towards the “new”⑧｜let the world hear the story of “china’s no. 1 automobile city”
2024-09-04
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starting from august 26, chongqing daily and liangjiang new area have continued to launch a series of reports titled "the secret of chongqing's return to the first automobile city in china" to tell the story of how leading automakers switched tracks and moved towards the "new", which has attracted widespread attention and continued discussion in the industry. on september 3, this newspaper interviewed some of them to hear their views on chongqing's creation of a world-class intelligent networked new energy vehicle industry cluster.
zhang xinghai, chairman of seres:
"cross-border" cooperation makes domestic automobiles stronger and stronger
"i am very grateful to chongqing daily for its attention to the development of seres." zhang xinghai said that this group of reports specially wrote an article about the in-depth cooperation between seres and huawei to jointly create a smart connected new energy vehicle brand, which comprehensively demonstrated seres's innovative achievements and market performance, and more deeply analyzed the development trends and future directions of the smart connected new energy vehicle industry.
zhang xinghai believes that the article accurately summarizes the development of seres and fully demonstrates the outstanding achievements and significant advantages of seres in terms of technological innovation, intelligent manufacturing, market sales, etc. through this article, more people can understand and know seres, and at the same time, with the help of chongqing daily, an official platform, more people can trust seres.
zhang xinghai said that in the era of intelligent connected new energy, the development of automobile companies should no longer be "going it alone", but should bring together "partners" from more fields to build an automobile ecosystem through cross-border cooperation.
the cooperation between seres and huawei has enabled more chinese automakers to see the future development trend, and more and more companies have started such "cross-border" cooperation. this has also made domestic automobiles stronger and stronger, and the brand effect has become higher and higher. seres will continue to promote the development and progress of the industry. we also believe that with the care and support from all walks of life, seres will be able to make more contributions to the development of chongqing's automobile industry.
wang xiaofei, vice president of changan automobile:
continue to break through the technological ceiling and continue to race on the new track
"seeing this series of reports, especially the special reports on changan's development, i feel deeply moved." wang xiaofei said that the report is not only a review and summary of the past achievements of chongqing's automobile industry and changan, but also a true portrayal of chongqing's automobile industry's courageous progress in the new energy track.
changan was the first company in china to develop electric vehicles, and it also encountered market and technical constraints. looking back, it was that experience that triggered a turning point in changan's thinking and strategy. "as stated in a relevant report in chongqing daily, 'inertia is the biggest enemy'. in this rapidly changing industry, it is no longer possible to move forward relying solely on traditional successful experiences and paths. only by facing our own shortcomings and meeting unknown challenges can we stand out in the fierce competition."
technology is changan's lifeline and the core force for leading companies to redefine industry standards. wang xiaofei said that the new blue whale power and force electric technologies mentioned in the report are the result of changan's years of accumulation and global collaborative innovation. these technologies not only meet the market's stringent requirements for endurance, safety and energy efficiency, but also establish changan's technological leadership worldwide. chongqing daily's related reports have received a huge response, making changan more convinced that only by constantly breaking through the ceiling of technology can it remain invincible in international industrial competition.
the road ahead is still full of challenges, but changan automobile has the confidence and ability to continue to compete in the new energy intelligent connected vehicle track, and promote the high-quality development of chongqing and china's automobile industry.
hu xudong, deputy general manager of qingling motors:
accelerate the improvement of hydrogen energy automobile supply chain industry chain and freight chain
"qingling motors and bosch of germany both believe that hydrogen power is an important direction for the transformation of the automotive industry. it is the same judgment on the future that has driven the two parties to work together to proactively deploy the strategic emerging industry of hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles in chongqing." hu xudong said that against this background, the joint venture between the two parties, bosch hydrogen power systems (chongqing) co., ltd., came into being.
at present, qingling motors has cooperated with bosch hydrogen power to complete the research and development and mass production of hydrogen-powered engines of various specifications, including 76 kw, 134 kw, 190 kw, and 300 kw, and has installed them in more than 10 brand models, covering the full range of commercial vehicles from 4.5 tons to 49 tons. at the same time, bosch hydrogen power has also successively developed and launched key assemblies such as heavy-duty truck electric drive axles and reduction gearboxes and achieved mass production, expanding the layout of the industrial chain. so far, the cumulative operating mileage of hydrogen-powered vehicles "made in qingling" equipped with bosch hydrogen fuel energy has exceeded 4 million kilometers.
next, qingling motors will take multiple measures to accelerate the innovation of key technologies in hydrogen fuel systems, speed up the local production of key components, actively expand the use scenarios of hydrogen-powered vehicles, continuously release product competitiveness and expand the sales of new energy vehicles, help chongqing accelerate the connection of the hydrogen energy "production, storage, transportation, and refueling" supply chain, accelerate the gathering of key hydrogen energy assemblies and vehicle industry chains, accelerate the construction of a low-carbon and efficient hydrogen energy freight chain, and drive the rapid development of the local hydrogen fuel vehicle industry.
