On December 18, 2025, Foton Cavan Heavy Truck officially launched the mass-produced version of the BEACON model, unveiling three production-ready variants – battery electric, gaseous hydrogen, and liquid hydrogen – to the public. Among them, the liquid hydrogen variant marks an industry breakthrough: it is the first new energy heavy truck to implement liquid hydrogen energy, a technology previously restricted to the aerospace sector, into mass production.
Specifically, it incorporates liquid hydrogen energy – a technology globally exclusive to aerospace applications until now – achieving a groundbreaking mass-produced application in new energy heavy trucks with this liquid hydrogen heavy truck model.
As the first vehicle developed on the world’s first forward-designed intelligent heavy truck platform dedicated to “dual compatibility with electricity and hydrogen”, Foton Cavan Heavy Truck BEACON takes “completely breaking scenario boundaries” as its core value, covering both battery electric and hydrogen fuel tractor series. Boasting the capability to adapt to 90% of heavy truck operating scenarios, coupled with disruptive technological breakthroughs and an ultimate user experience, this vehicle not only addresses the market’s urgent demand for long-haul new energy heavy trucks, but also provides an efficient, reliable integrated solution for the logistics industry’s green transformation with its full-scenario adaptability and open ecosystem philosophy.
Mass-Production Platform Breakthrough: Hydrogen-Electric Homology for Full-Scenario Adaptation
Driven by both the “dual carbon” policy and the logistics industry’s demand for cost reduction and efficiency improvement, new energy heavy trucks have emerged as a key breakthrough for pollution and carbon reduction in the transportation sector. However, traditional “fuel-to-electricity converted” products suffer from critical drawbacks such as insufficient scenario adaptability, short driving range, high wind resistance leading to elevated energy consumption, inadequate safety, and severe payload loss, which have severely hindered the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in trunk logistics. The core advantages of Foton Cavan Heavy Truck BEACON stem from its proprietary integrated platform, which breaks down energy form barriers and is compatible with three energy types: battery electric, gaseous hydrogen, and liquid hydrogen. It is paired with five types of coaxial e-axles and 200/300kW high-power fuel cells, and its three-section layout of “driving zone/energy storage zone/drive zone” enables flexible adaptation to all scenarios, with a 50% parts commonality rate. The proprietary cross-platform, scalable, and highly integrated power-chassis integrated architecture realizes hydrogen-electric platform sharing and high-integration load-bearing capacity. The industry’s first mass-produced “1+3+2” cross-domain converged EE architecture, featuring DPU + 3 domain controllers + 2 zone controllers, enables centralized control, vehicle-cloud interaction, OTA and other intelligent evolution capabilities. Combined with CANFD + Gigabit Ethernet dual backbone networks, it significantly boosts communication bandwidth and data transmission rates, creating the most powerful intelligent system in commercial vehicles.
The platform spawns 15 vehicle models, offering two body lengths – extended 2.9m and ultra-long 3.6m – paired with multi-specification batteries of 225/451/677kWh, and multi-type energy systems including ≥80kg liquid hydrogen and ≥40kg gaseous hydrogen, precisely matching the full spectrum of logistics scenario requirements. In terms of cell technology, the ultra-fast charging cycle life is on par with conventional slow charging levels. Taking the 677kWh battery module as an example, the vehicle’s B10 lifespan supports stable operation for 2 million kilometers. In the fuel cell field, it adopts high-durability membrane electrodes and long-life stack technology, with a B10 lifespan of up to 1.6 million kilometers, comprehensively consolidating the foundation of product reliability. It is the first in the industry to mass-produce an 800V vehicle voltage platform. For the battery electric variant, it is compatible with megawatt-level ultra-fast charging technology, achieving 100km of range with just 8 minutes of charging. For the hydrogen variant, refueling is as convenient as refueling a conventional truck, delivering over 1000km of range with 15 minutes of hydrogen refueling, completely resolving the range anxiety plaguing new energy heavy trucks.
Technological Innovation Empowers Dual Breakthroughs in Energy Efficiency and Lightweight Design
The technological innovations of Foton Cavan Heavy Truck BEACON directly target customers’ “operational pain points”, addressing concerns over costs and reliability with empirical data. The application of liquid hydrogen energy in new energy heavy trucks breaks the 1000km range barrier. The vehicle adopts a streamlined tractor-trailer integrated design, with an optimal drag coefficient as low as 0.28, representing a 49% reduction compared to traditional heavy trucks and cutting energy consumption by approximately 16%. The self-developed 300kW fuel cell achieves an efficiency of ≥58% under typical operating conditions, surpassing the industry average by 9 percentage points and leading the industry in energy efficiency performance.
Through 62 innovations in new materials, new structures, and new manufacturing processes, the vehicle achieves a 30% weight reduction, realizing parity with the weight of conventional fuel-powered heavy trucks. Among these, technologies such as the steel-aluminum-plastic connection process have become industry benchmarks. This effectively reduces the vehicle weight by 500kg, achieving fuel-electric weight parity and increasing cargo carrying capacity.
Experience Upgrade and Reconstruction: Comprehensive Advancement in Comfort and Safety
Centering on the user, Foton Cavan Heavy Truck BEACON reconstructs the commercial vehicle driving and riding experience. In terms of comfort, its ultra-low 1450mm floor reduces boarding height by 18%. The industry’s widest 1-meter sleeper berth and a massive 420L storage space, combined with the industry’s first application of four-point floating cab suspension in a streamlined cab, paired with air-sprung shock-absorbing seats, improve overall comfort by 20%. The 50° steering wheel angle alleviates shoulder and neck strain, while the front field of view is widened by 37% to enhance driving safety. For the first time in commercial vehicles, an AI voice large model is introduced, complemented by 8 advanced NVH technologies and D-segment car-level sealing performance, significantly reducing noise and enhancing driving and riding comfort.
In terms of safety, the cab features a cage-type frame made of 100% high-strength steel and hot-formed materials, passing 9 extreme crash tests and EU ECER29-03 certification, improving overall vehicle safety by 67%. It is equipped with a new-generation commercial vehicle ICA/HWP combined advanced driver assistance system. Leveraging a perception network of 7 cameras + 5 radars + 1 LiDAR, combined with high-precision positioning and maps, it covers 26 major categories and 114 scenarios, enabling 22 advanced driver assistance functions. Coupled with an end-pipe-cloud dynamic information security defense system, it comprehensively ensures driving safety.
The “Beacon” Light Illuminates the New Energy Heavy Truck Market!
Foton Cavan BEACON crafts the driving and riding space with top-tier craftsmanship, empowers full-scenario operations with intelligent configurations, and fulfills its green mission with zero-carbon solutions. It breaks the boundary between luxury and practicality, enabling full-scenario transportation to achieve both comfort and environmental benefits, establishing itself as a new benchmark in the high-value logistics market. This launch conference announced the Beacon Partner Program, inviting 100 heavy truck opinion leaders to serve as the first batch of Foton Cavan Heavy Truck BEACON Beacon Partners, conducting a 6-month on-site operation of the new vehicles to verify the product’s top-tier performance and quality. In the future, Foton Cavan Automobile will strive to build an open ecosystem that evolves around customer needs, with technology as the beacon to illuminate every kilometer of the journey.
