Overview
Foton Motor (Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Beijing and a subsidiary of BAIC Group. Founded in 1996, Foton is China's largest commercial vehicle maker with cumulative sales exceeding 10 million units. The company produces light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and vans, with key joint ventures including Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive (50-50 with Daimler Truck) and Beijing Foton Cummins Engine (50-50 with Cummins). Listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (600166.SS).
Verified record
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- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
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Foton Motor on the deployment map
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Safety record
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Recent coverage
Foton Motor in third-party press
Chinese automaker BAIC Foton expands global footprint - People's Daily Online
Chinese Company Launches Truck for U.S. and European Markets - Heavy Duty Trucking
Policy Orientation, Performance Inflection: Autonomous Driving Enters "Strong Expectations" Channel - Gasgoo
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Recent activity
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- Record createdJun 8, 2026
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-08-05
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Methodology surface for Foton Motor.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Foton Motor from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Chinese automaker BAIC Foton expands global footprint - People's Daily Online
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Chinese Company Launches Truck for U.S. and European Markets - Heavy Duty Trucking
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Policy Orientation, Performance Inflection: Autonomous Driving Enters "Strong Expectations" Channel - Gasgoo
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FOTON Reveals New Energy Commercial Vehicle Platforms - The EV Report
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Energy In Motion to launch FOTON’s Electric HCVs in India starting Q2 FY25-26 - EVreporter
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Top stories of BAIC Group in 2024 - Gasgoo
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Foton Motor launches TUNLAND pickup range in Mexico - Gasgoo
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BAIC Group among first to join China's L3 intelligent connected vehicle pilot program - Gasgoo
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Inceptio self-driving trucks set accident-free record in China - American Journal of Transportation
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Buying and selling in autonomous trucking developer Aurora Innovation - FreightWaves
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Foton Motor, Mogo Auto join hands to deploy autonomous smart city solutions - Gasgoo
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Welding robots Comau for first Foton Daimler trucks in China - Meccanica Plus
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/foton-motor.md
- RSS feed: /companies/foton-motor/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/8aa29159-b19a-43b3-bd51-d6b4d2b24c32
- Revision history: /companies/foton-motor/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Reality vs attention
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Analysis
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Dimension breakdown
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Attention (reach, not merit)
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Last computed: Aug 6, 2026