C&C Trucks (Chery Commercial Vehicles) reported explosive Q1 2026 momentum: over 2,000 units delivered in bulk deals — to customers in Rizhao, Quzhou, Deyang, Dandong and beyond — with more than 1,000 additional units under strategic contract. The company claims 410% year-on-year growth and fifteen consecutive months of 100%+ expansion, making it the fastest-growing player in China’s new-energy heavy-truck market.

The technology angle: at Hefei’s New Energy Commercial Vehicle Exhibition in March, C&C debuted two proprietary systems — ‘Fenglin’ intelligent control (energy-efficiency optimisation) and ‘Yuntu’ range extension — targeting the two pain points (consumption, range anxiety) every e-truck buyer raises. Backed by Chery Group’s R&D and manufacturing depth, C&C is the clearest example of China’s second wave: not the SANY/XCMG giants, but group-backed challengers scaling through bulk fleet deals rather than retail.

For European readers, C&C is one to file under ‘watch’: Chery is simultaneously party to the 2,000 km Morocco–France electric corridor agreement (with Gotion and GPM), which could make it the corridor’s vehicle supplier — a potential European-adjacent entry through infrastructure rather than a showroom. Bulk-deal scaling is also the procurement pattern that keeps China’s utilisation economics working: fleets, not individuals, buy these trucks.