The construction of a powerful automobile country has reached a new level (Sankei Observation: In the past ten years, the real economy has become stronger ②)
Our reporter Wang Zheng "People's Daily" (page 17 on April 20, 2022)
In Chongqing, two new brands, four new new energy models, and a number of innovative technologies make the 2022 Changan Automobile Global Partner Conference attract the world's top suppliers.
In Oslo, Norway, 175 units of Hongqi E-HS9 were officially delivered to customers, and Lantu Auto's Oslo exhibition space is under construction.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the development of new energy vehicles is the only way for my country to move from a big automobile country to a powerful automobile country. It is necessary to increase research and development efforts, carefully study the market, make good use of policies, and develop products that meet various needs to make it a strong vehicle. growth point.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's auto industry has seized the opportunity of electrification, intelligence, and networked transformation, strengthened top-level design, focused on promoting technological innovation, product innovation, and market innovation, and cultivated new growth points. A number of core technologies have been successively obtained. Breakthrough, the production and sales of new energy vehicles ranked first in the world for seven consecutive years. Last year, the export of automobiles exceeded 2 million, and the construction of an automobile powerhouse has reached a new level.
The rapid growth of the new energy vehicle industry
Sales ranked first in the world for 7 consecutive years, and the number of patents last year accounted for 70% of the world
Wang Jian, the head of SAIC's intelligent electric drive gearbox team, still clearly remembers the situation that he and his team optimized and upgraded the hardware and electronic control software of the Roewe e950 equipped with the first-generation plug-in hybrid gearbox eight years ago.
Today, SAIC's intelligent electric drive gearbox team has expanded to 120 people and has mastered all key technologies such as motors, inverters, and motor control software.
According to Wang Jian, it is expected that in the third quarter of next year, the third-generation plug-in hybrid transmissions with faster shifting, stronger power and lower fuel consumption will be installed in batches.
In Mohe, Heilongjiang, about 3,300 kilometers away from Shanghai, on April 11, the temperature at 5:30 in the morning was as low as minus 14 degrees Celsius. Zhou Jinlong, the leader of Changan Automobile's three-high test team, and 6 others had gotten up in the dark and began to simulate under low temperature conditions. The last set of tests for the user usage scenario.
"This year's extreme cold test is more than a month longer than previous years, mainly because the long-safe new pure electric coupe C385, which is a key test, has additional test items." Zhou Jinlong introduced that in the environment of minus 30 degrees Celsius, the new car was launched in the world. The new generation of "super-set" electric drive and high-frequency pulse heating technology can heat the battery to 20 degrees Celsius in just 5 minutes, and the low-temperature fast charging time and acceleration capability are increased by 10% and 50% respectively.
"The development of new energy vehicles is the only way for my country to move from a big automobile country to a powerful automobile country. The important instructions of the general secretary have pointed out the direction for the development of China's auto industry and the acceleration of transformation and upgrading of Chinese auto companies to achieve high-quality development." SAIC Chairman Chen Chen Hong said.
In 2014, the auto industry was debating the development direction of traditional vehicles and new energy vehicles.
Zu Sijie, chief engineer of SAIC Motor, believes that "new energy vehicles are the strategic direction for the development of the automobile industry. Increase research and development efforts, carefully study the market, make good use of policies, develop products that meet various needs, and make them a strong Growth points, these initiatives paint a roadmap towards an automotive powerhouse.”
In the past 10 years, my country's new energy vehicle industry has strengthened top-level design, improved innovation capabilities, seized new opportunities for profound changes in the global automotive industry driven by the energy revolution and information revolution, promoted promotion and application, and strengthened safety supervision. , from big to strong leap.
——New progress has been made in key core technologies.
The world's leading power battery technology, and the average driving range of pure electric passenger vehicles has increased to more than 400 kilometers.
The energy density of the semi-solid battery cell of the new system reaches 360 watt-hours per kilogram, and the service life of the fuel cell system exceeds 10,000 hours.
In 2021, Chinese companies will obtain more than 30,000 patents related to new energy vehicles, accounting for 70% of the global share.
——A new breakthrough was achieved in the market scale.
In 2021, the cumulative sales of new energy vehicles in my country will be 3.521 million, ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years, of which private consumption accounts for nearly 80%, realizing the transformation from policy-driven to policy-driven and market-driven.
In the first quarter of this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles both increased by 1.4 times year-on-year, with over 10 million units being promoted, and the market penetration rate increased to 19.3%.
——Comprehensive benefits see new results.
