Liberation of this decade: using innovation to polish national automobile brands

  From now on, FAW Liberation will launch a series of reports on "Endeavour for a New Journey, Liberation in the Decade", which will showcase the historic achievements of FAW Liberation since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in an all-round and multi-level manner. Firmly grasp the valuable experience of building a world-class enterprise, building a century-old national brand, and realizing high-quality development of liberation in the new era. Further consolidate the strength of forge ahead and bravely assume the mission of strengthening the country. Welcome the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with practical actions.

  Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, FAW Jiefang has regarded innovation as the first driving force for development, adhered to innovation-driven, technology-leading, and industry-leading, and comprehensively created the core competitive advantage of its products. FAW Jiefang has placed independent innovation in a more prominent position and made significant progress in key core technology fields. Entering the new era, innovation has made the base color of "Jiefang", a national automobile brand, brighter.

  Based on the market, product leadership

  Products are the bedrock of an enterprise’s foothold. Over the years, FAW Jiefang has adhered to "one generation of production, one generation of research and development, and one generation of reserve". In 2017, with the merger of the Commercial Vehicle Development Institute, the enterprise’s R & D capabilities were further enhanced, and the business fields of "research, production, supply, and sales" were further connected. The transformation from "what is developed and produced" to "market to market" was realized, and the sales share continued to increase.

  

  FAW Jiefang product pedigree

  Over the past ten years, FAW Jiefang has accurately grasped market changes and user requests, increased R & D investment year by year, and quickly produced products and good products. It has successively launched a series of replacement products and key models, and created 12 product platforms covering heavy, medium and light trucks and buses. In the field of heavy trucks, J7, as the benchmark model of high-end heavy trucks in China, has a market share of 49%. It has won awards such as the first prize of China’s truck of the year in 2019 and the first prize of China’s automotive industry’s scientific and technological progress in 2020. As the latest high-end heavy truck of Jiefang, Yingtu has become a highlight of the industry with high-reliability power chain and intelligent home experience, and is sought after by the market. As a Jiefang knock-out product, J6P has continuously improved its family pedigree and expanded its market coverage. J6V focuses on customer value pain points and is committed to providing the best operation solutions for TCO. In the mid-card field, J6L, JK6, and Long V continue to build product competitiveness with customers as the center. Cargo products have continuously maintained the first market share in recent years. In the light truck field, we adhere to the efficient and lightweight strategy, vigorously promote the improvement of product portfolio and product competitiveness, and achieve rapid growth in the share of Lingtu, J6F, and Tiger V. In the bus field, the third-generation new energy smart bus has been put into the bus market in batches, and the Snow Eagle luxury off-road RV is about to be launched, which is highly anticipated by the market.

  Over the past ten years, FAW Jiefang has continued to upgrade its product technology. In 2015, it took the lead in launching world-class warranty standards such as "three major assemblies 100,000 kilometers long oil change, wheel end 500,000 kilometers maintenance-free, and 3 years long quality assurance regardless of mileage". At the same time, it has also created a series of core technologies such as system fuel saving, independent electronic control, independent post-processing, lightweight, high reliability, low wind resistance, low rolling resistance, vehicle energy management, gas drive urea system, and high-efficiency post-processing technology, establishing an absolute leading advantage in technology. On this basis, through adaptive product development and improvement, FAW Jiefang has successively launched a series of new products such as Pilot Edition, Honor Edition, Quality Edition, Northern Edition, Southern Edition, Plateau Edition, Green Edition, and Express Edition, which have been widely welcomed by the market with their differentiated competitive advantage.

  Over the past ten years, FAW Jiefang has adhered to the independent development of the three major assemblies. With the mission of creating low-carbon, digital intelligence, and high-reliability power, engine products have vigorously promoted Product Research & Development to create three heavy-duty, high-efficiency and energy-saving power platforms for diesel engines and natural gas for commercial vehicles M/V/X. The comprehensive competitiveness of the products is leading in the industry. Box bridge products have worked together to improve high-quality, lightweight, and low-TCO key technologies to fully meet market demand. They have successively launched a series of new products such as 12-speed manual transmission, automatic transmission, 435, and 465 drive axles, and continued to consolidate their independent competitive advantage.

