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INNOVATION
ALWAYS FOCUSING ON PEOPLE, VEHICLE AND ENVIRONMENT
THE FUTURE TRUCK PLATFORM
Multi-Energy Shared Platform
This represents FOTON's latest innovation for multi-route commercial vehicles, characterized by modularity, integration, and a low-carbon footprint. It facilitates the simultaneous introduction of products in four major categories, positioning the company for the future of trucking.
| Low-carbon: Unified platform developed for diverse energy sources of fuel, hybrid, pure electric, and hydrogen fuel cell.
| Integration: In-depth integration of drivetrains, batteries, suspensions, and other modules. Up to 80% parts compatibility across varying body widths, and an 92% for identical body.
| Modularity: Enhanced compatibility and modular interchange-ability. Rapidly create a diverse product lineup for various scenarios.
BEV Pain Point Solutions
Aiming at the core pain points of battery low-temperature endurance decay, cold start, etc., FOTON’s all-weather power battery low-temperature enthalpy-increasing air-conditioning heating system can achieve a cabin temperature rise from -30°C to 19°C within 30 minutes, while the current conventional vehicle heat pump air-conditioning is difficult to start at -15°C. Under the extreme cold condition of -30°C, the battery can be activated to above 10 degrees with only weak current, which can ensure the normal start and driving of the vehicle under extreme cold conditions.
Cutting-Edge Hydrogen Safety Technology
In 2021, FOTON completed the world’s first collision test of a 70 MPa hydrogen fuel bus which filled the gap in China’s hydrogen fuel bus collision safety research. The product is FOTON’s latest generation of fuel cell bus products specially developed for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The model is equipped with 8 units of 70 MPa hydrogen storage cylinders installed in the lower luggage compartment position of the vehicle. The collision test was carried out by a moving barrier weighing 1.4 tons hitting the weakest side of the hydrogen cylinder compartment at a speed of 53 km/h. This test standard is already higher than the national standard for testing the collision safety of lithium-ion power battery buses.
DIGITALIZATION
As a key technology for commercial vehicle digitalization, FOTON’s VoI platform keeps evolving and has launched products and services such as fleet management, remote intelligent doctor, and e-home, which enable vehicle lifecycle detection. With the 5G high-frequency transmission technology, the data between the vehicle and the cloud platform is connected with less latency. Currently, FOTON’s VoI has accessed more than 2.26 million vehicles and has become one of the largest VoI platforms in China.
AUTOMATION
Air resistance is one of the factors that affect fuel consumption,and truck platooning can effectively reduce vehicle fuelconsumption. Focusing on key scenarios such as interchange ramps,tunnel entrances and exits, accident-prone sections, etc., FOTONplatooning technology has overcome key technical problems such asclock synchronization, high-precision positioning, cloud-computing,etc., it has achieved real-time perception of abnormal trafficevents such as highway accidents, pedestrian intrusion, etc. Thevehicle platoon can maintain a 10m inter-vehicle distance at a speedof 80km/h. It realizes single-person driving multi-vehicle platoonfollowing, which has strong competitiveness in saving fuel andreducing road occupancy. In case of an emergency that requiresbraking, the system can complete the operation within 0.1 seconds,reducing the probability of driver error and helping to reduce thedriver’s work intensity and pressure.
AUTOMATION
China has a huge population base, and vehicle ownership and increment rank first in the world. Relieving traffic congestion and improving traffic efficiency are one of the pain points for commercial fleet operation. Since obtaining China’s first commercial vehicle autonomous driving road test license in 2018, FOTON’s autonomous driving technology has developed the SuperFleet management system around fleet management technology, integrating autonomous driving technology with IOV, and taking the lead in completing the platooning public verification test in China. Currently, FOTON’s mass-produced intelligent driving models are at L2+ level, and it is developing L3/L4 level autonomous driving prototypes.
FOTON SWAPPING 2.0
Bottom battery swapping not only entails a different battery layout but also signifies a comprehensive upgrade in application scenarios, electric powertrain assemblies, performance, and technology. According to the overall vehicle load requirements, the layout is more balanced. Single-axle/double-axle intelligent drive systems result in lower overall energy consumption and higher electric drive efficiency.
BOTTOM SWAPPING
FOTON's Integrated Bottom Battery Swapping Solution Initiates a New Era in Green Freight Transportation.