Farizon Xingzhi T9M Debuts at Northeast Super Harbin Competition, Methanol Electric Light Truck Supports Green Event Assurance

Recently, the north-east China City Football League Harbin division kicked off at the Acheng District Culture and Sports Center in Harbin. As the event's official strategic partner, Geely combined methanol energy, sports events, and north-east China's regional characteristics, showcasing its green commercial vehicle products in event scenarios.

Following the appearance of the Farizon Xinghan H methanol-electric heavy-duty truck at the Shenyang division, the Farizon Xingzhi T9M methanol-electric light truck debuted in Harbin as the official ceremonial float. The addition of this model signifies that Geely Farizon has achieved product synergy from heavy-duty to light-duty trucks in event support scenarios, further demonstrating the multi-category layout of its methanol-electric commercial vehicles in the north-east China market.

The north-east China Super League is the country's first inter-provincial mass football tournament, covering eight cities including Shenyang, Dalian, Changchun, and Harbin. Using football as a link, the event showcases the vitality of coordinated regional development in north-east China. Geely provides support in event operations, brand promotion, and support services, and through methanol-electric products, showcases green transportation solutions, conveying a healthy, safe, and environmentally friendly travel and transportation philosophy.

The Farizon Xingzhi T9M has moved from behind-the-scenes support to the forefront, becoming a vital vehicle for showcasing methanol-electric technology to the public. Previously, Geely Farizon's products have served large-scale events such as the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Harbin Asian Winter Games, covering scenarios including public mobility, urban logistics, and torch relay, while completing support tasks in low-temperature environments, verifying the adaptability of methanol-electric technology in cold regions.

With cold winters, vast geographic spans, and strong logistics transportation demand, north-east China places higher requirements on the driving range, energy replenishment, and low-temperature starting capabilities of new energy commercial vehicles. Traditional battery-electric routes are prone to issues such as driving range degradation and reduced energy replenishment efficiency in extremely cold environments, whereas methanol-electric technology, by combining fuel-based energy replenishment with an electric drive system, offers an alternative new energy commercial vehicle solution for north China.

Leveraging Geely's over 20 years of technological accumulation in methanol, Geely Farizon has formed a methanol-electric product matrix covering categories such as heavy-duty trucks, light-duty trucks, buses, and agricultural machinery, adaptable to various scenarios including trunk logistics, urban distribution, short-haul transport, engineering operations, public transport, and agricultural production. Considering the energy and transport characteristics of north China, "Methanol in the North, Electricity in the South" is emerging as a key pathway for Geely Farizon to promote the development of regional new energy commercial vehicles.

In terms of operational performance, the methanol-electric light truck can cover intercity trunk routes exceeding 900 km from Harbin to Dalian, start rapidly in -20°C low-temperature environments, and achieve per-kilometer costs as low as 0.5 yuan, representing a reduction of over 50% compared to equivalent diesel light trucks. Methanol-electric buses have been deployed in Tianjin, Daqing, Harbin, Shenyang, and other cities, offering a driving range of up to 600 km, maintaining a constant cabin temperature of 20°C to 25°C in winter, and saving 180,000 yuan over an 8-year vehicle life cycle.

In the heavy-duty truck sector, the Farizon Xinghan H methanol-electric heavy-duty truck, fully loaded at 42 mt, traveled 1,522.9 km on a single tank of methanol traversing the Hexi Corridor, earning a world record certification. In May this year, a driverless tractor equipped with a methanol-electric agricultural machinery power solution commenced spring plowing applications in Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, providing green power support for agricultural production.

Regarding the energy replenishment system, Geely Farizon has cooperated with enterprises including PetroChina and Sinopec to build over 1,000 methanol refueling stations nationwide and plans to expand this to 4,000 by the end of 2027, enhancing the convenience of methanol vehicle usage. At the policy level, the green hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol industry is being integrated as a key development direction, and multiple regions have successively introduced policy documents supporting the promotion of methanol vehicles. Liaoning Province has proposed reaching a methanol vehicle production scale of over 50,000 units by 2028, while Heilongjiang Province is also advancing the construction of a methanol ecosystem.

From sports event showcases to road transport, public transit, and agricultural production, Geely Farizon's methanol-electric technology is achieving multi-scenario implementation in north-east China. Going forward, as models such as the Xingzhi T9M accelerate their promotion, methanol-electric commercial vehicles are expected to further serve the new energy transition of commercial vehicles, energy structure optimization, and green transportation system development in north-east China.