  Facing the future and accelerating transformation

  In recent years, a new round of global scientific and technological revolution is on the rise, and the "New Four Modernizations" wave characterized by new energy and intelligent networking has swept the entire automotive industry. As a traditional manufacturing enterprise, FAW Jiefang aims to accelerate its own transformation in the direction of industrial development. On the basis of strengthening traditional models, it pays greater attention to and invests in new technologies and new formats. Product innovation and business innovation have achieved a series of results.

  

  In September 2021, FAW Jiefang released the "15333" new energy strategy

  FAW Jiefang actively implements the national "double carbon" strategy. In September 2021, it released the "15333" new energy strategy, sounding the "charge" of the transition to new energy. By building three major vehicle technology platforms of pure electricity, hybrid and combustion power, and three core assembly technology platforms of electric drive, power battery and fuel cell, it has successively developed a new high-safety and long-life hybrid battery system, fuel cell system integration technology, domestic first EPB hydraulic brake + E-Park, light independent coaxial integrated electric drive bridge and a series of products. On June 8, 2022, the independent hydrogen direct injection engine was successfully ignited, indicating that the thermal efficiency exceeded 55% and reached the international leading level. FAW Jiefang actively plans the strategic layout of new energy and builds a "sustainable and positive cycle" new energy ecosystem. Starting from the landing pilot in Shijiazhuang during the Jiefang era, it actively innovates the business and marketing model to create three exclusive services: vehicle and electricity separation, vehicle leasing and capacity undertaking, used car and battery recycling, and fully realizes a breakthrough in the new energy market. So far, a total of 141 new energy products have been launched, achieving industry leadership in the new energy track.

  

  FAW Jiefang unmanned port vehicle is put into operation in Shandong Rizhao Port

  In the field of smart vehicles, FAW Jiefang has also achieved fruitful results. In 2017, FAW Jiefang completed the first commercial vehicle driverless demonstration in China, and in 2018, completed the L4 series of smart vehicle product release demonstrations. In recent years, by comprehensively breaking through the core technology of intelligent network connection and building a leading intelligent network technology platform in China, FAW Jiefang has focused on key operation scenarios such as trunk logistics, sanitation, and ports to create 14 intelligent network connected commercial vehicle products and achieve the first sales volume in China, achieving comprehensive leadership in technology and products. The world’s first mass-produced L2-level and L3-level trunk logistics intelligent tractor, J7 super truck has accumulated 2.38 million kilometers of operation, and the first L4-level autonomous urban sanitation product based on 5G-V2X. It was the first to demonstrate operation in Suzhou High-speed Railway New Town, and has operated safely without accidents for more than 100,000 kilometers. The first car, port, cloud trinity driverless port vehicle operation system, the first in Rizhao port business operations, cumulative loading and unloading containers over 70,000 TEU.

  In terms of vehicle to everything and ecology, the "vehicle to everything" vehicle to everything product has deepened the transformation of digital intelligence, completed the construction of vehicle to everything infrastructure, realized the standard configuration of all models vehicle to everything, and reached new highs in new formats. At present, more than 1.50 million commercial vehicles have been linked, and the accumulated mileage data exceeds 200 billion kilometers. Through vehicle to everything data, the APP provides users with vehicle information query, driving behavior analysis, one-click service and other functions, all of which have reached the industry’s leading level. FAW Jiefang also focuses on the core scene of the aftermarket, cross-border cooperation, and customized the development of the "Four Musketeers" ecological services of refueling, insurance, ETC, and fleet management. At the same time, it provides users with in-vehicle WIFI services to help the ecological services bloom in an all-round way.

  Innovation leads, brave the trend

  In recent years, FAW Jiefang has deepened the branding of "liberation and leadership" technology, and created three independent innovation technology routes: "Jiefang Zhitu", "Jiefang Lantu" and "Jiefang Yitu", focusing on the main direction of "four modernizations and one high" (informatization, intelligence, low carbon, electrification, high quality) technology. The number of technological development and resource investment have increased by more than 50% annually, and a number of key core technologies have made major breakthroughs. The company has successively won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the first prize of the China Automotive Industry Science and Technology Progress Award.

