The data shows that in the overall carbon emissions, the transportation industry alone accounts for 75%. The "carbon neutrality" of the automotive industry is already on the arrow.
We have seen that in recent years, more and more countries and regions around the world have put forward clear "carbon neutrality" goals. Under the requirements of "carbon reduction", car companies have responded to the scramble to put up a banner to open the "carbon neutrality" process, but in fact, it is not easy for car companies to achieve the task of "carbon reduction" by themselves.
The automotive industry chain was once regarded as the longest and most complex giant in the manufacturing industry, and the full life cycle of a car shows a high "carbon footprint". It should be said that the realization of the goal of "carbon neutrality" of automobiles is the whole process of green transformation in the upstream and downstream of the automobile industry chain.
In this process of transformation, car companies are more like a decision-maker, and whether they can achieve "carbon neutrality" themselves depends on their strategic vision of focusing on the whole life cycle, or on whether their choices for the upstream and downstream supply chains are timely and accurate.
New thinking: Why did this distributor get a carbon neutrality certificate?
In fact, in the process of achieving carbon neutrality, car companies can do only a limited amount.
It is understood that in order to achieve carbon neutrality, general enterprises must first do their best to reduce emissions, such as their own energy-saving optimization, such as the development and use of rooftop photovoltaics, such as boiler oil conversion, waste heat recovery, etc.
In the case of these all, the "unattainable" part can be offset by purchasing green rights, CCER, etc., and finally carbon neutral certification by third-party institutions.
Not long ago, Toyota contributed a very clear case of carbon neutrality of car companies.
At the beginning of this year, the Guangzhou Carbon Emissions Exchange issued the country's first carbon neutrality certificate for automobile dealerships, and Shenzhen Daxingfengtong Lexus Automobile Sales service Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho (China) Co., Ltd., officially became the first carbon neutral automobile dealership in China.
So, how does this Lexus dealer store become carbon neutral?
We look at the certificate, the company's carbon emissions in 2021 are 17.98 tons, through the company's own green low-carbon, energy-saving and environmental protection direction transformation and upgrading, the purchase of green certificates, CCER certificates and other emission reduction means, the actual cancellation of emission reduction is 18 tons. Its actual write-offs are greater than its emissions, which means that the company has achieved its own carbon neutrality.
In the process of completing its own carbon neutrality, in addition to the company's efforts in car battery recycling, charging facility emission reduction, intelligent vehicle networking, etc., the role played by its zero-carbon technology partner, Envision Technology Group (hereinafter referred to as "Envision") is also crucial.
Envision is a leading global green technology company that accelerates the intelligentization and cleanliness of energy systems through continuous innovation of hardware and software technologies, with the mission of advancing the global carbon neutral transformation process. The cooperation with Lexus dealer stores intuitively reflects the positioning and industry significance of this company.
Specifically, Envision helped Toyota Tsusho lay out the Envision Ark Energy Carbon Management System in Shenzhen Daxingfengtong Lexus, and achieved the goal of managing the energy consumption and carbon emissions of stores in real time in the form of IOT.
Among them, the Ark Energy Carbon Management System can connect all kinds of metering equipment, photovoltaic power generation equipment, etc. to the intelligent IoT platform, accurately and in real time complete the collection, statistics and analysis of carbon emission data and carbon emission reduction data of various energy equipment, forming a clear and clear "carbon ledger".
Forming a carbon ledger is only the first step, ARK can tell users what to do next, track and manage emission reduction targets, simulate and optimize emission reduction paths, and automatically generate carbon emission reports.
At the same time, Ark can achieve carbon neutrality closed loop, for the carbon emissions that cannot be offset, through the Ark direct procurement of green electricity, green certificates, carbon sinks, CCER and other trading products to achieve carbon neutrality, generate reports and be recognized by authoritative institutions such as the Guangzhou Carbon Institute.
Li Yuan, assistant general manager of Guangzhou Carbon Emissions Exchange, said: "Toyota Tsusho China's first carbon neutral dealer store in China is an innovative attempt by automobile companies to explore carbon neutrality goals, which has benchmarking significance, and also promotes the practice of digital carbon management technology, carbon emission reduction technology and carbon trading products in different emission reduction application scenarios. ”
The carbon neutrality of a 4S store is only the first step for car companies to become carbon neutral, from which it also reveals a trend, with the proposal of "carbon neutrality" goals, the green industrial chain around the automobile manufacturing industry is bound to form, and car companies will gradually establish a new "energy map", and the automobile "carbon reduction" is not limited to the production link, but gradually establishes a full green industrial chain from research and development design, procurement, manufacturing, sales to recycling.
"Proving Ground": Why should a company that does not build cars participate in FE?
The value of the cooperation between Vision and Toyota has allowed the industry to see more possibilities for "carbon neutrality", and has also provided solutions for many automotive companies that have touched the boundary of capability in the process of solving the "carbon neutrality" problem.
In fact, Vision's achievements in the automotive field are far more than just helping car dealers reduce carbon.
In 2018, Envision acquired a FE team, Formula Vista E, which was one of the first teams to join FE, and in 2020, relying on the technical blessing of Envision Ark Energy Carbon Management System, it obtained carbon neutrality certification issued by the Uk's Carbon Trust, becoming the first carbon neutral team in the FE race.
why? Envision, such a non-car company, wants to build a FE fleet?
First of all, it is necessary to emphasize the significance of FE events for the current automotive industry. In September 2014, FE became the world's first all-electric single-seat racing event, which quickly became an excellent platform for the verification and improvement of core technologies such as batteries, motors, and electronic controls, and even a booster for the development of electric vehicles.
