On October 28, 2024, the Foton Auman Galaxy 7 product launch event was held at Foton Motor’s X Laboratory. At the event, the Foton Auman Galaxy 7, positioned as a luxury heavy truck for trunk transportation, was officially unveiled. It is developed based on Auman’s innovative Galaxy Smart Architecture, continuously leading industry changes through technology and redefining global heavy truck standards.
Foton Auman Galaxy 7 Debuts
As an innovative heavy truck developed through a comprehensive forward-looking approach, the Foton Auman Galaxy 7 directly addresses the operational needs for quality, efficiency, and value in trunk logistics. It sets new records in areas such as technological aesthetics, high efficiency, intelligent driving control, and comfort experience, truly enabling users to earn money comfortably with the support of technology, while continuously accelerating the modernization of logistics in China. During the event, the Foton Xinghui Power brand was officially launched, based on the strong typical scene database shared by Foton Motor and Yuchai Power. Both parties offer comprehensive customization for the entire engine product line in terms of performance, economy, scene adaptability, and NVH, relying on exclusive manufacturing bases to ensure delivery quality and providing one-stop services to guarantee worry-free use for truck drivers, maximizing customer value and returns.
Aesthetic Meets Engineering – Galaxy 7’s Comfortable Design, Enjoy Driving with Ease
Since the launch of the Galaxy Smart Architecture and the Foton Auman Galaxy 9 on August 28, its outstanding performance and exceptional intelligent features have garnered significant attention within the industry, making the idea of China defining global heavy truck standards a gradually achievable reality. As a new family member, the Foton Auman Galaxy 7 maintains the high-end quality of the Galaxy family while embodying both commonality and uniqueness. For instance, the vertical layout of the Galaxy 7 is sleek and straightforward, featuring exclusive design elements that showcase its technology and comfort. In terms of steering, braking, and stability, the Galaxy 7 achieves superlative standards; in its intelligent systems, it is based on the Galaxy Smart Architecture, which allows for various module and function combinations tailored to different scene requirements, truly delivering products that meet user needs.
Each member of the Foton Auman Galaxy family has its own unique aesthetic design, successfully combining aesthetics and engineering to create a new practical aestheticism in heavy trucks. The Foton Auman Galaxy 7 features a straight waterfall grille, which is a design only found in global mass-produced commercial vehicles. The overall stance of the vehicle is slightly rear-leaning, offering both a streamlined appearance and a sense of stability. The transition from the front to the side features large rounded corners that not only enhance visual appeal but also provide superior airflow efficiency. The tech-savvy geometric headlights are both stylish and low in power consumption, equipped with automatic steering assist lighting for safer driving and more user-friendly operation.
The comfort design of the Galaxy 7 is reflected in various details, such as the D-shaped steering wheel that is not only fashionable but also reduces pressure on the chest and abdomen during operation, providing hidden benefits for drivers with larger builds. Additionally, the ultra-comfortable seats, designed to match the average body type of Chinese users and based on ergonomic research, offer a seat contour that aligns closely with user posture, maximizing relief for the neck, waist, hips, and legs, thereby protecting driver health. Functions such as massage, inflation, ventilation, and heating can be controlled via the central display, bringing the comforts of home life to truck drivers, ensuring comfort during long-distance trips and enhancing driving enjoyment.
Moreover, the Galaxy 7 features an ultra-wide lower bunk, reaching 1150mm, with an upper bunk that can be folded down, not only freeing up headroom when standing but also preventing items on the upper bunk from falling. It is equipped with various transmission interfaces, mobile phone projection, and wireless charging functions, allowing for a seamless interaction experience brought by human-machine connectivity and intelligent technology. Notably, the Galaxy 7 comes standard with one-button start and a hybrid gear shifter, optimizing both operation and space for greater convenience and enhancing the internal accessibility of the cabin to avoid various bumps and inconveniences.
