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FAW Jiefang is a truck manufacturing company headquartered in Changchun, Jilin, China, and a wholly owned subsidiary of FAW Group. It is the largest manufacturer of heavy trucks in China.[1] FAW Jiefang was established in 2003 and has more than 22,000 employees, building more than 500 different models of 5-30 ton trucks. It has an annual production capacity of around 200,000 vehicles.[2]
History
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FAW Jiefang began as the FAW Car Co., Ltd, with its founding in 1953. The first truck rolled off of the lines in 1956.[3] The technology came by way of Russia (Soviet Union).[4]
In December 2020, FAW Group announced the restrcuture of FAW Bestune and FAW Jiefang. The Bestune was transferred from FAW Car to FAW Corporation Limited (FAW Group) and will operated independently as a wholly-owned subsidiary of FAW Group. FAW Jiefang was set to listed in the capital market.[5]
In December 2022, the FAW Group announced the transfer of 17.02% FAW Jiefang share to Bestune, providing financial support to Bestune.
On October 24, 2023, FAW and Huawei stepped up their strategic partnership by signing a MoU that involves the cooperation in such fields as AI, intelligent driving, and intelligent cockpit.[6]
Subsidiaries and divisions
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FAW Jiefang is made up of other subsidiaries and divisions.
Qingdao Truck Division
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The Qingdao Truck Division, located in Qingdao, China, merged into FAW Group in 1993, and later was assigned to the FAW Jiefang company. This subsidiary has 2,900 employees, and produces over 70,000 units per year.[7]
WuXi Diesel Engine Works (FAWDE)
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The WuXi Diesel Engine Works Division (also known as FAWDE), located in Wuxi, Jiangsu, has 4,000 employees and produces diesel engines for generator sets, water pumps, forklifts, farm equipment, and trucks.[8] They were formed in 1943 and became part of the FAW Group in 1992.[9] They produce 150,000 diesel engines annually.[10]
Deutz (Dalian) Engine
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The Deutz (Dalian) Engine joint venture is managed through the FAW Jiefang subsidiary.
Models
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Passenger vehicles (discontinued)
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陆豹
), a hatchback based on the Austin Maestro.Jiefang Lubao CA6400UA (
陆豹
)Jiefang CA6440UA panel van
Jiefang Jiabao CA6350
Heavy duty trucks
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Trucks available in 6x2, 6x4 and 4x2 configurations.
FAW Jiefang F-1116
FAW Jiefang J6P
FAW Jiefang J6L
FAW Jiefang J7
Light commercial trucks
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FAW Jiefang CA1020
FAW Jiefang CA1031
FAW Jiefang Hu V (Tiger V)
Military use vehicles
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The FAW Jiefang CA141/CA1091 is a five tonne capacity, 4x2 troop/cargo carrier truck developed and built by First Automobile Works and used by the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China for transport. It entered service in 1980s along with Soviet GAZ-53 and ZIL-130 to replace the older Yuejin NJ130 (the copied version of the 2.5 ton Soviet GAZ-51) and Jiefang CA10 (the copied version of the 4 tonne Soviet ZIS-150).[11]
References
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FAW Jiefang Automobile Co., Ltd. ("FAW Jiefang") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FAW Jiefang Group Co., Ltd. It is a manufacturer of medium, heavy and light trucks and buses, with an annual production capacity of 310,000 vehicles. In 2019, a total of 369,700 vehicles were produced and 336,000 were sold. In the first half of 2020, a total of 277,000 completed vehicles were sold. FAW heavy-duty truck sales have been ranked first in the industry for four consecutive years, medium- and heavy-duty truck sales have been ranked first in the industry for three consecutive years.FAW Jiefang Automobile Co., Ltd. has 17 functional departments. Three business divisions (Qingdao Vehicle Division (Qingdao Plant, Liuzhou Plant, Wuxi Modification Depot)), Engine Division (Wuxi Diesel Engine Plant, Dalian Diesel Engine Plant, Qianzhan Technology Research Institute), Transmission Division (Axle Plant, Transmission Box factory, parts factory), marketing headquarters (sales company).FAW Jiefang has seven product series for traction, cargo, dump, special purpose, new energy, light truck, and passenger cars, and 12 complete vehicle product platforms including J7, J6, and JH6.Covering three major areas: heavy, medium and light In the field of heavy trucks, there are seven product platforms: J7, J6P, JH6, J6M, Tian V, Han V, and Ansett;In the field of medium trucks, there are three product platforms: J6L, JK6, and Dragon V;In the field of light trucks, there are J6F Two major product platforms, Tiger V;in the field of passenger vehicles, there are road vehicles, traditional buses, new energy buses, all-aluminum pure electric logistics vehicles, and V80L pure electric logistics vehicles. With "safe, reliable, energy-saving, comfortable and efficient" technical performance and excellent quality, Jiefang Truck has won the trust of users.
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