The 15th China International Natural Gas Auto and Refilling Equipment Show was held in Beijing on May 7th, 2014. Beiben Trucks Brought their new V3M natural gas heavy truck to join the show. The grand driving cabin and appearance attracts many visitors. And its lightweight design is also a big feature. V3M is a lightweight truck with narrow body designed to meet transporting markets and natural gas is also equipped for the truck. The truck features 7 tons although its driving mode is 6×2, which is great advantage in China truck industry.
The truck is new product but its technology is already rather mature and quality is reliable. The lightweight chassis and narrow driving cabin reduce the gross weight further, and special materials are used for the cabin room to reduce weights. The 280mm beam is straight and there are less spring in front and rear leaf spring. For power, Weichai 340 hp engine is used to meet national 5 emission standards. FAST 12 speed gearbox and 5.5 ton front axle and 485 rear axle and the speed ratio is 4.11 and the power system matching is rational and the power of the complete vehicle is rational. 500L double gas cylinders to make sure that the truck can run for 800 to 1000 km.
In recent years, natural gas trucks are hot sales and the sales growth for natural gas trucks have increased by 80% from last May to this May, and there are 1898 natural gas refilling stations in China, up 198%. And Beiben Trucks own complete natural gas trucks for tractors, dumpers, cargo vans and special vehicles and they have over 300 types of trucks such as V3, V3M, NG80 etc to meet market needs.