Combined with the background and significance of the establishment of FE Events, the value of Envision's acquisition of Envision FE Teams exists in at least three aspects.
First, it can most intuitively show the most cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements of its own company. Behind the good results of the Vision Team in the FE race is the use of various technologies in the Vision Team. Vision's extensive experience in simulation, artificial intelligence, algorithms, battery management systems, etc. provides strong technical support for the outstanding performance of the fleet.
For example, accurate weather forecasting, long-term weather forecasting software can accurate the range of future rainfall to 100 meters. This technical advantage was reflected in the Paris race, where heavy rain fell, and the Formula E team and drivers preparedly managed the tire pressure, lap speed, timing of attack mode, energy use strategy according to the forecast, and finally the Vision FE team won the championship of the substation.
Second, through analysis and optimization, it provides the most authentic reference sample for the company to improve its business level.
In FE races, the company's battery energy management technology can be applied to racing and racing, and the battery energy management experience at the limit of the track can also be fed back into the battery business of Envision Power.
Third, expand your influence, do the hardest things first, and then do simple things later, and more people will believe in you. This is the simplest logic.
In FE, a globally eye-catching event platform, it can undoubtedly expand the company's popularity. Just like the EP9 that Weilai Automobile built at all costs for FE events.
Li Bin, CEO of Weilai Automobile, once said: China's automobiles may leave the world with a weak image of a hundred years, and in the past many years, we have been in a state of following, learning and even plagiarism. If you want to enter the house, you must beat them with other people's rules at the door of other people's homes, on the temple-level track in the minds of others.
Like Weilai Automobile, The Vision chooses to start from the most difficult things, start from the track, and use the most rational, intuitive and unquestionable results as the basis for establishing its own technical genes, as a stepping stone to knock on the "carbon neutrality" of the car.
So, to some extent, the achievements of the Formula E fleet are a microcosm of low-carbon development driven by technological innovation. Through the international stage of the FE arena, the vision will be seen by more enterprises, and understand its advanced, sound and perfect model of carbon neutrality and closed loop, which is bound to win more attention in the industry and bring guidance to many enterprises on the road of "carbon neutrality".
As Vision CEO Lei Zhang said: "We know that it only makes sense to help our partners achieve zero carbon together." One person can go fast, but a group of people can go further. ”
Driving the Industry: A Visionary Carbon Neutrality Strategy
Previously, China stated to the world that it would achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
Regarding the "double carbon" target, the expression in this year's government work report is: orderly promote the carbon peak carbon neutrality work and implement the carbon peak action plan. This means that the continent's carbon peak carbon neutrality work has entered the stage of substantive promotion from the early planning stage.
It is worth noting that from carbon peaking to carbon neutrality, the span is about 30 years, which is much shorter than the time spent in developed countries, which also requires hard work. Therefore, where to achieve the "double carbon" goal and how to make a force has become a topic of focus in the industry.
In the context of "carbon neutrality", what can change the products and services of the industry must be the changes rooted in technological innovation. The mission and vision that carbon neutrality needs to accomplish also depends on new technologies. With technology as a backing, how to achieve a broader transformation that drives the whole industry is the direction of Vision's efforts.
At present, the vision has formed a systematic zero-carbon development strategy.
First, it is the first to achieve carbon neutrality, and Envision announced in 2021 that it will achieve operational carbon neutrality by the end of 2022 and supply chain carbon neutrality by the end of 2028. At the same time, Envision released the "Zero Carbon Technology Partner" strategy, which aims to provide zero-carbon solutions for enterprise, government and city partners to help partners accelerate the low-carbon transformation, thereby empowering partners to achieve carbon neutrality, and envision uses technology to help Toyota 4S stores achieve carbon neutrality is the most intuitive example.
Carbon neutrality is not only an energy revolution, but also a far-reaching new industrial revolution, and a historic opportunity for China to change lanes and surpass.
During the two sessions this year, Zhang Lei, a deputy to the National People's Congress and CEO of Envision Technology Group, submitted the proposal of "Making the Zero-carbon Industrial Park an Important Carrier of the Green Industrial Revolution and Promoting Regional Balanced Development and Common Prosperity", believing that the Zero-carbon Industrial Park is an important carrier to "help build a zero-carbon economic system".
Envision is working with Chinese enterprises and multinational companies, local governments and investment institutions to promote the construction of a new zero-carbon industrial system, using innovative software and hardware products to fully tap the cost competitiveness of renewable energy in areas with excellent wind and solar resource endowments. Envision's "Envision Zero Carbon Industrial Park" built in Ordos covers the fields of intelligent fans, smart energy storage, power exchange heavy trucks, green electricity hydrogen production, green hydrogen chemical industry, energy carbon management, etc., organically integrating the production and consumption of green energy, so as to create the basic unit of the green industrial revolution and help China achieve the 2060 carbon neutrality goal.
Driven by the goal of "carbon neutrality", the new energy automobile industry has ushered in a new round of high prosperity cycle. The analysis believes that from a long-term perspective, the sales volume of new energy vehicles in mainland China is expected to reach 5.5 million to 6 million in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 30% in the next 5 years. At the same time, the core technical capabilities of new energy vehicles can be divided into traditional manufacturing capabilities, electrification capabilities, and intelligent capabilities.
Car companies themselves have a strong willingness to reduce carbon, and they need to find the best zero-carbon technology partners, and the vision is becoming the best choice for car companies. Vision has formed a full-chain innovation solution for software and hardware, and through setting new technology standards in the industry, connecting the ecosystem to innovate products, business models and solutions, and helping the global zero-carbon transformation.