On March 5th, at the Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Brand Experience Center in Shiyan, Hubei, 11 Dongfeng Tianlong GX high-end gas tractors adorned with red ribbons were successfully delivered to Xinjiang Hotan SL Logistics Transportation Co., Ltd. This is the first time that Hotan SL Logistics has traveled across provinces to the Dongfeng headquarters to pick up vehicles since the cooperation began in 2005. It is also a milestone for the Dongfeng Tianlong GX high-end vehicle series to penetrate deeper into the trunk logistics market in the Northwest. A group of people including Mir Abdulah Memetmin from Hotan SL Logistics Transportation Co., Ltd., Zhu Hui, Deputy Minister of the Marketing Strategy Department of the Marketing Division of Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles Co., Ltd., and Zhao Jinsu, Chief Specialist of the Marketing Strategy Department of the Marketing Division, jointly attended the event, writing a new chapter in the “Capital of Chinese Trucks” about the mutual connection between high-end equipment and the transportation of Xinjiang cotton outside the region.
Twenty Years of Working Hand in Hand: Reliable Quality Lays the Foundation of Trust
As the “spiritual hometown” of Dongfeng, Shiyan is not only the birthplace of Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles but also the technological origin of China’s commercial vehicle industry. This time, a team of 11 people from Hotan SL Logistics traveled thousands of miles from Hotan, Xinjiang to Shiyan, Hubei. They visited the Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Brand Experience Center, personally experienced the profound vehicle manufacturing heritage of Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles over 56 years, and witnessed the intelligent manufacturing process of high-end vehicles up close. This special “traceability delivery” carries the 20-year cooperation accumulation between the two parties. Since 2005, Hotan SL Logistics has established a strategic cooperation relationship with Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles, with a cumulative purchase of more than 60 vehicles, and has built a two-way trunk transportation network for cotton yarn and home appliances covering Wuhan, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and other places, becoming the “golden artery” for the transportation of Xinjiang cotton yarn outside the region.
At the event on that day, Mir Abdulah Memetmin, the manager of Hotan SL Logistics, expressed his love for Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles. He believed that choosing Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles means choosing all-weather reliable guarantee. He mentioned that in the high-load operation from Hotan to Central China and South China, the Dongfeng Tianlong series has demonstrated the characteristics of high efficiency, reliability, economy, and energy conservation, significantly improving the level of transportation business and economic benefits. Therefore, the choice of ordering the Dongfeng Tianlong GX gas tractor this time is not only to enhance the transportation advantages of Hotan SL Logistics but also a high degree of trust in Dongfeng’s technical strength.
This is not just a simple vehicle delivery ceremony but also a new starting point for empowering customers’ business success. In order to help customers use the Dongfeng Tianlong GX better and shorten the running-in period of the new vehicle, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles also specially arranged a pre-sale training on the day of the event, explaining in detail the operation method and service commitment of the Dongfeng Tianlong GX high-end heavy truck to the Hotan SL Logistics team. Through such a cooperation model of vehicle-training-service, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles effectively implements the brand-upgrading strategy of “customer-centered”, and with a comprehensive logistics transportation solution covering people, vehicles, and goods, it helps customers achieve business success.
The Leader of Independent High-end Creation
The Dongfeng Tianlong GX Empowers High-value-added Trunk Logistics
The Dongfeng Tianlong GX gas tractor delivered this time integrates high efficiency, energy conservation, ultimate reliability, and a luxurious and comfortable experience. It is the main model of the Hi-Truck high-end vehicle family of Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles, representing a new height in the performance and quality of domestic high-end heavy trucks. It is equipped with the Dongfeng Cummins 15N gas engine + Eaton Cummins AMT + DF440 rear axle, forming an international high-end integrated power chain. With more than 20 lightweight technologies and multiple black technologies for reducing consumption, the gas consumption per 100 kilometers is optimized by 2-4kg, and its comprehensive performance leads the industry by half a generation, making it an “energy efficiency benchmark” for efficient logistics.
Aiming at the differentiated pain points such as long single-trip transportation distances, large regional spans, and high timeliness requirements in the efficient trunk logistics transportation scenario, the Dongfeng Tianlong GX has made strong efforts in reliability and safety. The vehicle has gone through 318 quality review checks, completed the vehicle reliability test for 24 months and the durability test for more than 50 months. After layers of strict assessments in the research and development, verification, and manufacturing systems, it strives to make the product quality comparable to the standards of imported vehicles. In terms of safety, the vehicle adopts a frame-type body structure, with 40% high-strength steel, and with the collision energy absorption design, it provides a solid safety barrier for the driver. At the same time, it is equipped with a series of active and passive safety configurations such as a hydraulic retarder, a full-disc braking system, and an AEBS automatic emergency braking system, achieving a 39% reduction in the accident rate.
In terms of vehicle comfort, the Dongfeng Tianlong GX is in no way inferior to luxury passenger cars. The GX luxury version of the cab is equipped with high-grade materials such as dual large-screen interconnection and interaction, a large area of leather interior, a thickened sleeper, and a flannel carpet, creating a comfortable driving and riding environment. For working conditions such as the invasion of sandstorms and long ramps in the Northwest, an airbag shock-absorbing seat and a high-performance aviation acoustic package have been introduced, effectively isolating external noise and providing users with a quiet and stable driving experience.
Over the past 20 years of working hand in hand, what Hotan SL Logistics and Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles have written is not only the cooperation data of transportation vehicles but also the growth history of the symbiosis and common prosperity between China’s transportation equipment and the logistics economy. Whether it is the national selection by China Central Television or the market choice of Hotan SL Logistics, it fully proves the excellent quality and value empowerment of the Dongfeng Tianlong GX high-end heavy truck. When this batch of “steel camels” travel westward into Xinjiang, they not only carry the mission of the circulation of cotton yarn and home appliances but also continue to write a new legend of “Made in China with Intelligence” on the ancient Silk Road.
