Accelerating Global Layout, GAC Lingcheng Makes Its Debut at the 2026 IAA Transportation

At the 2026 IAA Transportation, GAC Lingcheng, under the theme "Leading the Journey to the Future, Together with the World" ("Delivering The Future Together"), focused on showcasing innovative products, cutting-edge technologies, and open ecosystem achievements across its NEW ENERGY heavy commercial vehicle and light commercial vehicle business layouts.

In the heavy commercial vehicle segment, GAC Lingcheng joined hands with Pony.ai and Aulton NEW ENERGY, two industry-leading ecosystem partners, to present the cooperation results of L4 autonomous driving and efficient battery swapping based on the T9; the new light commercial vehicle brand MONTX Lingyue completed its overseas debut, unveiling two concept vehicles, the P10 and V10, and releasing its technology architecture and global user co-creation plan, while the current mass-produced pickup SMILODON Pro also made an appearance.

Through the dual business layout of heavy and light commercial vehicles, as well as the concentrated presentation of open ecosystem cooperation results, GAC Lingcheng outlined for the global market its growth prospects and broad space for future development. Du Peiyuan, Chief Operating Officer of GAC Lingcheng NEW ENERGY Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer of the MONTX Lingyue brand, said: "This appearance at the IAA Transportation, an important stage for the global commercial vehicle industry, is an important milestone in GAC Lingcheng's global layout. Product going global is the starting point of globalization, while ecosystem going global is a new stage of value co-creation. GAC Lingcheng will rely on GAC Group's global resources, join hands with global partners, bring vehicle technology and the cooperation ecosystem to the global market, and jointly drive the NEW ENERGY commercial vehicle industry toward a more efficient, more intelligent, and more sustainable future."

Building Momentum: Seizing NEW ENERGY Opportunities and Accelerating Global Expansion with High Growth Momentum.

GAC Lingcheng originates from the mature system of GAC Hino's long-term joint venture and has deeply cultivated the commercial vehicle field for nearly two decades, forging a solid foundation in R&D, manufacturing, and quality management. As GAC Group's only commercial vehicle platform, GAC Lingcheng relies on the Group's systemic capabilities in R&D, manufacturing, supply chain, and global resources to solidify its vehicle R&D and manufacturing foundation for the NEW ENERGY and intelligent era.

Currently, the global commercial vehicle industry is ushering in a new round of structural change, and NEW ENERGY commercial vehicles have entered a new growth window. Standing at the forefront of industry opportunities, GAC Lingcheng has achieved rapid growth. In the first half of 2026, sales increased by 205% year-on-year, leading the NEW ENERGY commercial vehicle track in growth rate. On the basis of domestic NEW ENERGY business growth, and relying on GAC Group's sales and service network covering 110 countries and regions worldwide, GAC Lingcheng will further accelerate its global market layout. From vehicle R&D and manufacturing to collaboration with ecosystem partners in intelligent driving and energy replenishment, GAC Lingcheng is advancing from "product going global" to "ecosystem going global," building a global cooperation system covering vehicles, technology, energy, and services.

At the business level, GAC Lingcheng has formed a "heavy commercial vehicle + light commercial vehicle" dual-wheel-driven development pattern. The heavy commercial vehicle business focuses on the NEW ENERGY heavy truck field, continuously consolidating its core base; the light commercial vehicle business, with the new brand MONTX as its carrier, explores new scenarios, new demands, and new categories for global users, opening up new growth space. The two business segments develop synergistically, jointly building the company's growth foundation for the future.

The key to supporting sustained growth lies in an open and win-win cooperation ecosystem. GAC Lingcheng always focuses on the foundation of vehicle R&D and manufacturing and insists on linking with outstanding industry partners through open cooperation. In intelligent driving, it deeply collaborates with Pony.ai to advance the commercialization of L4 autonomous driving; in energy replenishment, it works with Aulton NEW ENERGY to explore a more efficient battery-swapping operation system. By integrating advantageous capabilities such as "vehicle + intelligent driving + energy," GAC Lingcheng is improving an open ecosystem covering technology, products, and operational scenarios, so that growth comes not only from the products themselves but also from the long-term value created by ecosystem collaboration.

Evolving Toward Intelligence: Reshaping the Competitiveness of NEW ENERGY Commercial Vehicles with Operational Value.

For the commercial vehicle industry, the significance of technological innovation is ultimately reflected in operational value. Centering on real logistics operation scenarios, GAC Lingcheng uses the T9 as a carrier to deeply integrate its NEW ENERGY vehicle technology foundation with L4 autonomous driving and efficient battery swapping, driving advanced technology into measurable operational value.

In terms of intelligent driving, the T9 Robotruck is equipped with Pony.ai's fourth-generation L4 autonomous truck system and GAC Lingcheng's fully redundant steer-by-wire chassis, integrating reliability, stability, and excellent three-electric technology to achieve all-scenario, safe and reliable, full vehicle-grade cost reduction, energy-saving, and environmentally friendly unmanned freight.

T9 ROBOTRUCK

Autonomous Driving Domain Controller

Its Pony.ai full vehicle-grade autonomous driving suite includes 9 LiDARs, 3 millimeter-wave radars, and 13 cameras. Compared with the previous-generation system, hardware costs are reduced by 70%, and autonomous driving ton-kilometer transportation costs are reduced by about 30%, providing more efficient solutions for high-frequency scenarios such as trunk line logistics, dedicated line logistics, and port transportation. He Xing, Vice President of Pony.ai and General Manager of its Truck Business Unit, said: "The global debut of the T9 Robotruck will further accelerate autonomous trucks from mass production to large-scale commercial operation."

