The green wind rises on the banks of the Pearl River; the concept of low carbon drives industrial upgrading in Guangzhou. On March 1st, the "Dual Engine Empowerment, Green Moving Future" - 2022 GAC Toyota & Guangzhou Daily Talk "Double Carbon" Theme Forum was held in the Guangbao Center. The event was co-organized by the media and enterprises, demonstrating the desire and determination of many parties to jointly promote carbon neutrality. Su Yuejiang, director of the Information Model Institute of Guangzhou Transportation Research Institute, Yang Li, president of Guangzhou Carbon Neutral Science Research Institute, He Lingyun, professor of energy economics at Jinan University, Yan Fei, founder and president of Guangdong Automobile Circulation Association, and other experts, scholars and industry leaders were invited to share their insights in the field of low-carbon transportation and travel; many mainstream media representatives participated in the discussion on the spot to discuss the "double carbon" future and empower the city's energy-saving prospects.
Low-carbon progressive, THE triple role of GAC Toyota in different periods
At the forum, Huang Yongqiang, deputy general manager of GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., introduced its three strategic actions of "comprehensive high-end", "all-round electrification" and "all-field science and technology".
Huang Yongqiang said in his speech that GAC Toyota has been exploring and working hard at the forefront of the wave of automobile electrification to speed up the "all-round electrification" strategy. "GAC Toyota has always been a popularizer of hybrid technology, achieving two firsts in the industry," he said. "In 2010, GAC Toyota took the lead in introducing hybrid models at the mainstream level, the Camry dual engine; in 2015, the arrival of the Leiling dual engine took the lead in reducing the price difference between hybrid and fuel models, so that the threshold for the popularity of electrified models was lowered."
It is understood that in 2021, GAC Toyota's twin-engine hybrid model sales exceeded 182,000 units, an increase of 98% over 2020. The cumulative sales of dual-engine hybrid models have also exceeded 500,000 units, and both data are at the forefront of the industry. It is worth noting that the proportion of GAC Toyota's dual-engine hybrid model sales in the overall sales has increased from 11% in 2020 to 22% in 2021, which means that for every five vehicles sold by GAC Toyota, one is a dual-engine hybrid.
At present, GAC Toyota has become a "full-engine deepening doer". Huang Yongqiang introduced that GAC Toyota has completed the "hybrid, plug-in hybrid, pure electric" full-engine layout, spanning three categories of cars, MPVs and SUVs, covering multiple levels from small cars to flagship mid-to-high-end cars. Bring users a variety of choices.
GAC Toyota actively promotes the development of electrification, takes the initiative, and promotes the high-quality development of electrified products with hybridization as the core. Be a new model in the era of pure electricity. Huang Yongqiang revealed that in the future, GAC Toyota's new TNGA cars will all be available in dual-engine hybrid versions. This year, GAC Toyota will also introduce the e-TNGA architecture this year to accelerate the launch of pure electric vehicles. Including the blockbuster new car bZ4X, a total of five pure electric models will be introduced in the next few years. By 2035, GAC Toyota's product line will be 100% electrified.
Su Yuejiang: The automobile industry should promote three major transformations
In general, the measures to reduce carbon emissions mainly include adjusting the energy structure, optimizing the transportation structure, improving energy efficiency, and reducing emissions at the source. Su Yuejiang, director of the Information Model Institute of Guangzhou Transportation Research Institute, said in his keynote speech that the purchase and use of new energy vehicles in the personal field is of great significance to energy conservation and carbon reduction.
Starting from a series of data models and research results, Su Yuejiang, director of the Information Model Institute of Guangzhou Transportation Research Institute, suggested that in order to more steadily achieve the "double carbon" goal, we can improve the promotion mechanism of new energy vehicles, study and promote consumption policies and measures such as automobiles, encourage enterprises to increase the proportion of new energy vehicles, and explore the pilot promotion of the "unified construction and management, scattered construction and unified management, and orderly charging" model in residential communities. At the same time, he suggested that through the TOD layout, the creation of a "15-minute life circle" low-carbon life model and transportation demand management policies, reduce unnecessary motorized travel needs, reduce transportation carbon emissions from the source, etc.
As for the automobile industry and enterprises, Su Yuejiang believes that the "three major transformations" should be promoted: the transformation of traditional fuel vehicles to new energy and intelligent vehicles, the upgrading and transformation of sales-oriented enterprises to user-based enterprises, the transformation of automobile manufacturers to comprehensive suppliers of travel, the promotion of the "electrification, intelligence, ecology and sharing" development strategy of automobile development, and leading the high-quality development of intelligent and new energy automobile industries.