 

  In September 2020, the first science and technology conference of FAW Liberation was successfully held

  In 2020, FAW Jiefang successfully held the first science and technology conference and released the "Outline of FAW Jiefang Science and Technology Development Plan (2021-2030) ", which fully established the "13586" development plan. Taking technological innovation as the banner, FAW Jiefang has identified three "main channels" for technological development. Traditional vehicles lead the system to save energy and attack zero-carbon fuels. New energy vehicles realize the electrification of traditional vehicles in stages, the intelligence of core assemblies, and the exclusivity of vehicle platforms. Intelligent network pilot automatic driving and mining vehicles to everything. On this basis, a complete application technology and forward-looking technology layout have been further formed, setting the development direction for near and long-term technology leadership and product leadership. In recent years, FAW Jiefang has established R & D institutions in Suzhou, Nanjing, Foshan, Steyr, Austria, Munich, Germany, Japan and other places, forming a "four countries and nine places" R & D layout, making full use of the advantages of high-level talents in various places, and pooling global wisdom to enhance innovation capabilities.

  In recent years, FAW Jiefang has actively expanded production-university-research cooperation and collaboratively carried out new technology research. It has strengthened cooperation with the Society of Automotive Engineering, academic organizations such as Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Jilin University, Wuhan University of Technology, and colleges and universities. Through the establishment of innovation platforms, research centers, innovation centers or laboratories, etc., it has accelerated the solution of industry technical problems, promoted the transformation and application of achievements, and made leapfrog progress in basic technology and forward-looking technology research, laying a solid foundation for technological leadership and product leadership.

  At the same time, FAW Jiefang comprehensively optimized the technical project management procedures, constructed and implemented a scientific and technological innovation reward mechanism, and rewarded scientific and technological innovation projects, papers and authorized patents. From 2018 to 2021, 81 scientific and technological innovation projects, 67 scientific and technological papers, and 1,327 authorized patents were rewarded, with a total reward of 6.469 million yuan, benefiting 2,373 people. It won 1 second-class national scientific and technological progress award, 15 provincial and industry scientific and technological progress awards, and 40 group company scientific and technological progress awards. In 2022, it organized and completed 79 company-level scientific and technological innovation project applications and reviews, 30 recommended group scientific and technological innovation awards, 9 provincial-level awards, and 13 industry-level awards. Since 2020, the company has held the "Liberation and Innovation Technology Achievement Exhibition", "’3310′ Core Technology Achievement Exhibition" and "New Energy Vehicle and Assembly Technology Exhibition", fully demonstrating its innovation achievements and R & D strength.

  In the future, FAW Liberation will thoroughly implement the spirit of the important speech of the Supreme Leader General Secretary’s inspection of FAW, unswervingly follow the path of independent development, open cooperation, adhere to the innovation-driven development strategy, and strive to play a greater role in promoting high-level scientific and technological self-reliance in the field of national commercial vehicles.

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

  With the growth of Toshiba Air Conditioning, Toshiba Air Conditioning’s high-tech production base has taken root in China. The reporter walked into Toshiba Air Conditioning China Smart Factory (hereinafter referred to as "TCAC") to interview the Chinese market, technological innovation, process quality control, and product quality.

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

 TCAC President and Tian Honger: Localized production will create an exclusive "Hangzhou brand" of Toshiba air conditioners

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

TCAC President and Tian Hongji

  Toshiba Air Conditioning’s new Hangzhou base was officially launched in June last year. This base integrates R & D and production. It is a high-efficiency and high-quality smart factory. In the future, it will greatly enhance the speed of Product Research & Development and commodity competitiveness in the Chinese market.

  In order to better meet the expanding Chinese market demand, TCAC has strengthened the function and positioning of "local production, local sales", said TCAC president and Tian Hongji.

  For the Chinese market, especially the home multi-connection market, in the face of increasingly fierce competition, Wada Hongji feels that TCAC has achieved significant growth with the support of Toshiba Carrier Air Conditioning Sales (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.’s strong sales team. Under the strong growth trend, Toshiba Air Conditioning Headquarters also believes that the Chinese market is a huge market with sustainable growth potential. Wada Hongji said: TCAC’s R & D and manufacturing strength can be further improved, thanks to the headquarters to increase investment, so that the new base can play an important role in accelerating product development and expanding production capacity supply. He believes that the growth of TCAC will be even stronger in the future.

  Since TCAC is established in China, it must be adapted to local conditions. Wada Hiroji emphasizes: Only by grasping the real needs of customers can it be called local conditions. Establishing a base in China allows you to feel the needs of customers firsthand, which is the biggest advantage. In addition, in terms of production, under the recognition of the quality management system, the adoption of local Chinese parts that meet the requirements will be further promoted.