In terms of efficient energy replenishment, the T9 battery-swap version is equipped with an e-axle and a 603 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery, with a maximum range of 475 km and comprehensive energy consumption as low as 1.2 kWh/km. Relying on Aulton NEW ENERGY's battery-swapping system, the vehicle's battery swap time is shortened to about 3 to 5 minutes, greatly reducing vehicle downtime and waiting time, and improving vehicle attendance, operable time, and operating revenue. Qu Wengeng, General Manager of Aulton's Overseas Business Division, said: "High-frequency operating vehicles pay close attention to efficiency and cost. Charging and battery swapping are complementary solutions for different scenarios. For commercial transportation scenarios with fixed routes, high-frequency operation, and higher requirements for vehicle utilization, battery swapping has unique value."

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The realization of these operational values does not come from a single technological breakthrough, but from an open and collaborative industrial ecosystem. As the vehicle R&D and manufacturing entity, GAC Lingcheng provides vehicle R&D and manufacturing as well as a NEW ENERGY technology foundation covering batteries, electric drive, electronic control, and thermal management; Pony.ai provides L4 autonomous driving capabilities; and Aulton NEW ENERGY provides an efficient energy replenishment system. The three parties jointly build integrated capabilities of "vehicle + intelligent driving + energy," promoting advanced technology into real commercial scenarios with a shorter technology introduction cycle and accelerating the large-scale application of NEW ENERGY commercial vehicles.

Evolving Toward New Growth: MONTX Opens New Incremental Space for Light Commercial Vehicles with New Categories.

As GAC Lingcheng's all-new light commercial vehicle brand, MONTX carries the important mission of expanding GAC Lingcheng into the light commercial vehicle business, all-new categories, and new global user groups. Du Peiyuan shared at the launch event: "MONTX hopes to break the traditional automobile definitions of categories and scenarios, allowing one vehicle to move freely between career, life, and exploration, carrying people's ever-changing needs and imaginations, and becoming a true all-domain crossover new species, opening up more possibilities for global users to freely expand their careers and lives."

MONTX brand

At the launch event, two concept models of the MONTX brand made a simultaneous appearance, interpreting the brand's all-domain aesthetics, all-domain adaptability, and all-domain intelligence in different forms. Among them, the MONTX P10 is positioned as an "all-domain three-dimensional mobility platform," targeting explorers, outdoor workers, and users in extreme scenarios. Relying on product features such as four-wheel distributed drive, campsite AI steward, and intelligent towing, it calmly handles complex terrain and unknown environments, providing a wider action radius and stronger scenario adaptability for scenarios such as no-man's-land exploration, scientific research and exploration, and off-road crossing, demonstrating future light commercial vehicle products' new imagination for extreme performance and all-domain adaptability.

MONTX P10

MONTX V10

The MONTX V10, on the other hand, is positioned as an "all-domain mobile preparation cabin," focusing on the needs of digital nomads, creators, and traveling residents for mobile living space. Through innovative experiences such as modular space design, a sliding dual-cabin steering wheel, and off-grid self-circulation, it enables free switching among work, rest, social, and exploration scenarios, extending the vehicle from a mere travel tool into a comprehensive carrier for mobile office, traveling life, and community connection, creating more flexible and free lifestyles for users.

The two concept models respectively represent MONTX's exploration of future light commercial vehicle product scenarios and value, and also demonstrate MONTX's product innovation capability in opening up new categories and exploring new scenarios for global users.

At the event, MONTX also released the all-new ADAA All-Domain Adaptive Architecture (All-Domain Adaptive Architecture). Based on three core advantages—native all-energy, native body-on-frame, and native intelligent adaptation—ADAA can cover multiple energy forms, vehicle forms, and application scenarios with one architecture, greatly improving product development efficiency and quickly responding to differentiated demands in the global market, providing solid support for MONTX to continuously open up new categories, new scenarios, and global markets.

At the same time, MONTX officially launched the "MONTX Makers" global user co-creation program and proposed the co-creation philosophy of "Ideas in. Drive out." (What you think is what you drive). MONTX hopes to reshape the relationship between the brand and users, putting user needs ahead in product definition and R&D stages. Users are no longer merely users of products but definers of future products. By deeply connecting real scenarios with mass-production capabilities, MONTX is committed to turning "born for users" from a brand statement into a sustainably deliverable product promise. Users participating in co-creation will have the opportunity to receive exclusive rights such as "MONTX Pioneer Co-creation Officer" identity certification, visits to global brand events, and exclusive owner privileges.

SMILODON PRO

Echoing concept innovation, as the current mass-produced pickup of GAC Lingcheng's light commercial vehicle business, the SMILODON Pro responds to current global market demand. With product design featuring strong loading capacity, ride comfort, and multi-scenario adaptability, it meets the diverse needs of global users in business operations and daily life. At present, the SMILODON Pro has entered Central and South American and Middle Eastern markets and is planned to cover about 30 countries this year, continuously expanding GAC Lingcheng's global business footprint.

Leading the Journey to the Future, Together with the World.

Standing on the global commercial vehicle industry stage of IAA Transportation, GAC Lingcheng will continue to take vehicle R&D and manufacturing as its foundation and continuously hone its commercial vehicle product strength; with an open ecosystem as an accelerator, it will connect global users and partners, deepen open and win-win ecosystem cooperation, and release greater ecosystem value. In the future, GAC Lingcheng will walk with the world, embrace the wave of industry transformation with a global perspective, create more value for global users, and achieve steady and long-term progress on the road to internationalization.