peng jinsong, member of the party leadership group and vice president of chongqing academy of social sciences:
seize the development opportunities and take advantage of the momentum
how to promote the real economy, especially strategic emerging industries, and support chongqing's high-quality development is a major development and reform issue. peng jinsong believes that this group of reports by chongqing daily focuses on the new track and new field of new energy vehicles for analysis, which is in line with the strategic deployment of the municipal party committee and municipal government and reflects the vision and planning for the construction of a modern new chongqing.
peng jinsong said that at present, many cities across the country are working hard to innovate around intelligent networked new energy vehicles, and the competition is fierce. chongqing can stand out and achieve outstanding results, which reflects good innovation potential and development resilience, and is a strong support and huge benefit for the high-quality development of the city's economy. the local government departments attach great importance to how the automobile industry is developing now and how to plan for the future, and the people are also looking forward to it.
a consulting agency predicts that by 2030, new energy vehicles will account for 45% of the global market share, but in 2023, my country's new energy vehicle market share will only be 31.6%. "this shows that there is still great potential, and chongqing should seize the rare opportunity and build on the momentum." peng jinsong suggested that in the next step, the media can continue to conduct in-depth reporting on major issues such as the development of the new energy vehicle industry and the "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system, and combine it with theoretical research to achieve a combination of readability and academicity.
relevant person in charge of the municipal economic and information commission:
build six aspects of industrial ecology and build a world-class industrial cluster
a relevant person in charge of the municipal economic and information commission said that the current traditional automobile industry has advanced to the stage of intelligent connected new energy vehicles. chongqing's automobile industry development strategy is to focus on intelligent connected new energy vehicles, and comprehensively build an industrial ecology in six aspects: "whole-part coordination, software-hard integration, scenario traction, digital empowerment, independent innovation, and brand enhancement." it will promote "brand improvement, product improvement, and industrial chain improvement" and speed up the construction of a world-class intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry cluster.
chongqing's automobile industry, which is currently undergoing transformation and upgrading, has upgraded from focusing on the "complete vehicle + parts" manufacturing system to building a full industrial ecosystem for the automobile industry. therefore, the current development strategy of chongqing's automobile industry is to focus on intelligent networked new energy vehicles and comprehensively build an industrial ecosystem in six aspects: "whole-parts coordination, software-hardware integration, scenario traction, digital empowerment, independent innovation, and brand enhancement."
"whole-part coordination" is to give full play to the leading role of vehicle manufacturers, drive the improvement of new energy's three-electric technology and industrial agglomeration, implement key projects to fill in the gaps such as power chips and lidar, and achieve full coverage and cluster development of the three major systems, 12 assemblies and 56 components of intelligent connected new energy vehicles.
"integration of software and hardware" is the implementation of the "mantianxing" action plan for the software and information service industry, which will promote the development of the entire chain of automotive software, including operating systems, smart cockpits, autonomous driving, and data services.
"scenario traction" includes starting the construction of convenient supercharging cities, with plans to build 2,040 supercharging stations and 4,000 supercharging piles by 2025; accelerating the construction of national demonstration cities for the promotion and application of battery swapping models, and pilot areas for the full electrification of public vehicles, and actively carrying out pilot projects for the access and road use of intelligent connected vehicles, and pilot projects for the "vehicle-road-cloud integration" of intelligent connected vehicles.
"digital empowerment" is to create a digital economic model of "industrial brain + future factory", build 340 digital workshops in the automotive industry, 50 smart factories, 11 innovative demonstration factories, 5g+industrial internet pilot applications and 12 5g fully connected factories; and promote the intelligence level of seres automobile super factory and changan automobile's full-area 5g digital factory to become the world's leading level.
"independent innovation" is to support vehicle companies to carry out independent innovation of key technologies in conjunction with parts, software and other companies. the technical routes of new energy vehicles such as pure electric, plug-in, extended-range, hydrogen fuel, and battery-swap are complete, and the main products of the whole vehicle generally reach the level of autonomous driving above l2 level; avita 11 and 12, deep blue sl03i and s7i, seres m7, m9 and other models have l3 autonomous driving technology level, and are overall in the industry leading position. the city's automobile industry r&d investment intensity is 3.1%, 1.3 percentage points higher than the national average.
"brand enhancement" is to support the strong combination of leading vehicle manufacturers such as changan and seres and leading technology companies such as huawei, carry out all-round cross-border collaboration in technology, product channels, etc., continue to develop mid-to-high-end products, and comprehensively enhance the brand value of "made in chongqing" cars.
