since 1976
since 1976
Foton Motor recently celebrated its special day, the 25th anniversary celebration on 28th August 2021. Foton Motor has reached a 10 million units global sales milestone this early this year and becomes China's first commercial vehicle company to exceed 10 million vehicles. Foton vehicle sales has grown to 10 million units in 2021 are the best proof of Foton Motor’s global expansion and strength.
In August, 1996, Foton Motor was established in Beijing China, and three years later (in 1999), it ranked the first in sales of light-duty vehicles. For 10 consecutive years, Foton Motor has been maintaining the first place in commercial vehicle exports in China. These great achievements with its premium products and services, years of research on customers and market needs, and continuously evolving over the years.
Foton motor has established co-operations with international first-class commercial vehicle manufacturers, including Cummins, Daimler, ZF, C.P. Group and Piaggio. The close co-operation ensure that every vehicle produced is a premium product and reliable in performance.
In 2007, Foton Motor and Cummins jointly set up Foton Cummins Engine Co., Ltd in China. This co-operation has expanded from product cooperation to in-depth co-operation in integrated supply chain, including powertrain system development and integrated optimization of vehicle.
In 2012, Foton Daimler was established to produce and market Auman-branded trucks. In 2017, German auto component manufacturer ZF announced that the companies have jointly opened a production plant in Jiaxing, China to produce automatic commercial vehicle transmissions for the Chinese market.
In Thailand, Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group and Foton Motor Group have set up a joint venture to manufacture full vehicles range projecting the future growth prospects in Southeast Asia, targeting a top three position in Thailand.
Foton Motor and Piaggio Group, Europe's largest scooter and motorcycle manufacturer had signed an agreement for the strategic development of a new range of light commercial vehicles. In January, 2021, Foton Motor and Piaggio Group jointly released their new light commercial vehicle, the new Porter NP6 meeting Euro-VI Emission which only took 2 years from product development to launch.
With the world focusing towards new energy technologies, the major aspects of competition for new energy commercial vehicle in future include technological innovation, product quality, extended services and business models. Foton Motor has always been making investment in the field of new energy to develop vehicles that run on pure electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and hybrid power.
At the same time, it has independently developed and mastered the core technology of new energy "three powers". Up to now, India, Egypt and Chile have become one of the largest export destinations for Foton electric vehicles, with Chile the leading player in new energy buses.
Over the past 25 year, Foton Motor has never forgotten why it started. Foton Motor will continue to focus on the development of commercial vehicle, especially new energy vehicles, to provide global users with green, smart and efficient transport experience.