By the end of 2021, the cumulative consumption of new energy vehicles in my country will be about 1.6 trillion yuan, driving the output value of the upstream and downstream industry chains to about 4.8 trillion yuan, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 100 million tons. contribute.
In the past 10 years, multinational auto companies have continued to increase capital investment in China, accelerated the introduction of new products, new technologies, and new standards, and vigorously promoted the localization of supply chains and R&D. compete.
The introduction of Tesla's "catfish effect" and the gradual removal of foreign shareholding restrictions have forced Chinese brand car companies to dig deeper into the needs of local consumers, seize market opportunities arising from the rapid development of intelligent networking and new energy vehicles, and continue to accelerate new products. The speed of delivery has jointly promoted the high-quality development of the industry.
Breakthrough in core technology
The powertrain R&D strength is in line with international standards, and the development of intelligent networked software leads the international trend
On April 12, in the five-motor powertrain noise and vibration laboratory of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay Geely Power Research Institute, senior chief engineer Deng Xiaolong and his team were fine-tuning the upcoming gasoline-electric hybrid car.
"In order to completely optimize the driving experience of the hybrid system before mass production, we have carried out more than 148 key optimizations in the field of noise and vibration alone," said Deng Xiaolong.
Wang Ruiping, senior vice president of Geely Automobile Group and dean of the Powertrain Research Institute, introduced that the Raytheon Hi-X hybrid system released by Geely in October last year uses an original 3-speed dual-motor electromechanical coupling hybrid transmission with a thermal efficiency of 43.32%. The engine can achieve a 40% fuel saving rate of the overall hybrid system and cloud upgrades in the full power domain, reaching the international advanced level in terms of power, fuel consumption and intelligence.
"The Geely Xingyue L hybrid version equipped with this system has been launched. According to the plan, 9 gasoline-electric hybrid and super electric hybrid products will be launched this year, and there will be more than 20 models in the future." Wang Ruiping said that the development of the next generation The hybrid system has also been put on the agenda. At that time, the thermal efficiency of the engine will be increased to 45%, and the system efficiency will be better.
In the field of electromechanical coupling transmission, there are also Chinese car companies such as SAIC, BYD, Changan, Great Wall, Chery and Dongfeng that have achieved breakthroughs in core technology.
"When the hybrid transmission was developed 10 years ago, the product configuration was 'stuck' by foreign patents. The theoretical basis and data accumulation were seriously insufficient, and a ready-made domestic supplier could not be found." Wang Jian said with emotion, thanks to thousands of After several trials and data analysis, together with a group of domestic suppliers, they finally gnawed on this "hard bone".
To promote the high-quality development of my country's automobile manufacturing industry, it is necessary to strengthen the independent research and development of key core technologies and key components, to achieve technological self-reliance and self-improvement, and to strengthen and expand national brands.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has made breakthroughs in the fields of automotive powertrain, platform architecture, and intelligent networked software, and the core technology of the industry has reached a new level of independent control.
——The R&D and manufacturing strength of engine and transmission powertrain is in line with international standards.
Geely's self-developed 7DCT wet dual-clutch transmission has been delivered to European luxury car companies in batches, with an annual export volume of over 100,000 units; the hybrid engine jointly developed with another European luxury car brand is also being accelerated.
The thermal efficiency of Changan Blue Whale NE series engines reaches 40%, and the cumulative loading of self-developed DCT transmissions exceeds one million units.
The fourth-generation engine of Chery Kunpeng series has a thermal efficiency of 38%-43%... In the past 10 years, the core technology of my country's automotive powertrain has initially caught up with the international advanced level.
——New progress has been made in the development of vehicle platform and modular architecture.
SAIC pure electric exclusive "Yi" architecture and hybrid Sigma architecture, Geely CMA super matrix and vast pure electric architecture, Great Wall Lemon modular platform, Changan Ark architecture, Chery Mars architecture... In recent years, Chinese brand car companies have successively completed the transformation from The evolution from "platformization" to "modularization".
"From chassis imitation to entering a new era of structural vehicles, it is a huge progress in China's auto industry in the past 10 years." Wang Ruiping said that structural vehicles not only help car companies improve the common rate of parts and reduce R&D costs, but also greatly improve The speed of the new car launch of Chinese brand car companies.
——The development and application of intelligent networked software leads the international trend.
Important breakthroughs have been made in a series of technologies such as solid-state LiDAR for vehicles, 4D millimeter-wave radar, high-computing power autonomous driving platforms and chips, and smart cockpits. The penetration rate of new passenger cars equipped with combined driving assistance systems has increased to about 20%.
