At present, China is the world's largest carbon emitter, of which the road transportation sector is one of the important sources of carbon emissions in China, while China's total number of motor vehicles and the increase are ranked first in the world. In 2020, the mainland officially put forward the development goal of "striving to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and striving to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060". In such an era, every automobile company should shoulder the responsibility of "carbon reduction".
Recently, the "2022 International Summit Forum on Vehicle Powertrains" guided by the Passenger Vehicle Powertrain Professional Committee of the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association (hereinafter referred to as SCP) was held in the form of digital connection cloud live broadcast.
In the stage of energy reform and power transformation and upgrading, domestic and foreign enterprises are exploring the best power system technology route. The theme of this forum focused on "breaking the game and double carbon", and mainly focused on the hot topics in the industry such as energy reform and automotive industry response strategy, energy structure and carbon neutral fuel industry outlook, and China power brand upwards.
"Oil and electricity soared", and hybrid models became more and more important for carbon reduction
Due to the russian-Ukrainian conflict nickel metal surge, to the cost of lithium batteries worse, Tesla led by the new energy brand models have increased prices, so that consumers holding coins to buy are also prohibitive; also with the Russian-Ukrainian conflict long-term oil prices soared, oil cost pressure increased, the market is more and more eager for fuel-saving technology, more mature and effective oil-electric hybrid technology is more and more important.
In 2020, under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of China, more than 1,000 experts from the whole industry spent one and a half years revising and compiling the "Energy-saving and New Energy Vehicle Technology Roadmap 2.0", which proposed:
By 2025, new hybrid vehicles will account for more than 50% of conventional energy passenger cars, and by 2035, the average fuel consumption of new conventional energy passenger cars will reach 4.0 L/100 km (WLTC conditions) and 100% hybridization. Among them, energy-saving vehicles and new energy vehicles each account for 50%.
That is to say, by 2035, according to the planning, the share of HEV strong hybrid will account for half, and some of the new energy vehicles are PHEV models, and the internal combustion engine will still play an important role more than a decade later, and the oil-electric hybrid model will become the main theme of the domestic automobile market in the next ten years.
At the meeting, Wang Ruiping, senior vice president of Geely Automobile Group, chairman of SCP and chairman of APS, believed that the opportunity during the electrification transformation window of the automotive industry will be fleeting, and enterprises must seize the opportunity to follow up with changes.
Although the authoritative institutions in the industry have assessed the carbon reduction contribution of hybrid and electric vehicles somewhat differently, the view that hybrid energy can greatly reduce the carbon emissions of fuel vehicles is consistent. At the same time, the hybrid travel experience is also more in line with the actual needs of Chinese consumers.
In the view of Lin Xiaozhe, vice president of Geely Power Research Institute, "Hybrid is not only a fuel-saving machine, but also a comprehensive pursuit of economy, power, comfort, convenience and intelligence." ”
With a fuel saving rate of more than 40%, Geely Thor Power has become a carbon reduction expert
Under the guidance of China's dual carbon target, national automobile brands have made achievements that have attracted the attention of the global automotive industry in key technology areas such as automotive core powertrains.
The diversification of automobile power capabilities is booming, while vigorously developing pure electric and hydrogen fuels, hybrid technology routes are blooming, actively promoting Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection of Chinese Automobiles, and accelerating the process of high-end of independent brands, further enhancing corporate self-confidence and brand competitiveness.
In recent years, many domestic independent brands are increasing the research and development of hybrid technology. Up to now, a number of BYD models using DM-i super hybrid technology have been listed and initially successful; Geely, Great Wall, Chery, Dongfeng, etc. are actively laying out the hybrid market.
In October last year, Geely released the "Smart Geely 2025" strategy, Andrex Power opened Geely Power 4.0, fully entered a new era of electrification of power technology, and brought the geely solution of carbon reduction - Thor Power, as well as the world-class modular intelligent hybrid platform - Raytheon Intelligence Engine Hi · X。
During the forum, Geely, FAW Hongqi and other car companies also made a speech on Geely Lei's God Intelligence Hi · Specific technical issues such as the analysis of the X hybrid system, vehicle carbon reduction and electric drive energy saving, and the carbon-neutral Hongqi high-efficiency zero-emission hydrogen fuel internal combustion engine were exchanged.
Ray's Mind Hi · X has excellent carbon emission reduction effect throughout the life cycle, with a thermal efficiency of up to 43.32% and a fuel saving rate of more than 40%.
It includes a 1.5TD/2.0TD hybrid engine, as well as a DHT/DHT Pro hybrid special transmission, which supports full coverage of A0-C class models, and covers a variety of hybrid technologies such as HEV, PHEV, and REEV.
In the next three years, it will provide a variety of power combinations including strong hybrid, long-endurance plug-in hybrid and extended range hybrid, which will be installed on more than 20 models of Geely, Lynk & Co and other brands, making due contributions to the early realization of carbon neutrality in the mainland.
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With the development of the automobile industry, the research and development and manufacturing of continental vehicle power systems has experienced the process of following and running, and has now reached a local leading trend.
For example, in the field of hybrid special engines, the thermal efficiency of products of power brands such as Geely and BYD has exceeded the 41% mark, breaking the monopoly of Japanese brands in this field, sweeping away the traditional backward technology and people's impressions, and greatly enhancing the image of Chinese brands.
In the field of pure electric vehicles, Chinese car brands have seized the opportunity of "overtaking in curves", and now, mainland car brands have seized new opportunities to develop hybrid technology. There is no doubt that from catching up to following, Chinese brands are accelerating their overtaking on new tracks.