After the avant premiere at Expo Agro in March, 2023, FOTON celebrated the official sale of eAUMARK in Argentina on September 10, which is the first 100% electric light duty truck to the market. 

The eAUMARK on sale in Argentina has a single reduction synchronous electric motor, with the latest generation CATL lithium iron phosphate batteries, which are recharged in approximately one hour on a rapid charger, going from 20% to 100%. It is a 6-ton truck with a load capacity of 3,500 kg designed for urban use. With 115 kW (154 HP) and 430 Nm and a capacity of 81 kW, it can reach a maximum speed of 80 km/h, ensure a range of 200 km. The response is forceful and the flat torque is available even with high load.

FOTON becomes a pioneer in exploring the market for new energy technologies in cargo transportation, an area where the adoption of technologies to reduce environmental pollution and carbon dioxide emissions is increasingly urgent.

In recent years, FOTON has made great progress in Argentina.On June 5, 2023, the first mini-truck product that meets Argentina’s latest ESC mandatory regulations officially went offline. This marks the successful completion of the first phase goal of FOTON localization strategy in Argentina. From small-scale vehicle exports to Argentina in 2016 to large-scale local assembly production now, FOTON has established local assembly, sales, service and other industrial closed-loop advantages. With the operation strategy of gradually replacing vehicle imports with localized production, it has seized market opportunities.

To meet strong market demand, FOTON and its local partners also plan to expand production models from mini-trucks to medium-heavy trucks, light trucks and other full-line truck products. The products manufactured locally in Argentina will meet the requirements of FOTON’s global intelligent manufacturing system and technical quality control standards. The products are matched with FOTON Cummins, FOTON ZF and other leading power chains “SuperPowerTrain”, which can not only greatly solve the industry’s common pain points such as vehicle quality, safety, price, etc., but also have comfort and super high cost performance advantages. It can provide users with the most valuable commercial vehicle solutions. The second assembly plant will also start construction in the near future. The new plant covers an area of about 64,000 square meters. After completion, the production capacity will reach 5,000 units/year, creating more employment opportunities for the local area.