Sinotruk
168-200 Connaught Road Central Units 2102-03, China Merchants Tower, Shun Tak Centre Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Overview
Sinotruk is an investment holding company that engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sales of heavy duty trucks. It was listed on the main board of HKSE in 2007.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Automotive
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
Investment portfolio
- KargoBot
Participated · Series A · Jun 2024
KargoBot focuses on open-road, trunk-line autonomous freight, offering a full-stack solution that combines driverless ‘Robotrucks’ with a logistics operating system. Its KargoOmni platform uses mixed-platooning and single-vehicle intelligence to raise human efficiency by 83–300%, overall operating efficiency by more than 50%, and energy efficiency by about 30%. The company has already deployed more than 400 autonomous trucks across 10+ provinces, accumulating over 35 million kilometers and 1.2 billion ton-kilometers of freight. Seven mass-production truck models are in service, supporting over 20 enterprise customers and a 30-member partner alliance. Management plans to enable and deploy 1,000 autonomous trucks within 2024 and scale to tens of thousands of Robotrucks in the next few years. KargoBot has proven a profitable commercial closed loop on trunk routes and is positioned as a first-mover in China’s trillion-RMB long-haul logistics market. The new capital from its Series B round exceeds $100 million and will fund large-scale rollout and continued R&D.
Team
Ninestein Zhao
Head of North West Africa Region
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