BANNER_Research Capability - SINOTRUK

Building a world-class full-series commercial vehicle group

SINOTRUK HOWO have an R&D team of over 8,000 members working in areas related to vehicles, including complete vehicles, core components, materials, processes, and applications. With an annual R&D investment exceeding USD 600 million, we are well positioned to develop and test core auto parts like engines, transmissions, and axles.

SINOTRUK HOWO R&D team, comprised of more than 8,000 professionals, spans a wide range of vehicle-related fields, including complete vehicles, core components, materials, processes, and applications. SINOTRUK HOWO invest around $600 million annually in R&D, and have the expertise to research and test key core components like vehicles, engines, transmissions, and axles.

SINOTRUK HOWO focus on high-end, intelligent, and lightweight solutions, achieving technological leadership in areas such as new energy, intelligent driving, and vehicle connectivity:

• The world's first high-end YELLOW RIVER heavy-duty truck with a drag coefficient of 0.2860
• The first-ever YELLOW RIVER brand hydrogen fuel cell snow wax truck present at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
• The YELLOW RIVER X7, when fully loaded, covered a distance of 4,871.18 kilometers on a single refueling of 945.29 liters, breaking the Guinness World Record for the farthest distance traveled by a semi-trailer truck on one refueling
• The world's first unmanned electric container truck operations by the SINOTRUK HOWO TX for ship unloading
• China's first commercially available hydrogen internal combustion engine heavy truck
• A completely self-developed new generation of 12T electric drive axle and integrated automated manual transmission (AMT)