The 2021 edition of the "China Pickup Truck Industry Development Report" and the China Pickup Truck Blue Book, compiled by the Independent Automobile Industry Branch of the China European Economic and Technical Cooperation Association and the Independent Automobile Network, not only analyzes the current situation and development of pickup trucks, but also analyzes the commercial vehicle market to show the development status of Commercial Vehicles in China.
Commercial vehicle products and technological developments
(4) Integrated development of new product technologies
In recent years, the mainland has made breakthroughs to varying degrees in the field of new energy, such as power batteries and drive motors, vehicle lightweighting, networking, intelligent driving, fuel cell power systems and other key technology fields, and some technologies represented by intelligent networking and new energy are close to or have reached the international advanced level.
(5) The status quo of technological development of key enterprises
FAW Jiefang has the most powerful independent research and development system for commercial vehicles in China, with world-class engines, gearboxes and axle powertrains, and has system fuel saving, 100,000 kilometers long oil change, lightweight independent assembly, independent electronic control, independent post-processing, world-class warranty standards, 500,000 kilometers of maintenance-free wheel end, new energy, intelligent driving ten independent core technology advantages, as well as the first solid ammonia technology used in China, which is praised by users as "liberation truck, money-making machine".
In terms of technology, FAW Jiefang has a strong independent research and development system, with state key laboratories, academicians, postdoctoral workstations, and is the only commercial vehicle enterprise in China that has mastered the core technologies of world-class vehicles and three major powertrains. At present, Jiefang J7, J6P and JH6 are the most recognized models in the high-end truck market, and also the largest market share, the development technology of core assemblies such as machines, boxes, bridges, cabs, frames and so on is leading in China, and the development of J6 vehicles and Aowei engines has won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the special prize of China's automobile industry.
Sinotruk has unique technical advantages in commercial vehicle matching and body technology, key assembly and core component technology Vehicle and assembly parts testing and testing, automotive electronics application technology, and new process application development of new materials for vehicles. In recent years, Sinotruk has undertaken the development and application of Euro VI heavy-duty diesel engines, the research and application demonstration of key technologies for road emergency rush clearance, the integration of key technologies and systems for diesel vehicle emission control that meets The National VI standards, the Sino-US joint research on key technologies for improving the energy efficiency of medium-load and heavy-duty trucks, the fuel cell power system and vehicle integration technology for highway buses with high environmental adaptability, and the emission pollution control technology for heavy-duty diesel vehicles. More than 40 scientific research institutes and enterprises such as the North China Vehicle Research Institute have carried out industry-university-research cooperation, and the level of vehicle research and development is in line with international standards.
Shaanxi Automobile Group in accordance with the positive R & D concept, customer demand-oriented, to promote the optimization and improvement of traditional products and new product development, solid promotion of X, H, M, L four major platforms of the full range of National VI product development, X5000 after the listing was recognized, research and development and promotion of CNG, LNG, pure electric, hybrid, hydrogen fuel cells and other power-saving and new energy vehicles, to achieve the transformation from traditional fuels to traditional energy, new energy, clean energy coordinated development, to achieve intelligent, The transformation of networking has successfully developed class IA intelligent heavy-duty trucks and fuel cell vehicle products. It has undertaken 3 national 863 high-tech plan projects, 2 national science and technology support projects, has more than 150 alternative energy and new energy vehicle patent technologies, and presided over the preparation of 2 national natural gas vehicle standards. The project "Key Technologies and Applications of Powertrain for Heavy Commercial Vehicles" won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
Beiqi Foton is the most complete and largest commercial vehicle enterprise in China. Beiqi Foton's heavy-duty truck product technology has core product competitiveness such as vehicle technology cooperated with Daimler and engine technology cooperated with Cummins. The AMT transmission cooperated by Beiqi Foton and ZF is currently the product with the highest market share of AMT gearbox for heavy-duty trucks in China, accounting for 75% of the market. Beiqi Foton's heavy-duty truck products in the field of traditional fuel vehicles have entered the stage of promotion and application. In terms of clean energy models, Foton heavy-duty trucks have mature applications of NG products in domestic and overseas markets. In terms of new energy product development, Beiqi Foton heavy-duty trucks have developed 6×4 pure electric tractors and put them into trial operation under actual customer conditions, and the effect is well reflected. In terms of new energy research, Beiqi Foton has established a special new energy research institute and established Foton Zhilan New Energy Division. In terms of intelligent networking, Beiqi Foton Heavy Truck participated in the intelligent networked vehicle autonomous driving parade and follow-up activity organized by the Intelligent Networked Vehicle Sub-Technical Committee of the National Automobile Standardization Technical Committee (TC1140SC34). Beiqi Foton heavy-duty truck has obtained 30 authorized patents for the EST project alone, including 17 invention patents and 13 utility model patents.
Yutong Bus adheres to the development direction of electrification, intelligence and networking, develops three major power systems of plug-in, pure electric and fuel cell, focuses on breakthroughs in common core technologies such as system integration, vehicle energy, electric drive system, vehicle control, and electrical accessories, and independently develops the comprehensive technology of new energy buses at the international advanced level, of which the vehicle energy saving and control technology, high-voltage isolated power conversion technology, high-density electric drive control technology and other aspects are at the international leading level. At present, the new energy bus power system independently developed by Yutong has become the mainstream power system of the industry, forming an internationally competitive 6-18m series of new energy bus products. On August 30, 2019, Yutong's 120,000th new energy bus was successfully delivered, and on the same day, the new modeling smart bus E series and U series were released, helping the industry to establish a complete new standard system for high-end smart buses and leading the development of new energy buses to high-end and intelligent. Yutong independently developed a number of core technologies such as fuel cell electric-electric hybrid matching and control. In 2018, the CEFUNDP project hydrogen fuel cell bus was officially put into operation in Zhengzhou.