In the field of cutting-edge technologies for autonomous driving, my country's leading LTE-V2X communication standard has achieved international leadership. Up to now, the country has opened up more than 5,000 kilometers of road mileage for intelligent network testing, and more than 10 million kilometers of safety test mileage.
Chinese brands become bigger and stronger
Brand satisfaction continues to improve, and the pace of going global continues to accelerate, promoting high-quality development of the industry
"Eight years ago, it was an important node for the strategic transformation of the Roewe and MG brands, and it was also a critical period for building the design concepts and design language of the two brands." SAIC Group Innovation Research and Development Institute Deputy Chief Designer and Global Design Executive Director Shao Jingfeng recalled.
With their unyielding drive, the team enhanced the brand competitiveness with design, and created two popular models, the Roewe RX5 and the second-generation MG6. SAIC achieved the Grand Slam of the three top design awards in the world, such as the Red Dot and iF.
At present, the Roewe RX5 has helped SAIC Motor achieve a breakthrough in annual sales from 170,000 to 800,000; the second-generation MG6 has become the overseas sales champion of a single Chinese brand.
Today, relying on the project collaboration between the Design Headquarters Base and overseas studios, and introducing virtual reality technology into the styling review process, many designers at SAIC Design Headquarters Base are working hard, and the styling design work of several new energy vehicles is progressing smoothly.
China's original car design that has entered the international first-class level, intelligent networked applications such as intelligent cockpit and intelligent assisted driving, product quality improvement brought by intelligent manufacturing, and brand attempts such as high-end and internationalization, jointly promote the expansion of Chinese car brands. powerful.
- Significant increase in market share.
Statistics show that in 2021, the annual sales of Chinese brand passenger vehicles will be 9.543 million units, a year-on-year increase of 23.1%, accounting for 44.4% of the total passenger vehicle sales, an increase of 6 percentage points over the previous year.
In the first quarter of this year, Chinese brand passenger vehicles sold 2.547 million units, a year-on-year increase of 21%, with a market share of 45.9%, an increase of 4.6 percentage points from the same period last year.
——The quality of passenger cars has improved significantly.
Geely Automobile Changxing "Future Factory", FAW Hongqi Changchun Smart Factory, Jikr Hangzhou Bay Smart Factory, Chery Wuhu "Future Factory"... In recent years, a number of world-class automotive smart factories have emerged, and the industrial Internet has boosted Chinese brands The quality of passenger car products continued to improve.
The "2021 China Automobile User Satisfaction Evaluation" report of the China Association for Quality shows that the satisfaction of Chinese brands has continued to improve, and the product quality has reached or even surpassed that of joint venture brands at the same level.
——Brand sales achieved new achievements.
In 2021, the annual sales volume of FAW-Hongqi will exceed 300,000 units, an increase of 63 times in 4 years; the annual sales volume of Lynk & Co will exceed 220,000 units, and the average weighted transaction price will reach 165,000 yuan; the annual sales volume of Changan's high-end brand UNI series will exceed 120,000 units; BYD Han has become the first medium and large-sized sedan of a Chinese brand with an annual sales volume of over 100,000 units... A dazzling report card shows the impressive achievements of high-end Chinese passenger car brands.
——The annual export of automobiles exceeded 2 million for the first time.
Chery Group exported 269,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 136.3%; SAIC Motor's overseas sales reached 697,000 vehicles, an increase of 626% compared with 2012... In 2021, my country's automobile exports will be 2.015 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 1.0 times.
"For the first time, China's annual export of automobiles has exceeded 2 million units, achieving a historic leap." Fu Bingfeng, executive vice president and secretary-general of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said that the new achievements in the construction of a powerful automobile country benefited from upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain. Seizing the major opportunities of electrification and intelligent networking, and vigorously innovating in the fields of technology, products, markets, management, etc., also benefited from the further acceleration of the pace of opening to the outside world.
In the past 10 years, the restrictions on foreign shareholding ratios for special vehicles and new energy vehicles have been cancelled, the restrictions on foreign shareholding ratios in commercial vehicles have been cancelled, and the restrictions on foreign shareholding ratios in passenger vehicles have been cancelled.
In the past 10 years, Chinese auto companies have accelerated the pace of going global, with acquisitions, restructuring, equity investment, joint development, and entry into developed markets... The exchanges and cooperation with the international auto industry have continued to deepen.
Looking forward to the "14th Five-Year Plan", my country's auto industry will speed up the improvement of short boards, strengthen the foundation, and forge long boards, and continuously improve the level of industrial development and international competitiveness.