During a critical period of transformation in the heavy-duty truck industry, moving towards intelligent and green solutions, user demands have long surpassed the basic need for “more hauling and faster speeds.” Users are now more focused on total lifecycle cost, driving comfort, safety assurance, and technological empowerment. Foton Motor has consistently remained at the forefront of the industry, driven by innovation, continuously promoting product upgrades and industry progress. The Auman Galaxy 9, with a core “user-centric approach,” deeply understands the real pain points of logistics practitioners, transport companies, and fleet managers. Through scenario-based innovation, humanized design, and intelligent services, it has created a flagship heavy-duty truck that truly “understands users and works for users,” redefining global heavy-duty truck standards.
From “Earning Tool” to “Mobile Home”
Long-haul truck drivers constantly face the challenges of high-intensity work, health deterioration, and a lack of family time. For most truck drivers, their truck is like their “small home,” accompanying them for most of their lives. However, the often unsatisfactory and uncomfortable environment of truck cabs makes their work even harder. The Auman Galaxy 9 integrates “driver care” into its product design, redefining the heavy-duty truck driving experience.
Traditional heavy-duty truck cabs often make drivers feel cramped due to limited space and unreasonable layouts. The Auman Galaxy 9 aims for “spatial freedom,” achieving a leap from a “cramped dwelling” to a “comfortable abode.” The Auman Galaxy 9 features a panoramic windshield and a low dashboard design, combined with a wrap-around center console, offering a wider driving view. Headroom and legroom are significantly improved compared to industry averages, allowing even a 1.8-meter tall driver to stretch comfortably. The cab is divided into work, living, and rest areas. Designs like a hidden folding table and a rotatable co-driver’s seat allow drivers to easily dine, handle documents, or even take a short nap during loading and unloading intervals. Additionally, the 12-way electric adjustable seat with a bionic curved design conforms to the human spine, offering heating, ventilation, and massage functions, along with three levels of lumbar support adjustment. Coupled with automatic constant temperature air conditioning and a PM2.5 air purifier, drivers can maintain a comfortable posture in extreme hot or cold weather, reducing fatigue accumulation.
The Auman Galaxy 9 deeply understands that true “humanization” lies in the details that users might not initially notice: multi-media controls, cruise control, and dashboard adjustment buttons are integrated into the steering wheel, easily accessible; the center console features an inclined layout, with frequently used function buttons optimally arranged by usage frequency, reducing the number of times drivers need to look down and enhancing driving safety; the cab boasts 28 storage compartments, including hidden cup holders, overhead lockers, and drawers under the bunk, for organized storage of clothes, tools, and food; 12V/220V power outlets and a wireless charging pad meet the charging needs of mobile phones and tablets, eliminating “battery anxiety.” These detailed designs make truck drivers truly feel “respected.” The Auman Galaxy 9 not only understands their physical discomfort but also the practicalities of their daily lives.
From “Cost Control” to “Value Creation”
For truck drivers, the most pressing concern is how to reduce operating costs and improve transport efficiency, ensuring that every trip yields richer returns. In today’s fiercely competitive transport market, improving efficiency and reducing energy consumption are the two key factors for achieving cost reduction, efficiency enhancement, and increased revenue.
The Auman Galaxy 9 has undergone comprehensive upgrades and optimizations for both fuel and gas vehicle platforms, featuring the new “Super Powertrain 5.0” integrated technology system, which significantly boosts engine thermal efficiency and enhances gearbox efficiency through software upgrades. More notably, the Auman Galaxy utilizes a VCU (Vehicle Control Unit) for centralized management of the engine and gearbox, enabling a 5% reduction in fuel and gas consumption compared to existing platforms under comprehensive road conditions. The Auman Galaxy 9 adopts a new electrical architecture, being the first in the commercial vehicle industry to apply gigabit Ethernet, with a transmission speed 200 times faster than existing platforms, capable of meeting the big data transmission requirements for autonomous driving and intelligent cockpits, further enhancing transport efficiency.
Furthermore, the Foton Auman Galaxy 9 applies a low-energy, highly integrated intelligent dual-source heat pump system, which can reduce low-temperature energy consumption by 34%, weight by 23%, and module complexity by 50%. Remote control via an app allows users to pre-activate a comfortable working environment. In the realm of lightweighting, the Auman Galaxy 9 focuses on “quality materials, light on the road,” utilizing 45 new materials and 56 new suppliers. Its high-strength body structure surpasses international standards, and its similarly configured models are lighter than the industry average, with a weight reduction of 350kg, bringing higher operating efficiency and greater profit margins to logistics users through superior quality.
From “Passive Response” to “Active Protection”
Safety is the ultimate luxury! The Auman Galaxy 9 has invested heavily in material research based on user safety, creating a “shield-type body structure” that provides stronger protection for truck drivers with a safe cab. The Auman Galaxy 9 frame uses high-strength steel, accounting for up to 69%; some parts use hot-formed steel, with a strength of up to 1500MPa. In actual crash tests, whether it’s a frontal collision, A-pillar impact, side impact, or roof crush, the collision strength reaches 16 tons, far exceeding international standards, ensuring the safety of occupants in collisions from any angle.
The Auman Galaxy 9 is also equipped with features such as 360° panoramic imaging, BSD blind spot monitoring system, AEB automatic emergency braking, and ESC vehicle stability system. In sharp turn tests, these systems can effectively prevent accidents caused by blind spots or improper operation. For example, when the vehicle approaches a curve, the blind spot monitoring system automatically reminds the driver to watch for vehicles on the side, while the vehicle stability system constantly adjusts the vehicle’s driving posture to ensure stability in curves.
Simultaneously, addressing the long-distance and high-efficiency requirements of trunk logistics, the Foton Auman Galaxy 9 boasts 28+ intelligent assisted driving functions, including HWP (Highway Pilot). Through 10 cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radars, 1 lidar, and 1 high-computing power domain controller mounted on the vehicle, the integrated operation of the HWP intelligent assisted driving function and a comprehensive sensor perception solution enables more precise control of the entire vehicle to achieve active cruise control, slight obstacle avoidance within the lane, vehicle centering, active lane changes, ramp driving, automatic overtaking, and safe parking, elevating heavy-duty truck intelligent assisted driving to a higher level.
Foton aims not to be a mere accumulator of technology, but a careful listener to its users. During the development of the Auman Galaxy 9, engineers visited over 200 logistics companies nationwide and engaged in in-depth conversations with over 3,000 drivers, transforming every complaint into innovative inspiration and refining every demand into a product highlight. The Auman Galaxy’s “user-centric” innovation philosophy transforms heavy-duty trucks from cold transport tools into dream partners for truck drivers, powerful tools for businesses to reduce costs and increase efficiency, and engines for industry transformation and upgrading. In the future, Foton Motor will continue to work hand-in-hand with users, jointly writing a new chapter for Chinese heavy-duty trucks in the vast sea of intelligent logistics!
