Chinese automaker Foton showcases its newest high-end super truck, the Auman EST A, at IAA Commercial Vehicles

BEIJING,Sept. 27,2018 -- Foton,the leader in China's commercial vehicle sector,exhibited a new high-end super truck,the Auman EST A,at the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles,which formally opened on September 19,2018 in Hanover,Germany,reaffirming the vehicle maker's outstanding leadership in the high-end heavy truck sector.

The EST A super truck displayed at the show demonstrated to the automotive world's industry insiders Foton's strong R&D and manufacturing capabilities. Since its inception 6 years ago,FotonDaimlerAutomotive has pioneered a newmodel for collaboration between Chinese and German industries based on the "Standards by Europe,Intelligently Made in China" model through resource integration and configuration optimization,maintaining its long-heldleading position in sales volume.

Foton's Auman EST A has leveraged Daimler-Benz's reliable industry-leading technologies and applied them to the firm's long haul truck lineup as well as to logistics services for valuables requiring special handling and high security in addition to markets that require just-in-time delivery,creating commercial and utility vehicles that are fully competitive with American Super Trucks and Germany's Trucks of the Future. The super truck integrates the latest technologies from several industrial sectors as well as from members of the China Internet Super Truck Global Innovation Alliance,a collaborative effort led by Foton that brings together several truck makers. The result is a high-end heavy truck that complies on all levels with the global technological standards and the development of a new production model based on the technological innovations of Chinese heavy truck manufacturers.

With the adjustments in China's industrial structure and the transformation of the development model,the logistics industries,including long-distance transportation and e-commerce,continue to thrive. Through ongoing innovations and aggressive integration of the world's high-end technologies,Foton has made the "Standards by Europe,Intelligently Made in China" model the cornerstone of their corporate philosophy in a move to create clean,efficient,safe and intelligent high-end trucks for China's logistics industry. Foton's efforts have become a force for change,as the vehicle maker has taken the lead in driving the country's logistics and transportation industries' modernization efforts,meeting the growing demands among buyers for vehicles with high operational efficiency and low operating costs and accelerating the transformation of the two industries.