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From yard shuffling to long-haul trunk lines
The NEV heavy-truck story is moving from short park-and-port runs to cross-region long-haul. On an 800V platform with megawatt charging, the battery goes from 20 to 80 percent in under 20 minutes, compressing recharge from hours to minutes and roughly matching diesel pace, directly attacking the truck waits for charger, charger waits for power pain.
Policy and full-stack R&D move together
Eleven ministries including the Ministry of Transport issued a plan to scale NEV heavy trucks and expand trunk-line use. XCMG led industry sales of NEV heavy trucks and tractors in the first seven months of 2026, self-developing battery, motor and control, thermal management and energy recovery to turn four client pains into engineered specs.
Vehicle, pile, grid, service as one loop
XCMG 1528 promise means 15-minute response, 2-hour on-site, 8-hour repair, 365 days, because trunk electrification competes on the vehicle-pile-grid-service loop, not the vehicle alone. Megawatt charging demands high grid capacity, land and pricing support, so the network will likely grow corridor by corridor; local operators should first nail slow charging and property coordination.