On May 21, the 8th China Western International Investment and Trade Fair officially opened at the Chongqing International Expo Center. On May 22, Qingling Group showcased its series of scientific and technological innovation achievements, including hydrogen energy vehicles, core parts, and integrated assemblies, at Hall N4 of the fair. Leveraging its full-stack self-developed cutting-edge technologies and a comprehensive zero-carbon product matrix, the group presented the breakthrough achievements of Chongqing's commercial vehicle industry in green upgrading and independent innovation, demonstrating the enterprise's hardcore strength in the new energy commercial vehicle sector.
During the fair, Qingling Group held a grand industrial development achievement launch event, officially debuting four core innovative products globally for the first time, covering two new hydrogen energy vehicle models, core electric drive equipment, and an intelligent thermal management system. Specifically, these included a liquid hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty truck, a hydrogen internal combustion engine range-extended heavy-duty truck, a multi-in-one electric drive axle, and an intelligent integrated thermal management system. The series of new products spanned the entire industry chain, encompassing hydrogen energy vehicle manufacturing, core electric drive R&D, and full-domain thermal management control. With diversified technology routes and independent R&D capabilities, they led the innovation and upgrading of the new energy logistics and transportation industry.
The two hydrogen energy heavy-duty trucks debuted this time formed a high-low pairing and scenario-complementary product layout, precisely covering zero-carbon transportation needs across different operating conditions and thoroughly addressing the shortcomings of hydrogen energy transportation for trunk-line and short-haul heavy-load applications. Among them, the liquid hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty truck "Qingzhou" was designed for high-speed intercity and interprovincial trunk-line heavy-load logistics scenarios. The vehicle was equipped with a 300kW large power liquid hydrogen fuel cell system, paired with a 1,250L large-capacity liquid hydrogen storage system. It offered exceptional environmental adaptability, capable of reliably handling various extreme and complex operating conditions such as high temperatures, extreme cold, high altitudes, and heavy-load long uphill gradients, perfectly suited for long-distance, high-intensity trunk-line logistics transportation operations.
The other model, the hydrogen internal combustion engine range-extended heavy-duty truck, was developed through iterative optimization based on a mature internal combustion engine technology platform. It featured a hydrogen energy deployment pathway characterized by high reliability, low cost, and ease of large-scale popularization, precisely suited for short-haul, high-frequency heavy-load scenarios such as port transshipment, mine heavy hauling, and urban infrastructure construction. This car model formed a complete system with the liquid hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty truck, complementary in both scenarios and technologies, successfully building Qingling's proprietary zero-carbon green logistics product matrix and providing customized solutions for logistics decarbonization across different scenarios.
In addition to complete vehicle products, Qingling simultaneously released two core supporting assemblies to consolidate the foundation of the new energy commercial vehicle industry chain. The multi-in-one electric drive axle innovatively integrated the motor, reducer, electronic control module, and EMB braking system, achieving upgrades in high integration, lightweight design, and high performance. It effectively reduced overall vehicle energy consumption and manufacturing costs while adapting to the future development trend of commercial vehicle drive-by-wire chassis, providing core support for vehicle performance upgrades.
The new intelligent integrated thermal management system achieved cross-domain coupling and unified control of three major thermal source domains — battery, electric drive, and cabin — with environmental adaptability across an ultra-wide temperature range from -30°C to 45°C. The system integrated three core functions: temperature regulation, cabin comfort adjustment, and vehicle energy management. Relying on intelligent precision control strategies, it ensured safe, stable, and efficient vehicle operation under all-climate scenarios including extreme cold and high temperatures, significantly enhancing overall vehicle environmental adaptability and operational reliability.
To accelerate the implementation of hydrogen energy and new energy commercial vehicle technologies and build a collaborative industrial ecosystem, Qingling Group completed multi-dimensional strategic cooperation signings at the launch event. The enterprise signed scientific and technological innovation cooperation agreements with China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, China Machinery Engineering Corporation Zhonglian, and China Merchants Vehicle Research Institute, joining forces to tackle core technology iteration and cutting-edge equipment R&D. It reached ecological cooperation agreements with Chongqing Real Estate Group and Chongqing Agricultural Investment Group to broaden local scenario application channels. It also signed an industrial collaboration agreement with Xiantu Automobile to jointly build an industry chain collaborative development system. All parties would work together to advance core technology breakthroughs and new energy industrial ecosystem development, create replicable and implementable zero-carbon operation demonstration models, and drive the large-scale popularization of hydrogen-powered and electrified commercial vehicles from technological breakthroughs to a new stage.
The concentrated global debut of these four major new products marked an important milestone for Qingling Group in its commitment to independent innovation and deep cultivation in the zero-carbon commercial vehicle field, signifying that the enterprise achieved key breakthroughs in full-chain R&D and industrialisation of new energy logistics equipment.
In the future, Qingling Group will continue to refine its entire industry chain layout covering new energy complete vehicles, core parts, and integrated assemblies, deepen the integration of industry, academia, and research as well as industry chain collaborative innovation, and continuously iterate and optimize its green and low-carbon technology and product systems. At the same time, it will deeply integrate into the construction of Chongqing's "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system, continuously empowering the high-quality development of the regional intelligent connected new energy commercial vehicle industry, and helping the logistics industry in south-west China achieve a comprehensive green and low-carbon transformation.
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