Recently, at the Puozhai-Xinqing Smart Port—a key land transportation hub between China and Vietnam—the world’s first pre-installed mass-produced dual-redundancy L4-level autonomous driving new energy heavy-duty truck X5000E, co-developed by Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile (Shaanxi Auto) and Kaer Power, successfully completed a cross-border unmanned single-truck test from the Puozhai Cargo Supervision Center to the Baoyuan Cargo Yard in Vietnam. This achievement marks the successful expansion of L4-level autonomous driving heavy-duty truck operation scenarios to cross-border ports.
Shaanxi Auto & Kaer Power: L4-Level Heavy-Duty Truck Unlocks New Scenario for China-Vietnam Cross-Border Freight
During the 2025 Guangxi · Pingxiang China-Vietnam Border Tourism Festival, this model not only demonstrated the operation of unmanned container trucks to delegations from Lạng Sơn Province (Vietnam) and Pingxiang City (Guangxi, China), but also delivered an outstanding performance in the unmanned container truck competition. By simulating the real operation scenario of the smart port, it took the lead in completing the full-scenario demonstration with highly human-like autonomous driving capabilities and control precision surpassing that of human drivers.
The Shaanxi Auto X5000E combines Shaanxi Auto’s manufacturing heritage with multi-sensor technology. Its 360° environmental coverage and high-capacity battery fast-charging technology can meet high-frequency and high-load demands. During the test, it successfully coped with complex situations such as equipment interference and mixed pedestrian-vehicle flow, and was compatible with the entire process of cargo inspection.
Currently, Pingxiang City is advancing the construction of 24-hour unmanned customs clearance at the Puozhai-Xinqing Smart Port and has signed relevant strategic cooperation agreements. Shaanxi Auto will continue to empower the port with technology; in the future, the X5000E will be able to transport diverse goods from Southeast Asia, creating an intelligent paradigm for China-Vietnam cross-border logistics and contributing to the country’s high-level opening-up and the upgrading of international supply chains.
Shaanxi Auto Debuts L4-Level Autonomous Driving Heavy-Duty Truck at the 5th China-Mongolia Expo
Recently, the 5th China-Mongolia Expo was held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Shaanxi Auto, in collaboration with Kaer Power, participated in the expo and showcased the jointly developed X5000E—the world’s first pre-installed mass-produced dual-redundancy L4-level autonomous driving new energy heavy-duty truck—injecting intelligent momentum into China-Mongolia economic and trade cooperation with its cutting-edge technology.
The X5000E deeply integrates Shaanxi Auto’s manufacturing experience in new energy commercial vehicles and Kaer Power’s autonomous driving technology:
- Equipped with multiple high-performance sensors, it can still achieve 360° accurate environmental perception in sandstorm, rain, and snow weather;
- Fitted with a high-computing-power unit and redundant communication unit, its key systems adopt redundant design, which not only meets the requirements of high-level autonomous driving but also ensures safe and stable operation, making it suitable for bulk commodity transportation scenarios.
At the expo site, the X5000E completed a dynamic demonstration of “1 leading + 1 following” hybrid intelligent formation, and its cooperative control capability was highly recognized. The combination of this technology and the new energy attribute can reduce labor costs by 83% and energy consumption by 10%, saving 100,000 to 200,000 yuan per truck annually. In addition, intelligent dispatching can further reduce comprehensive costs by 20%, delivering significant advantages in cost reduction and efficiency improvement.
In recent years, Kaer Power and Shaanxi Auto have accelerated the industrialization and large-scale application of autonomous driving heavy-duty trucks, expanding their cooperation from product development to deeper strategic synergy:
- In 2022, they jointly launched the first pre-installed mass-produced model equipped with a hybrid intelligent formation system and capable of operational testing, taking the first step toward mass production of autonomous driving heavy-duty trucks;
- In 2023, unmanned standard autonomous driving trucks moved toward large-scale commercialization;
- In 2024, Kaer Power, Shaanxi Auto, and CIMC Vehicles jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement for batch intelligent connected formation heavy-duty trucks, setting a record for the largest order of autonomous driving heavy-duty trucks in the industry.
In the future, Shaanxi Auto will continue to focus on technological innovation as its core, helping to upgrade the digitalization of the China-Mongolia economic and trade corridor and promoting the high-quality development of the intelligent logistics industry.