  TCAC is of milestone significance, and Wada is full of confidence in Toshiba air conditioners in the future: TCAC will create unique products and create Toshiba air conditioners "Hangzhou brand" through intelligent manufacturing.

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

TCAC real picture

  TCAC Design Center General Manager Gu Jieshengmei: Domestic innovative technology can produce high-quality products at the same level as Japan

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

Gu Jieshengmei, General Manager of TCAC Design Center

  TCAC adopts the same production management system and quality inspection and testing standards as the parent company’s Fuji factory in Japan to ensure that the product quality is consistent with the original imported products, and at the same time of technological innovation, it has developed energy-saving products that meet the goal of carbon neutrality, making positive contributions to China’s environmental protection cause.

  Japanese craftsmanship is widely known, but whether domestic production will be different from local production in Japan will inevitably become a concern for the public. Katsumi Ku, general manager of TCAC Design Center, said: Usually, in the product development stage, it is necessary to complete important nodes such as technical review, product safety evaluation, and reliability evaluation with senior technical experts in Japan, and then TCAC strengthens the detailed design and sells it to the Chinese market. The products produced in China not only have the same technical level as those produced in Japan, but in the new base, we also have high-end testing equipment, which can help us develop new products independently. TCAC can fully produce products that can make customers feel at ease, safe, and satisfied.

  Regarding the high-end laboratories set up by TCAC, Gu Jieshengmei said that by effectively using these laboratories, we can provide customers with high-quality products that can effectively meet their diverse needs with heat pump technology as the core, contribute to the protection of society and even the earth’s environment, develop energy-saving products that meet the goal of carbon neutrality, and provide a series of products such as "cold and warm feng shui" to meet market demand. The construction of TCAC’s high-end laboratories plays an important and positive role in the development of technological innovation.

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

Noise Lab

  In addition, a good factory needs to have more high-end technical talents. TCAC has truly stimulated the potential of technical talents and helped technical employees to further grow. Gu Jieshengmei said: In the product development stage, in order to better help domestic technical personnel to improve their own level, TCAC provides the opportunity to go to the Japanese technical department for training and study. In the development stage, designing new products makes technical personnel constantly face challenges in their work, which can stimulate the potential of technical personnel, continuously consolidate the technical foundation, gain technical experience, and achieve personal growth.

  TCAC general manager Masato Okuda: cell production, artificial intelligence intervention, standardized operations, process quality control and upgrading

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

Masato Okuda, General Manager of TCAC

  Every employee on the TCAC production line is not only the "manufacturer" of the product, but also the person responsible for the quality of the product. In addition, with the support of IT tools, the process quality control will be upgraded again.

  Masato Okuda, general manager of TCAC, said in an interview: The traditional assembly line production method cannot give full play to the personal ability of the operator, especially the slow work pace of the newcomer will affect the overall production progress. Cell production can give full play to personal ability, shorten the production cycle and increase production capacity. Moreover, customers can easily switch production models when they temporarily request expedited shipments, which has the advantage of being able to produce various models at the same time.

  The process quality control of products is an important link in the production of Toshiba air conditioners. Masato Okuda believes that TCAC does a good job in process quality control, and the following links are required: In the main assembly process, a production line inspector is equipped to conduct a full inspection. In order to prevent ingredient errors, some processes are checked by QR code and image recognition technology. When poor quality occurs in the process, countermeasures to prevent recurrence should be implemented immediately, and regular quality inspections should be carried out to determine whether to continue to implement the countermeasures. In addition, product quality traceability should be strengthened through the process history sheet, as well as the data collected by the tablet computers and test devices installed at each assembly station.

  TCAC has also undergone great changes after artificial intelligence intervention. Okuda Masato concluded: Before the AGV automatic handling robot was put into use, there were more than 40 material truck transporters in the assembly area of the indoor machine alone, walking tens of thousands of steps every day. There have also been cases where people wait for materials due to untimely delivery of materials by transporters. By introducing AGV, we removed manual handling and eliminated the loss of man-hours for people and other materials.

  The production method in the intelligent mode has improved production efficiency and also increased the requirements for TCAC employees. Masato Okuda said: With the increase in production, new operators have also increased. In addition to continuing to implement basic requirements such as safety KYT, 5S, and TPM, operators are also required to be proficient in processes and standardize operations as soon as possible. Proficiency in processes and standardized operations does not depend solely on the operators themselves, but can also be supported by tools such as IT.

