On December 19, 2008, China Heavy Duty Truck HOWO A7 heavy truck was listed in Jinan. Assembled by China National Heavy Duty Truck Co., Ltd. and WABCO Co., Ltd. to develop the "steam heavy-duty smart self-contained" 16-speed electric transmission, has become the biggest highlight of the HOWO A7.
China National Heavy Duty Truck HOWO A7 listed
"This is the only domestic automatic transmission product that can be mass produced and sold," said Cai Dong, president of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group. The development of this transmission is full of hardships and twists. "In 2005, China National Heavy Duty Truck put the research and development of automatic transmissions on the agenda, and then organized the personnel to study abroad to study, and selected users from different industries for a long period of actual road and working conditions test, it can be said that this product is stable Sex has not had too many problems.†According to Tan Xiuqing, an expert of the China Automobile Industry Association who is familiar with the development process of CNHTC's automatic transmissions, “In Europe, about half of heavy trucks use automatic transmissions, and automatic transmissions are the trend for heavy trucks to develop in the future.†According to estimates In integrated road conditions, the automatic transmission heavy truck can save 3% to 10% compared to the manual transmission heavy truck.
In the market, in addition to China National Heavy Duty Truck, FAW, Fast and other companies are also actively researching and developing heavy-duty automatic transmissions. CNHTC is the first to introduce automatic transmission products to the market, which will accelerate the development and production of heavy truck automatic transmissions.
"Automatic transmissions may be unfamiliar to most domestic users, and they can't be accepted by the market, but they also have to wait for the inspection after the market promotion." A heavy truck expert said: "The key is to maintain the stability of products and let users see With the benefits of automatic transmissions, there is a need for a number of users who are brave enough to 'eat the taste'."
China National Heavy Duty Truck seems to have been considered in this regard, heavy trucks first introduced the automatic transmission tractor products, and then later launched the concrete mixer chassis and dump trucks, it is in order to be more cautious in the harsh conditions may be Adverse effects caused by automatic transmissions. For dealers selling HOWO A7 in advance, special preferential policies will also be given.
"If the automatic transmission heavy truck is 50,000 yuan higher than the manual product, market sales may be difficult to carry out," said a heavy truck dealer in Tianjin. According to the pricing of HOWO A7, the price of its automatic transmission, ABS and disc brakes is 309,800 yuan, which is more than 40,000 yuan more than the manual hand-held HOWO products in the past.
There are also dealers with different views: "This product may have good sales, especially on the southeast coast line, it can replace a lot of foreign products." Zhang Jian, general manager of Shuyang Guangyu Sales Service Center, told the "Commercial Automotive News" reporter. Many users in Fuyang have purchased cars to coastal cities such as Guangdong and Zhejiang for cargo transportation.
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