"As an important application and technological commanding height in the field of transportation, pure electric vehicles are suitable for urban, short-distance and other scenarios, while fuel cell vehicles have short hydrogenation time and higher energy density, which is more suitable for increasing application in the field of medium- and heavy-duty, medium- and long-distance commercial vehicles." The two will complement each other and coexist for a long time, jointly helping to electrify vehicles and reduce the carbon of energy. ”
On March 27, at the "Commercial Vehicle Sustainable Development Forum" of the China Electric Vehicle 100 Association, Li Gaopeng, president of the New Energy Research Institute of Yutong Group, said. It is reported that Li Gaopeng delivered a speech with the theme of "Fuel Cell Commercial Vehicle Industry Development Practice and Trend Prospect", judging the trend from the multi-dimensional level of energy strategy, technological innovation, demonstration application, top-level design, etc., and providing suggestions and suggestions for the high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry.
The reporter of China Business Daily noted that under the background of the era of "double carbon", hydrogen energy, as a clean and low-carbon energy, is constantly ushering in a highlight moment, and the policy is continuously favorable. On March 23, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration jointly issued the "Medium- and Long-term Plan for the Development of the Hydrogen Energy Industry (2021-2035)", which made a top-level design for the hydrogen energy industry from the national level.
This also means that under the guidance of the New Deal, the status of hydrogen energy as the "main body of energy consumption" has been substantively confirmed, the diversified consumption patterns of hydrogen energy are expected to be completely "activated", and the industrial development will usher in an "acceleration period". The China Hydrogen Energy Alliance predicts that by 2025, the output value of the mainland hydrogen energy industry will reach 1 trillion yuan; by 2050, hydrogen energy will account for more than 10% of the mainland terminal energy system, and the annual output value of the industrial chain will reach 12 trillion yuan.
In view of the application of hydrogen energy, Li Gaopeng said: "The development route of hydrogen energy in the mainland has distinct characteristics, through demonstration projects, driving core technology breakthroughs, and gradually realizing the independent and controllable industrial chain, and the market-oriented development of hydrogen energy is tending to mature." Yutong will take bus products as the first opportunity, adhere to the card, passenger and simultaneous, and drive the products of all fields of commercial vehicles to the hydrogen era. ”
The reporter learned that in terms of buses, in 2014, Yutong obtained the first fuel cell bus qualification certification in China and completed the research and development of three generations of hydrogen fuel bus products; in 2021, Yutong fuel cell truck production qualification was officially approved, and the development of its heavy traction, urban dumping/mixing, sanitation, logistics and other product samples was successfully completed, and the layout was increasingly perfect.
It is worth mentioning that The autonomous fuel cell bus under Yutong Bus also appeared at the scene of this 100-person forum. It is reported that the bus adopts the electro-electric hybrid system scheme, which is hydrogen charged for 10 minutes and has an endurance of 500km. In addition, the vehicle also has functions such as "automatic acceleration and deceleration, automatic steering, vehicle-road coordination, automatic recognition of traffic lights passing through intersections, automatic pit stops, and automatic parking", and achieves L3 level automatic driving capabilities.
However, the global hydrogen energy industry is booming, and product competition is becoming increasingly fierce. In Li Gaopeng's view, in the global hydrogen energy "race", the key to victory is not speed, but safety and reliability.
Li Gaopeng analyzed: "At present, the mainland hydrogen fuel cell vehicle industry has fully entered the initial stage of cultivation. We must continue to do a good job in basic technology development, market research, product planning, product development and verification and other core work, seize the opportunity of national demonstration, and promote the full-scenario demonstration and large-scale promotion of hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles. With the three-step strategy of 'demonstration city - key city - national promotion', we will give full play to the leading effect of demonstration enterprises. ”
The reporter learned that as of now, after three generations of iterative research and development of products, the new generation of Yutong hydrogen fuel cell bus products has achieved remarkable results in terms of "system service life improvement, vehicle energy consumption reduction, low temperature start", etc., and has fully met the diversified environmental operation needs of plains, mountains and plateaus.
It is reported that in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and other regions, Yutong batch fuel cell buses have been put into operation, the safe operating mileage has exceeded 35 million kilometers; it is worth mentioning that under the actual working conditions in various places, the hydrogen consumption of Yutong's 10-meter and 12-meter models has dropped to less than 5kg/100km. During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games, 185 Yutong hydrogen fuel cell buses will serve Beijing, Yanqing, Zhangjiakou and other competition areas.
The reporter noted that various provinces in China have also laid out in the field of hydrogen energy. Henan Province, as the province that paid attention to and laid out hydrogen fuel cells in advance, launched the "Henan Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industry Development Action Plan" as early as August 2020, proposing that by 2025, the demonstration application of fuel cell vehicles will accumulate more than 5,000 vehicles, and more than 80 hydrogen refueling stations, forming an industrial pattern of comprehensive development of fuel cell vehicles such as buses, sanitation, logistics, etc., and the annual output value of related industries will exceed 100 billion yuan.
However, although the future development prospects of hydrogen energy are broad, from the current point of view, there is still a large room for improvement in the marketization of hydrogen energy. Taking hydrogen fuel buses as an example, its large-scale promotion still has multiple tests such as "infrastructure, supporting facilities, and core technology research". "Further clarify the competent departments for hydrogen energy, speed up the approval process, increase subsidies for fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen refueling stations, expand the scale of the industry, and attract more consumers and operators to enter the market." Li Gaopeng said.
In the field of catalysts, proton membranes and other card necks, Li Gaopeng suggested that special funds should be set up to strengthen the coordination of "production, learning and research", quickly break through key core technologies such as vehicle life and high-power fuel cells, and comprehensively help the autonomy and high-quality development of the hydrogen energy industry chain.
(Editor: Quartzing Proofreader: Yan Jingning)