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

test tower

  In the future, the quality control of the TCAC process will be upgraded again. Okuda Masato requires that while strengthening the traceability management of the manufacturing process, the loss and waste in the process should also be strengthened. On the premise of "people can make mistakes" to avoid operational mistakes, and improve the system that allows operators to realize mistakes.

  Hiroyuki Takeuchi, the person in charge of TCAC quality: Toshiba air conditioners have strong hard power, and all products have "high quality"

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Hiroyuki Takeuchi, TCAC Quality Manager

  TCAC has always strictly controlled the production management standards, earnestly fulfilled the user’s quality requirements for the product, and truly achieved "even after the product warranty period, it can be used with confidence for a long time without failure".

  For air conditioners, the most lethal quality defect is "refrigerant leakage". TCAC will conduct welding skills training for welding operators, set up a welding operation judge system, etc., and strive to maintain a high level of skills for welding operators. Takeuchi Hiroyuki, the responsible person for TCAC quality supervision, said: In order to prevent "refrigerant leakage", in the manufacturing line, helium detection and refrigerant sniffer will be used for leakage detection. In addition, for outdoor units, after the product is offline, after a certain period of standing time, it will be confirmed again whether the refrigerant is leaking. Through these inspections and confirmations, the problem of refrigerant leakage in the production process of the product can be solved.

  Takeuchi Hiroyuki emphasized: TCAC’s development quality evaluation during new product development and manufacturing quality management during product production basically use the same management benchmarks as in Japan. And, according to the unique situation of the Chinese market, we will more strictly control the evaluation management benchmarks. By strictly controlling the quality and then putting it into production, we can ensure that the product quality is consistent with that of Japan, and strive to solve customers’ quality concerns about domestic production.

  Users feel good is a really good product. Takeuchi Hiroyuki believes that customers will only choose to buy if they recognize the quality of our products. And emphasized the quality requirements of Toshiba air conditioning products: even after the product warranty period, it can be used with confidence for a long time without failure. Only in this way can we proudly say that the characteristics of Toshiba air conditioners are high-quality across the board.

  Now that Toshiba air conditioners are developing rapidly in China, it is natural that countless Toshiba fans are looking forward to new products and new breakthroughs. Hiroyuki Takeuchi said: The new base has high-tech testing equipment to promote product development. These equipment can support TCAC’s independent product development work, providing users with more powerful and more in line with social needs. Of course, these new products will also be "high-quality" products.

  This in-depth interview with Toshiba Air Conditioning China Smart Factory allowed everyone to better understand Toshiba Air Conditioning from the four aspects of the Chinese market, technological innovation, process quality control, and product quality. I believe that in the future, Toshiba Air Conditioning will rely on high-quality and high-quality cutting-edge technology products to create Toshiba Air Conditioning with Chinese characteristics in the Chinese market. With the support of advanced technology and technology, Toshiba Air Conditioning, which has the ability to control the hard core process quality, will continue to win public praise. Good product users have the final say. Toshiba Air Conditioning, mission must be achieved!

Enter Toshiba Air Conditioning "Ingenuity Educating, Intelligent Technology" Hangzhou Characteristic Production Base

Geely Automobile Blows the Next "Million" Era Charge

  On November 6, the latest sales data released by Geely Automobile Holdings Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Geely Automobile") showed that Geely Automobile sold more than 140,000 vehicles in October; the cumulative sales from January to October reached 1.0155 million vehicles, and the sales volume exceeded one million vehicles for four consecutive years. At present, 77% of the annual sales target has been completed. As of the end of October this year, Geely Automobile’s global cumulative sales exceeded 10 million vehicles, becoming the first domestic independent brand car company to achieve 10 million passenger cars.

  The industry believes that this 10 million vehicle is of great significance to both Geely and the Chinese auto industry. Geely Automobile has grown from small to large, and now it has opened the advanced road from big to strong, and it is also leading China to become an auto power. Geely Automobile said that standing at the new starting point of tens of millions of sales, it will continue to bring a stronger generation of high-end, high-value and high-performance products to bring users a travel experience that exceeds expectations.

  Sales volume achieved double year-on-year growth for three consecutive months

  Since entering the automotive industry in 1997, through 23 years of development, Geely Automobile has formed a full range of products such as cars, SUVs, and MPVs.

