Sinotruk launches AMT HOWO-A7 heavy truck

Shanghai, January 6 (Gasgoo.com) China's largest heavy-truck maker Sinotruk launched its latest heavy-duty truck HOWO-A7 in Chongqing, selling between 257,000 yuan($37,628) and 330,000 yuan, Chongqing Economic Times reported.

The HOWO-A7 is mated with Sinotruk’s intelligent 16-speed automatic manual electronic controlled transmission (ECT) jointly developed by Sinotruk and world-leading vehicle control system maker Wabco. It is the first MT model of Chinese-made heavy truck.

As China’s latest heavy-duty truck, HOWO-A7 has undergone over one year of development and two years of repeated trial in various extreme environments with 50 test vehicles, using more than 130 patented technologies, said the president of Sinotruck Chongqing sales company.