"the next focus is to improve the level of new energy and intelligent networking of complete vehicles, promote the extension, strengthening and optimization of parts supply chains, promote innovative applications of autonomous driving and vehicle networking, cultivate the automotive software and artificial intelligence industries, build an 'experience city' for intelligent connected vehicles and new energy vehicles, and improve infrastructure and service systems such as supercharging stations and charging stations." the person in charge introduced that it is planned that by 2025, the production and sales volume of "chongqing-made" intelligent connected new energy vehicles will account for more than 10% of the national total, and a world-class intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry cluster will take shape.
liao jun, strategic brand product director of xinyuan automobile:
maintaining leadership and achieving breakthroughs on new tracks
liao jun said that the series of reports in chongqing daily made a detailed review of the achievements made by xinyuan automobile in the field of new energy commercial vehicles in recent years, and made in-depth exploration and thinking on the reasons behind the company's market success, which is very inspiring for the company's future development.
liao jun said that the relevant reports of chongqing daily deeply analyzed xinyuan's precise control of supply chain management and customer needs, which is the key to the company's market success. xinyuan's forward-looking strategy of "grabbing" suppliers has enabled the company to always maintain its leading position in the market. at the same time, xinyuan also went deep into the market, listened to the voice of customers, and was committed to making every product detail perfect. "we believe that through the reports of chongqing daily, some of the company's successful practices can provide useful reference for the industry."
liao jun said that the "black technologies" mentioned in the report, such as low-power mode and intelligent driving cockpit, are exactly what xinyuan needs to gain a foothold in the market. "faced with increasingly fierce market competition, we must not only maintain our lead in the existing track, but also bravely expand into new areas, especially in the breakthrough of the 'last mile' of logistics and distribution. we look forward to the mainstream public opinion represented by chongqing daily to witness the new era of 'made in chongqing' cars with us."
chen xueqin, executive vice president of chongqing automobile business association:
work together to enhance the overall competitiveness of chongqing's automobile industry
"after reading the series of reports in chongqing daily, i feel deeply excited and proud." chen xueqin said that chongqing has indeed achieved phased victories in this wave of industrial transformation, industrial upgrading and industrial strategic adjustment, which is inspiring.
chen xueqin believes that chongqing's re-emergence as "china's no. 1 auto city" is not only a glory for the industry, but also a microcosm of the growing strength of china's auto industry in the global competition. this is the result of the collaboration of all practitioners, policymakers and upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. in this regard, chongqing daily has summarized many useful experiences, which are quite inspiring.
as an important platform for regulating and serving the industry, the chongqing automobile business association has been paying close attention to market trends for a long time. chen xueqin said that the rise of intelligent networked new energy vehicles has not only improved chongqing's manufacturing capabilities, but also redefined the role of local industries in the global automotive market. he believes that the success of intelligent networked new energy vehicles is not only due to technological breakthroughs, but also a strategic choice for industrial transformation. as stated in the report, the government's policy "gift package" and the full coverage of the industrial chain are important factors for success.
"the report also mentioned that the transformation from traditional automobile manufacturing to intelligent connected new energy vehicles not only increased the added value of products, but also realized the upgrading of the industry." chen xueqin said that the chongqing automobile business association will continue to support this transformation process and encourage more companies to participate in the research and development and production of intelligent connected new energy vehicles.
at the same time, the association will actively cooperate with the policies of the government and relevant departments, guide corporate innovation, accelerate industrial chain integration, and further enhance the overall competitiveness of chongqing's automobile industry.
peng tao, project manager of the industrial center of jilin university chongqing research institute:
seize opportunities to achieve more scientific research results
"this series of reports is very down-to-earth, telling the wonderful stories of new energy vehicle companies' struggles, and also gave me a new understanding of chongqing's new energy vehicle industry." as a scientific researcher, peng tao is mainly responsible for the industrialization of the automotive field. in the report, he keenly found development opportunities. he said that we should seize opportunities to achieve more scientific research results.
peng tao introduced that the chongqing research institute of jilin university has built four innovation platforms, namely, the technology achievement transformation platform, the industry incubation platform, the talent training platform, and the high-end r&d platform, focusing on the six smart fields of intelligent manufacturing, advanced materials, automotive engineering, big data, biotechnology, and aerospace. many of these fields are closely related to the new energy vehicle industry.
at present, the institute has achieved remarkable results in the whole vehicle test related to new energy intelligent network connection, and has strong whole vehicle test capabilities related to new energy intelligent network connection. at the same time, the institute has also developed a special comprehensive data acquisition and analysis system for new energy intelligent network connection vehicles. the prototype has been completed and it is expected to achieve the design goal and realize batch delivery within 1 year. by then, the equipment will provide efficient and high-quality data support for the research and development of new energy intelligent network connection related fields.
related reports:
towards the “new”① | how did chongqing automobile become “new”
towards the “new” ② | see how changan’s “old driver” races on the new track
towards the “new” ③ | see how seres tears off the “low-end” label
towards the “new”④ | how does saic hongyan heavy-duty truck achieve “big size” and “big wisdom”
towards the “new” ⑤ | grab! grab! grab! why xinyuan can “grab” the first opportunity
towards the "new" ⑥ | why qingling motors is equipped with "hydrogen"
towards the “new” ⑦·expert dialogue | make chongqing a highland in key areas of the automotive industry