  In October this year, Geely Automobile sold more than 140,000 vehicles in a single month, an increase of about 11% month-on-month and an increase of about 8% year-on-year, achieving double year-on-month growth for three consecutive months. Among them, car sales were 46,000, SUV sales were 90,400; Emgrand cars and Boyue models continued to have a strong momentum, with monthly sales exceeding 20,000.

  In terms of new energy vehicles, Geometry A, Geometry C, Emgrand EV, Emgrand GSe and other new energy and electrification products sold 5,826 vehicles in October. In terms of overseas exports, Geely Automobile’s export sales in October doubled year-on-year to 10,531 vehicles.

  In addition, with the hot sales of 03, 05, 06 and other models, Geely’s high-end brand Lynk & Co’s sales in October exceeded 20,000 units for the first time, an increase of 55.8% year-on-year, and the highest monthly sales record in history for four consecutive months; from January to October this year, Lynk & Co’s brand cumulative sales reached 127,800 units, an increase of 23.9% year-on-year.

  Open the era of fully architected car manufacturing

  2020 is a key year for Geely to advance to "brand and technology leadership", and it is also a comprehensive start year for the "Geely 4.0 era of technology".

  In June this year, Geely Automobile announced that it has entered the "Technology Geely 4.0 Era" from the previous "3.0 Boutique Car Era". At the end of July, Geely named the world-class modular architecture "CMA Super Matrix", marking the beginning of a new era of car manufacturing for Geely Automobile.

  At present, there are nearly 20 models of four brands such as Volvo, Lynk & Co, Geely and Polaris based on the CMA Super Matrix, and the cumulative sales volume exceeds 600,000.

  In September this year, Geely Automobile released the SEA vast intelligent evolution experience architecture. This pure electric original architecture, which took 4 years and invested more than 18 billion yuan to build, is an important achievement of Geely’s technological transformation from an automaker to a travel service provider, and marks Geely’s entry into the system advancement stage of smart electric vehicles.

  According to the official introduction, the vast architecture uses the hardware layer, system layer and ecological layer to build a three-dimensional layout of the trinity, with the world’s largest bandwidth, and realizes full-size coverage from A-class cars to E-class cars. Based on this architecture, Geely currently has more than 7 brands, with a total of more than 16 new models launched for research and development, and layout in different market segments.

  As the most efficient and widely distributed Chinese brand in modular vehicle manufacturing, Geely currently has four global basic module architectures: BMA, CMA, SPA and SEA, covering all mainstream market segments from pure electric, hybrid to fuel oil, and from compact to medium and large vehicles.

  Layout a multi-track new energy path

  In addition to deep cultivation of modular vehicles, Geely Automobile is also actively deploying in the field of new energy and conducting related technology research and development.

  At present, Geely Automobile has more than 100 core patented technologies in the new energy field, including 48V-BSG high-performance power, HEV oil-electric hybrid, PHEV plug-in hybrid, new energy vehicle core components – motor, electronic and electrical architecture, etc., to create the underlying architecture technology and achieve a truly 100% independent research and development of China’s new energy technology system and solutions.

  In terms of core electronic control software and hardware systems, Geely Automobile has the development capabilities of 48V, high-voltage hybrid, pure electric, body control, high-voltage motor control, and fuel cell system control and software, and has mastered core component technologies such as new energy VCU, IPU, and BMS, and has achieved mass production applications.

  In terms of hybrid technology, Geely has achieved compatibility with multiple technical routes on the same platform based on the 1.5TD + 7DCT golden power combination.

  Recently, with the release of the "New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) " (referred to as the "Plan"), Geely Automobile has also ushered in a new opportunity for development. Its layout of hybrid, pure electric, hydrogen fuel cell and alternative fuel four technical paths coincides with the "plan" mentioned in the "pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid (including extended range) vehicles, fuel cell vehicles as the’three vertical ‘, layout of the entire vehicle technology innovation chain".

  According to industry insiders, Geely Automobile has long been a leader among its own brands in the process of accelerating the breakthrough of traditional automobile companies into the field of new energy. With the release of the "Planning", it will form a joint force in key technologies, product layout and development planning, and accelerate the goal of becoming an automobile travel technology enterprise.

  Beijing News reporter, Lin Zi

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