Recently, in Shiyan, Hubei Province, 200 Dongfeng Tianlong KL 4×2 delivery trucks equipped with Dongfeng Cummins Z12 engines were officially signed for delivery services by BEST Logistics. This signing is an important milestone in the strategic cooperation between Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles and BEST Logistics, marking another successful step in Dongfeng Cummins engines' deep penetration in the express delivery and fast transport market segment.
Precisely Match Delivery and Fast Transport Scenarios
The Advantage of Power Chain is Highlighted
Currently, the domestic express delivery and fast transport industry is becoming increasingly competitive. Reducing costs, increasing efficiency, and ensuring delivery time have become the core demands of logistics enterprises. As a national 5A-level logistics enterprise and China's Top 500 Private Enterprises, BEST Logistics covers the entire country and has extremely high requirements for the reliability, economy, and attendance rate of vehicle power chains. This 200-unit strategic order model (Dongfeng Tianlong KL 4×2 delivery trucks) is specifically developed for the long-distance express delivery operations of BEST. The core power unit selects the Dongfeng Cummins Z12 engine, which demonstrates strong power, low consumption, and reliable product capabilities, and has been highly recognized by BEST.
For the express delivery and freight transportation scenarios, the Dongfeng Cummins Z12 engine demonstrates significant technical advantages. This model has a powerful 520 horsepower reserve and a peak torque of 2400 N·m, ensuring that the vehicle can operate efficiently and stably at high-speed conditions, fully meeting the strict requirements of fast delivery for timeliness. In terms of the power chain matching of the entire vehicle, the Dongfeng Cummins Z12 engine works in conjunction with the DA12 AMT transmission. The shifting logic is smooth and intelligent, which not only effectively reduces the fatigue of the driver during long-distance driving, but also improves the overall fuel economy, helping the fleet achieve better life cycle costs in long-distance trunk routes.
The chassis and intelligent configuration work together
to facilitate efficient tandem operation
Besides the powertrain, the chassis configuration of the Dongfeng Tianlong KL delivered in this batch forms an efficient cooperation with the power system. The rear air suspension has an electrically controlled lifting function, which can quickly adjust the frame height to accommodate different trailers, significantly improving the efficiency of the coupling operation and meeting the requirements of the networked dispatching of BEST Logistics. The 800+400L dual fuel tank design (total volume 1200L) gives the vehicle an extremely long range, reducing the frequency of refueling at stations during operation, and further ensuring the continuity and attendance rate of the trunk line transportation. In terms of intelligence, the vehicle is equipped with the Dongfeng car networking system, which can monitor the engine and the overall vehicle operation status in real time, providing remote diagnosis, energy consumption analysis and intelligent scheduling support for the fleet, helping BEST Logistics achieve visual management of the fleet and improving the efficiency of operational decision-making.
During the delivery ceremony, the 2026 Skills Competition of BEST's Self-operated Fleet kicked off. The participating drivers conducted practical operations to experience the Dongkang Z12 engine-powered Dongfeng Tianlong KL express tractor, gaining a direct understanding of the power performance, fuel economy, and overall handling advantages. This helped accumulate practical operational experience for long-haul transportation. Through competition to promote learning and training, this competition not only enabled the drivers to operate smoothly, efficiently, and safely in actual operations, but also served as an important practice for Dongfeng Cummins to deeply engage in terminal operations and continuously verify the product value.
For a long time, Dongfeng Cummins has been deeply involved in the specialized operations of express delivery and freight transportation, continuously refining power products that are suitable for long-distance transportation. The strategic signing and implementation of 200 Dongfeng Tianlong KL trailers equipped with Z12 engines this time is an important outcome of the deep collaboration between Dongfeng Cummins and large logistics enterprises. In the future, Dongfeng Cummins will continue to deeply explore the power demands of the express delivery and freight transportation industry, continuously provide efficient internal combustion engine power solutions, and empower smart long-distance logistics with cutting-edge technology, jointly promoting the high-quality development of the express delivery industry.