At the recently held FOTON 2026 Global Partners Conference, FOTON officially unveiled its next-generation heavy truck technology platform—GALAXUS. With the vision of “Defining the Future, Leading the Revolution,” this marks the beginning of a new era in smart logistics for FOTON heavy trucks, after 20 years of development. The platform is built around seven key product values: aesthetics, quality, health, safety, comfort, intelligence, and interaction. Through global resource integration and modular functional domain design, it achieves full energy coverage, including fuel, electric, hydrogen, gas, and hybrid power, offering a forward-looking, all-scenario solution for the global commercial vehicle industry.
Core Technology Breakthroughs and Architectural Innovation
The FOTON GALAXUS platform, as the culmination of FOTON’s technological advancements, showcases several industry-leading breakthroughs. The platform features a dedicated new energy architecture and adopts a three-stage integration technology, applying over 90 self-developed technologies to achieve a high degree of integration between hardware and software. Among its innovations, the high-efficiency electric drive axle integrates a highly compact design, ensuring easy maintenance and minimal efficiency loss. The motor reaches an impressive 97.5% efficiency, while the inverter achieves 99.6% efficiency. Despite its advanced performance, the overall weight is just 350kg, allowing for an exceptional lightweight design without compromising performance. In terms of charging technology, the platform supports megawatt-level charging, with DC charging power reaching 1MW. The charging time for 30%-80% SOC is only 18 minutes. Compared to traditional charging methods, overall energy efficiency is increased by 7%, and energy capacity is expanded by 17%.
The platform is equipped with an innovative new energy thermal management system, utilizing an intelligent dual-source heat pump integrated solution. Through advanced technologies such as millimeter-wave transmission and high-pressure electrolysis, it achieves an outstanding 34% reduction in energy consumption in low-temperature environments. The intelligent dual-source heat pump drive system, combined with integrated casting heating technology, utilizes water-controlled heating, water flow control, and integrated plasma recovery for efficient thermal energy management. The fuel/gas platform achieves top-level integration and internal charging through the VCU domain control system. It is also equipped with a 100Mbps Ethernet architecture, supporting autonomous driving big data transmission and smart cloud connectivity. Combined with the SuperPowertrain 5.0, which integrates intake manifolds, sensor engines, and upgraded connection drivers, the platform delivers a remarkable 5% reduction in fuel consumption, a 5% reduction in gas consumption, and a transmission efficiency of up to 99.7%. The Super Hybrid 2.0 platform is equipped with FOTON’s self-developed HCU controller, supporting 300MHz frequency and 30+ customized signals, significantly enhancing product performance from the core underlying technology.
From Intelligence to Wisdom: Evolution of the GALAXUS Platform
The GALAXUS platform has made a leap forward in the field of intelligence. The intelligent driving system has undergone over 2 million kilometers of road testing, collecting data from more than 500,000 scenarios. It features over 28 intelligent driving functions, including HWP, AAC, and FCW, completing the technological transition from L2-level intelligent assistance to L3/L4-level advanced autonomous driving. The smart cockpit, guided by the concept of “Crafting Technology, Luxuriating Every Journey,” integrates advanced functions such as a fatigue monitoring system, adaptive cruise control, precise intelligent navigation, and an intelligent ecosystem. It boasts over 800 experience features, 400+ data connectivity options, and more than 500 information security protections, offering an exceptional human-machine interaction experience for both drivers and passengers.
Setting New Industry Safety Standards
The GALAXUS platform sets a new benchmark in safety and materials science. Its safety materials far exceed the ECER 29.03 international standards, featuring a shielded body structure and high-strength steel design that provide exceptional collision energy absorption. The platform uses 69% high-strength steel, with hot-formed steel reaching 1500MPA and cold-stamped steel reaching 980MPA, surpassing standard requirements. For health-conscious materials, it uses low-odor, low-VOC materials, including low-grade polycarbonate. The interior surfaces are treated with ultra-smooth finishes, incorporating laser-axial dielectric fiber surface heat technology. Together with the AQS system, it ensures the vehicle’s air quality meets the 2.5-level odor standard, offering comprehensive protection for the driver’s health.
Thanks to the integration of 45 new materials and 56 new processes, the GALAXUS platform successfully reduces the vehicle’s weight to the lowest in its class. In terms of corrosion resistance, the product features a comprehensive system comprising 58 specialized designs and 12 enhanced processes. By using galvanized steel, electrophoretic coating for key components, and polyurea spray coating, the platform achieves a 30% improvement in overall corrosion resistance.
Diverse Product Portfolio, Comprehensive Scenario Coverage
The GALAXUS platform offers a product matrix that covers a wide range of scenarios and needs. From long-haul logistics to construction, and from long-distance transportation to regional distribution, GALAXUS heavy trucks provide corresponding models to meet the demands of each application.
Driven by technological innovation, the GALAXUS 9 sets a new benchmark in the heavy truck sector through systematic breakthroughs in platform architecture, design language, energy layout, and intelligent ecosystem. It ushers in a new era of efficient transportation. The exterior design seamlessly blends futuristic technology with functionality, creating a body shape that combines visual impact with aerodynamic advantages. Not only visually striking, the performance is equally exceptional, with a drag coefficient of just 0.348Cd, setting a new standard in the commercial vehicle sector. The GALAXUS R9 cockpit creates an all-scenario comfort space: a multi-screen UI interface for smooth operation, real wood flat flooring that’s both elegant and easy to maintain, library-level noise insulation to block out distractions, zero-gravity seats for comfort during long sitting, hidden automatic air conditioning for precise temperature control, and a panoramic skyroof for expansive views. Additionally, it features multi-space ecological connectivity for seamless information flow. The expandable sleeper provides a standard 1040mm width and an optional 1240mm width, easily accommodating two people for comfortable sleep during long-haul trips, offering a high-quality resting environment for drivers.
The GALAXUS 5 features a masterfully crafted exterior design, with a striking front end that combines the majestic “Galaxy Mech Armor” and “Star Array” grille. The shimmering stars, enhanced with heat-pressing technology, create a visual effect reminiscent of a starry sky, blending technological beauty with a sense of profound depth. In addition, the GALAXUS 5 offers “Medium-Wide” and “Wide” cabin options tailored to different user needs and scenarios, ensuring that drivers can choose the most suitable vehicle for various transportation applications, delivering an enhanced driving and riding experience.
The GALAXUS 3, with its deep integration of underlying technological architecture and scenario-based design, has become the ideal choice for industries such as express delivery, offering highly efficient adaptation to their needs. In terms of power and efficiency, the GALAXUS 3 is equipped with a Superpowertrain, combining the FOTON CUMMINS A7 engine and ZF transmission, delivering a transmission efficiency of 99.7% and significantly improved climbing ability. Additionally, with precise energy efficiency control, the vehicle achieves an ultra-low fuel consumption of 181g/kW·h, greatly reducing the operating costs for high-frequency transport.
After rigorous testing, FOTON GALAXUS has achieved ultimate handling stability, precise vehicle response, and a top-tier driving experience created in collaboration with world-class tuning teams. It offers the global logistics industry more efficient, safer, and more comfortable transportation solutions.In the future, FOTON GALAXUS will continue to deepen its technological research and development, expand into global markets, and ensure that every journey shines with the brilliance of a star.
