On August 17, SAIC motor group and China Shipbuilding Group formally signed an agreement that CSSC Jiangnan Shipbuilding will "tailor-" two LNG dual-fuel ocean-going vehicle ro-ro vessels for SAIC's Anji Logistics. The picture shows the 7600-car LNG dual-fuel ocean-going car ro-ro ship model. Courtesy of the interviewee
Shanghai, January 20 (Xinhua) -- Pure electric vehicles with high-level autonomous driving functions and even hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be shipped overseas on LNG dual-fuel ocean-going vehicle Ro-Ro ships – and in the near future, this will become a reality. China's auto industry is not only getting farther and farther away from "going out", but also the road to the sea is becoming more and more green and environmentally friendly.
A few days ago, SAIC Motor and China Shipbuilding Group formally signed an agreement that CSSC Jiangnan Shipbuilding will "tailor-made" two LNG dual-fuel ocean-going vehicle ro-ro vessels for SAIC's Anji Logistics, which is expected to be officially put into operation in 2024.
"With the increasing global environmental protection requirements, LNG as a ship power is the trend of the times, customized RoRo ship LNG can meet the return from China to South America for more than 70 days." Wang Zemin, general manager of SAIC Anji Logistics Co., Ltd., said that the customized ro-ro ship can load 7600 international standard size passenger cars, which can be called a "big Mac".
"In 2021, China's automobiles will almost double their overseas shipments, and will maintain high growth in the future, and the investment in new ships will also be a good way to alleviate the existing capacity gap." He said.
Wang Zemin introduced that considering that the "going to sea" car will turn more to electric vehicles and even hydrogen fuel vehicles in the future, the customized Ro-Ro ship has a special 4 decks for these new energy vehicles to make a specific design. At the same time, the ship is also considering intelligent upgrades, such as the intelligent positioning function will allow intelligent networked cars to "automatically" board the ship and "find a parking space".
The picture shows the New Energy Heavy Truck of Nishii Technology Q-Truck, which can intelligently change the power. Courtesy of the interviewee
On the increasingly clean and environmentally friendly ocean-going car ro-ro ship, it is an increasingly intelligent and green Chinese car.
In the busy Thai port of Laem Chabang, heavy trucks are constantly moving in and out, and unlike ordinary vehicles, these heavy trucks do not have a traditional cab, and the "driver" is a smart AI (artificial intelligence).
"Compared with passenger cars that eventually need to be applied to open road sections, commercial vehicles in closed scenarios are moving faster in the field of autonomous driving applications." Tan Limin, founder and CEO of Xijing Technology, said that aiming at ports with relatively closed scenes, relatively fixed transportation routes and long-term capacity gaps, Xijing Technology Q-Truck full-time autonomous driving new energy heavy truck fleet has now landed commercially in ports in Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and other places.
These innovative full-time autonomous driving new energy heavy trucks not only have loading and unloading efficiency far exceeding that of labor, but also are more environmentally friendly. Compared with diesel vehicles, each electric Q-Truck operating in the port can reduce carbon emissions by 10.7 tons per year, reducing carbon emissions for users by as much as 66%. By the end of 2021, the autonomous vehicle fleet at the port of Laem Chabang alone had accumulated 75,500 TEUs.
The picture shows the Q-Power substation replacing the battery for the self-driving heavy truck. Courtesy of the interviewee
In view of the pain points of large battery capacity and slow charging of commercial vehicles, Nishii Technology has also launched an autonomous driving heavy truck that can intelligently replace the power. The reporter saw at the scene that in only about 6 minutes, an autonomous driving heavy truck will replace the battery autonomously through the mobile robot of the replacement power station. Heavy trucks with the same carrying capacity need to be charged for at least 2 hours, even if they use fast charging mode. Tan Limin said that the emergence of the power exchange mode means that the future of new energy heavy trucks is expected to move from a transportation scene of about 200 kilometers to a scene of 400 kilometers or even 600 kilometers, and the construction of a new energy heavy truck transportation service network will become possible in the future.
"Compared with overseas, China's embrace of new technologies is more active, and the autonomous driving scenario has landed faster, which provides an opportunity for our advanced technologies and business models to be 'copied' overseas." Tan Limin said that in 2021, overseas business accounts for one-third of West Well Technology, and it is expected that overseas business is expected to surpass domestic business revenue in 2022. "From January 1, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement officially entered into force, which will help us to 'go global'."
In recent years, China's new energy vehicles are getting more and more recognition around the world. According to the data, in 2021, China's automobile exports will be 2.015 million units, an increase of 1 times year-on-year, hitting a record high, of which 310,000 new energy vehicles will be exported, an increase of 3 times year-on-year.
For example, in 2021, the company will achieve an overall overseas sales of 697,000 vehicles, of which in developed countries and regions such as Europe, Australia and New Zealand, independent brands MG and MAXUS will sell more than 50,000 new energy vehicles throughout the year.