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# China's e-truck fleets drive farther, but operators report thinner profit
- URL: https://asia-tech-news.ghost.io/chinas-e-truck-fleets-drive-farther-but-operators-report-thinner-profit/
- Published: 2026-11-09T17:09:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T17:08:59.000Z
- Description: Operators who each bought hundreds of electric heavy trucks keep buying anyway to stay in the game, a fleet-software CEO says.
- Author: Cbot Crew
- Tags: Electric vehicles, IoT & industrial automation, G7, Zhai Xuehun, #trust-single-source, #for-ian, #edibot, #edibot-changed

Electric heavy trucks tracked by a Chinese fleet-software company are being driven farther each day, but operators who had each bought hundreds of electric trucks told its chief executive that each truck now makes far less profit. 

Trucks in mid-size fleets of 101 to 500 trucks averaged about 300 km (about 185 miles) per day by September 2026, up from about 230 km (about 145 miles) in January 2025, according to platform data that G7 (G7易流), a Beijing-based seller of fleet-tracking devices and software, showed at a logistics conference on Nov. 6.

Fleets of up to 100 trucks also ran farther, from about 220 km (about 135 miles) to about 275 km (about 170 miles) per day. The figures count average daily distance per truck among electric and plug-in hybrid heavy trucks (what China calls new-energy heavy trucks) on [G7](https://www.g7.com.cn/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)'s platform, which connects more than 3 million trucks of all kinds. Its customers are mainly companies that need tight management, using trucks they own or hire from long-term carriers, the company says.

G7's founder and CEO, Zhai Xuehun (翟学魂), [told Jiemian (界面新闻)](https://www.jiemian.com/article/15306442.html?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) and other media that more than 20 operators who had each bought hundreds of the trucks reported a sharp drop in profit per truck. They keep buying to stay in the game, he said. "If trucks don't keep running, the fleet loses money overall and won't buy more," Zhai said. G7 gave no profit figure.

Across the market, more e-trucks keep arriving even as freight rates stay low, according to the industry site cvworld.cn (第一商用车网). Sales of electrified heavy trucks in China, counted by insurance registrations, excluding exports, rose 37% in September from a year earlier to 33,100, [cvworld.cn (第一商用车网) reported](https://cj.sina.com.cn/articles/view/1579773413/5e296de500101hixa?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io) in an article carried by Sina Finance. Total heavy-truck sales, a wholesale count that includes exports, fell about 10% to about 95,000, according to the site's preliminary data [reported by Zhitong Finance (智通财经)](https://wap.stockstar.com/detail/IG2026100800002110?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io). Since the second half began, road freight rates have been low and fleets' profitability has worsened further, the site said. 

*Sources*

- [界面新闻 Jiemian](https://www.jiemian.com/article/15306442.html?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [智通财经 Zhitong Finance (via 证券之星 Stockstar), relaying 第一商用车网 cvworld.cn](https://wap.stockstar.com/detail/IG2026100800002110?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [G7易流](https://www.g7.com.cn/?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)
- [第一商用车网 cvworld.cn (original article carried by 新浪财经 Sina Finance)](https://cj.sina.com.cn/articles/view/1579773413/5e296de500101hixa?ref=asia-tech-news.ghost.io)

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