "Two Winters and One Summer" field road tests; aided by test fields and laboratories covering 12 major categories and over 1,500 verification sub-items of the whole vehicle, achieving systematic quality verification; GAC AION Smart Ecological Factory, as the "World's First New Energy Vehicle Lighthouse Factory", guarantees mass product quality stability with a digital intelligent manufacturing system.

At the core safety technology level, the Xingling Safety Protection System constructs four protection dimensions, with eight key systems adopting dual redundancy design. It has protected nearly 2 million users and avoided 6.28 million potential travel risks; the Dart Battery has cumulatively installed 1.5 million vehicles, with a safe driving mileage of over 160 billion kilometers; the service side synchronously adds guarantees. GAC took the lead in the industry to launch the independent brand "Three Responsibilities" policy, taking the initiative to cover battery and intelligent driving assistance issues of user concern, eliminating user concerns about vehicle use. It is precisely these lines of security defense and service commitments that support the brand confidence behind GAC's 30 million sales.

User-Oriented, Building a Full-Cycle Warm Service System

"What users care about, we keep in our hearts; what users expect, we go all out." Feng Xingya stated that this user-centric concept has long been deeply integrated into the development gene of GAC Group. For many years, GAC Group has always adhered to the corporate concept of "People as the Basis, Integrity as the Way, Innovation as the Priority". The core essence of "People as the Basis" is people-oriented.

On one hand, to face problems directly and listen to user voices, GAC regularly holds user open mic events, inviting users to the "home" for face-to-face communication. At the same time, establish a full-process closed-loop management mechanism to ensure that every suggestion can be properly handled, and common problems are optimized for all users at the first time.

In addition, GAC has also established exclusive user insight departments and promoted full-process changes from problem discovery to resolution, ensuring user requests have responses and matters have results from an organizational mechanism perspective.

On the other hand, the service network accelerates penetration simultaneously. At the channel end, promote service network sinking into counties, planning to add 1,000 county authorized stores this year; at the response end, launch "Super Butler" service, achieving 5-second response and 2-hour request completion, ensuring user requests are handled quickly and directly. At the energy replenishment end, build a "9 Vertical and 10 Horizontal" energy replenishment network, already covering 31 provinces and 213 cities nationwide, achieving "a station every 1km straight line" in core urban areas. Self-operated charging piles exceed 27,000, among which super charging piles break through 20,000, providing convenient energy replenishment services for new energy car owners.

The core theme of this gratitude activity is to express sincere return and thanks to the long-term support of 30 million users. At the event scene, Feng Xingya announced that from now on, GAC officially launches the "GAC Group 30 Millionth Vehicle Roll-off · Renewal Gratitude Season". GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC Trumpchi, GAC AION, GAC Hyper, and Qijing Automobile six passenger car brands will launch characteristic policies around new purchase, trade-in to additional purchase respectively, to return every bit of companionship and support.

Tech-Centric, Empowering Real Travel with Frontier Technology

With 30 million as a new starting point, GAC will drive innovation, move towards a new journey of electrification and intelligence, and let frontier technology truly transform into user-perceivable peace of mind and convenience.

In the power field, Xingyuan Power developed by the "National Excellent Engineer Team" covers Xingyuan Extended Range, Xingyuan PHEV, and Xingyuan Super Dual Engine three technologies, which will be mass-produced with more models. Every product needs to pass 100,000 hours bench and whole vehicle validation, equivalent mileage exceeds 10 million kilometers, ensuring that performance remains steady as a rock under all scenarios and all regions.

In the "Three-Electricity" field, GAC continues to attack battery super-fast charging, low-temperature range and other industry pain points. It has built an all-solid-state battery pilot production line, launched ultimate energy consumption technology. The mass-produced Quark Electric Drive Motor's maximum efficiency breaks through 99%, the highest level in the industry.

In the intelligent connectivity field, the Super Brain Xingling Architecture continues to evolve, connecting intelligent driving assistance, intelligent cockpit, power, chassis, body, and vehicle networking six systems, achieving "One Brain Unified Command", comprehensive performance improvement by 40%; Galaxy Smart Cockpit achieves terminal-cloud integration, making the car become a real "thinking, understanding human heart" partner. GAC will also fight shoulder-to-shoulder with top partners such as Huawei, CATL, Didi, Tencent, Alibaba to build a more powerful AI intelligent ecosystem.

As of now, GAC Group's cumulative R&D investment exceeds 62 billion yuan, and the global R&D team exceeds 6,800 people. Continuous technical investment is driving GAC's products to evolve from commuting tools to intelligent travel partners, mobile smart spaces, and green energy ecosystems.

Looking to the future, GAC will continue to use user needs as anchors, quality as the foundation, technological innovation as the core driver, and global layout as the development path, accelerating to advance towards an ecological tech GAC, walking side by side with more users, achieving each other, and rushing towards a smarter, greener, and broader future together.