Super Power Chain 5.0 Fully Evolved – Deep Integration and Energy Efficiency
The Foton Auman Galaxy 7 is equipped with the Super Power Chain 5.0, which includes a comprehensive upgrade of the Foton Cummins engine and ZF transmission, applying a new vehicle control unit (VCU) that allows for deeper data interaction with the engine ECU and transmission TCU, achieving integrated control of the vehicle, engine, and transmission. This allows for precise adjustments to ensure optimal collaboration between the vehicle and power chain, resulting in a 10% reduction in fuel consumption, a 16% increase in performance, and a 17% improvement in comfort, meeting user needs across all fields, functionalities, and scenarios.
The fuel engine series is comprehensive, with a wide range of horsepower, from 7L to 16L, covering 240 to 680 horsepower, adaptable to various conditions and scenarios, including regional distribution, trunk, and medium-to-long-distance transport. The gas engine has also been fully upgraded, currently reaching a maximum of 630PS, with future engine power set to rise to 700PS and torque to 3200N•m. In terms of transmission, it is matched with ZF’s new generation transmission, which has undergone comprehensive upgrades in information security, fuel efficiency, effectiveness, and intelligence, offering enhanced adaptability to various operating conditions. Furthermore, a new intelligent EBP switch has been developed, which can automatically recognize light, medium, or heavy load conditions based on road conditions and vehicle status in the B gear, allowing manual selection of E mode or P mode in special scenarios, truly achieving multi-purpose functionality; it also features 5 km of high-precision predictive driving, coordinating speed, gear, braking, and thermal management to keep the vehicle in its most economical operating state, potentially reducing overall fuel consumption by 2-3%.
Xinghui Power – Opening a New Horizon with Custom Solutions to Better Meet Chinese Users’ Needs
As a new power brand, Foton Xinghui Power understands the needs of Chinese truck users better. Foton Motor, in partnership with Yuchai Power, builds on over 20 years of collaboration and leverages their respective technological accumulations and core technologies. By understanding the characteristics of different application scenarios, they offer customized transmission solutions for segmented users through integrated development of vehicles and engines, covering both diesel and gas engine platforms with a full range of power products.
Foton Xinghui Power Brand Officially Launched
The diesel engines all meet Stage IV fuel consumption standards, with displacements including 8L, 9L, 12L, 13L, and 15L, power ranging from 360-700ps, and torque covering 1500N•m-3200N•m. The gas engines include 8L, 9L, 13L, 14L, and 15L, with power ranging from 320-700ps and torque from 1100N•m-2600N•m, covering medium-to-long-distance logistics and regional distribution markets, delivering a new power experience to meet customer needs across all operating conditions and scenarios.
Foton Xinghui Power
To address users’ needs for maximum performance at minimal cost, Foton Xinghui Power ensures the release of maximum potential during development and validation processes, providing users with stronger performance, better economy, and a superior driving experience. Based on Foton Motor’s extensive typical scene database, rigorous engine matching validation processes, and a wealth of engine upgrade optimization plans, a five-year journey has involved 3,600 vehicles and tracking 600 users, compiling 256 scene data used for performance development and reliability testing in extreme environments to ensure compliance with power and emissions standards. This has resulted in a 5% improvement in fuel efficiency in typical scenarios, a 15% boost in performance at high altitudes, and a 17% enhancement in NVH, truly achieving user needs for cost reduction and efficiency enhancement in the new logistics era with customized and exclusive Xinghui Power solutions.
Market-oriented and demand-driven, Foton Auman aims to build quality vehicles for customers! As a leader in Chinese medium and heavy truck technology, Foton Auman is dedicated to creating efficient, energy-saving, and comfortable transport solutions through innovative technology. The launch of the Foton Auman Galaxy 7 and the Foton Xinghui Power brand not only represents innovation in products and technology but also paves the way for the continuous advancement of China’s medium and heavy truck industry, opening a new chapter in industry transformation.