Yang Li: The hybrid technology is in line with the market demand
Yang Li, president of the Guangzhou Carbon Neutral Science Research Institute, stressed in her keynote speech that although new energy vehicles are developing rapidly, there are still great difficulties in completely withdrawing internal combustion engine vehicles from the market and achieving full pure electrification in a short period of time. Yang Li, president of the Guangzhou Carbon Neutral Science Research Institute, said, "From the perspective of use, there are still some shortcomings in pure electric vehicles. Pure electric vehicles along the high-speed line of energy replenishment, user mileage anxiety and other issues have attracted much attention. Yang Li said, "In order to make electric vehicles achieve the same convenience as fuel vehicles in energy replenishment and eliminate user endurance anxiety, there is still a breakthrough in electric technology." ”
On the one hand, the goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in the field of transportation and travel is in front, and on the other hand, it is difficult for internal combustion engines to completely withdraw from the market in the short term. What is the way out? Yang Li believes that the use of oil-electric hybrids and the deep electrification of internal combustion engine vehicles will be an effective means of energy conservation and emission reduction. "From the perspective of carbon emissions, the carbon emissions of dual-engine hybrid technology are much lower than those of traditional gasoline vehicles." Yang Li believes that in the context of "double carbon", hybrid is a technology that is more in line with market demand. In the future, under the premise of continuous improvement of quality and after-sales service, consumers' recognition of hybrid new models will continue to increase and continue to become an important part of the automobile market.
He Lingyun: Hybrid is safer and more energy-efficient than pure electricity
He Lingyun, professor of economics and doctoral supervisor of Jinan University, used a series of data to show that the new energy automobile industry in Guangdong Province has entered a comprehensive promotion period, and the sales volume and ownership of new energy vehicles in Guangdong Province are at the forefront of the country, and more attention is paid to pure electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles than other regions.
As far as the carbon reduction effect is concerned, the current situation in Guangdong Province is reasonable. According to He Lingyun, the social significance of "double engine" should be considered in the context of "double carbon". "From the perspective of the current power generation structure, because the electric energy used by pure electric vehicles is mainly 'gray electricity', this causes that from the perspective of the whole life cycle of fuel, pure electric vehicles are not necessarily environmentally friendly, and the energy-saving and emission-reduction effect of hybrid vehicles is more obvious."
What role do new energy vehicles play in Guangzhou's "manufacturing city" strategy? He Lingyun believes that the "intelligent and new energy vehicles" industry promotes transformation and upgrading through intelligent, networked, and digital technologies, and can also promote the upgrading of green consumption, as one of the "new energy and energy conservation and environmental protection" industries, break through the core technology of key components, and create a low-carbon energy supply system; promote the optimization and upgrading of automobile consumption, and transform from "automobile city" to "new energy automobile city".
After the "double carbon" goal was proposed, consumer demand for low-carbon new energy vehicles became stronger, which also brought new opportunities for the development of new energy vehicles. He Lingyun believes that the scale and technical level of the key components industry of new energy vehicles in Guangzhou are in the forefront, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has formed an automobile industry pattern of "vehicle production + core components" with Guangzhou as the core, and with the help of the rules and standards such as road traffic and vehicle models in the Greater Bay Area, it is expected to be deeply connected, providing new opportunities for Guangzhou to vigorously expand the Hong Kong and Macao automobile markets.
Yan Fei: Guangdong Shuangqing used cars have a high retention rate
Finally, Yan Fei, president of the Guangdong Automobile Dealers Association, shared the latest data on automobile sales in Guangdong. In 2021. Although affected by repeated epidemics and chip shortages, the auto market in Guangdong Province is still performing strongly. According to statistics, in the first half of the year, auto retail sales showed a growth trend, the growth rate of auto retail sales in the third quarter has declined, and the chip problem in the fourth quarter has eased slightly, and the good trend is very obvious. Yan Fei believes that the overall situation of the automobile market in Guangdong Province can still maintain growth, and the government has successively introduced various policies to promote automobile consumption, which has played a very important role, among which the implementation effect of the special action of replacing old cars with new in Guangdong Province in 2021 is obvious, and other cities have also taken a number of measures to promote automobile consumption, and multiple favorable policies have been superimposed, which has further boosted the automobile consumption in Guangdong Province in 2021.
In terms of new energy vehicle retail sales, the retail sales volume of new energy vehicles in Guangdong Province in 2021 was 426,000 units, an increase of 151.4% year-on-year. In 2021, the new energy vehicle market in Guangdong is extremely hot and has a large increase. Yan Fei believes that the circulation of second-hand cars is of great help to carbon reduction, and the retention rate of dual-engine vehicles is relatively high, which is favored by many consumers.
Yan Fei believes that the circulation of second-hand cars is of great help to carbon reduction, and the retention rate of dual-engine vehicles is relatively high, which is favored by many consumers.
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From the perspective of many experts and scholars at the forum, it is the general trend that energy-saving vehicles replace internal combustion locomotives, but the power technology of energy-saving vehicles itself is still in the "hundred flowers blooming" stage of "technology divergence". Among them, dual-engine hybrid technology will occupy an important position for a long time because of its ease of use, safety, reliability and, more importantly, excellent energy saving and carbon reduction effect. Popularization is the last word, and only by acting steadily can we go far. Dual-engine hybrid is far from being a "transition plan" to achieve the goal of double carbon, but also a "double full solution" that takes into account energy conservation and environmental protection and user happiness. In these aspects, Guangzhou automobile enterprises represented by GAC Toyota have provided a model for Chinese automobile companies to practice a dual-carbon and green-moving future with good results.
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