On April 8th, the 2022 Automobile Evaluation International Summit and C-NCAP Annual Conference hosted by China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Automobile Center) was held in the cloud, with the theme of "Cohesion, Building Energy, and Innovation", and invited guests from different fields of government, industry, commerce, education and research to conduct in-depth discussions on major issues in automobile evaluation such as the latest policy development trends in the automotive industry, international NCAP technology trends, and autonomous driving evaluation, and more than 5,000 technical representatives attended the summit.
During the conference, the China Automobile Center released the "Blue Book of China Automobile Evaluation" and the "Special Evaluation Regulations for Micro Electric Vehicles".
Government, Industry, Commerce, Academia and Research Explore "China's Solution for Autonomous Driving Evaluation"
At the conference, An Tiecheng, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman and General Manager of CHINA AUTOMOBILE Center, Li Keqiang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor of the School of Vehicle and Transportation of Tsinghua University, Wang Kun, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Consumer Goods Quality and Safety Promotion Association, Yan Jianlai, Deputy Secretary-General of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China, Wu Zhixin and Li Huan, Members of the Party Committee and Deputy General Managers of the China Automobile Center, David Ward, Chairman of Global NCAP, And Michiel van Ratingen, Secretary General of Euro NCAP, David Zuby, executive vice president and chief research officer of the American Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS), and other leading experts at home and abroad shared their thoughts on their respective segments at the meeting.
In his opening speech, An Tiecheng said: "The third-party automobile evaluation activities provide users with automobile consumption guidelines, provide technical and data support for government management, and provide technology and quality improvement directions for industry enterprises, which is not only the general trend of China's entry into a mature automobile society, but also a vivid embodiment of the focus on 'the great one of the country'."
In the keynote speech session, Academician Li Keqiang introduced the key technologies of the next generation of AI-driven Chinese solutions for intelligent and connected vehicles. Wang Kun and Yan Jianlai respectively put forward expectations for automobile evaluation from the perspective of consumers and the industry, while Li Huan shared the practice and thinking of CHINA AUTOMOBILE Center in the development of automobile third-party evaluation. At the same time, a number of international mainstream NCAP representatives introduced the latest research, progress and future planning, and exchanged experiences from global security and public welfare actions.
Focusing on the "China Plan for Autonomous Driving Evaluation", experts and scholars conducted in-depth discussions from the perspectives of the government, universities, enterprises and consumers. Participants agreed that the improvement of industry-related standard procedures is a major driving force for the development of autonomous vehicles, and it is urgent to work together to break through. Through years of exploration and research, based on the experience of CCRT and other professional evaluations, CHINA AUTOMOBILE Center has made a stage breakthrough in automatic driving testing technology, and is promoting the verification and implementation of the automatic driving evaluation procedure system for the actual needs of Chinese users.
The "Blue Book of China Automobile Evaluation" was released, focusing on the "achievements" of 100 models
As a major highlight of this conference, CHINA AUTOMOBILE Center made two blockbuster releases, the first of which is the "Blue Book of China Automobile Evaluation", which comprehensively presents the overall results of C-NCAP and CCRT in 2018 to 2021, and summarizes and expounds the phased trends of automobile safety and other performance.
Specifically, based on the evaluation results of 102 new cars evaluated by C-NCAP2018 edition, the Blue Book conducts a detailed analysis of the safety performance evaluation data of mainland vehicles. The data shows that the average annual comprehensive score rate of the models measured by C-NCAP has increased from 75.9% in 2018 to 89.1% in 2021, and it is not difficult to see that the third-party evaluation has a significant role in promoting the progress of the industry, and the safety performance of China's automobiles has steadily improved year by year.
Looking at the 4 years of evaluation data, 5 major trends are eye-catching: Chinese brands continue to catch up and surpass, and the gap with joint venture brands is gradually narrowing; new energy vehicles have "innate" advantages, and the active safety performance is eye-catching; whether it is a car or an SUV, the same type of "big car" is safer than the "small car"; the protection performance of laymen also faces many challenges, and the active hood is very effective; AEB technology is gradually mature, and the configuration rate has been significantly improved.
The CCRT section of the Blue Book shows the technical trends of the 84 models based on the CCRT 2018 edition in terms of drivability, comfort, styling and quality, economy, failure rate and other aspects.
According to the Blue Book analysis, the CCRT score of the comprehensive performance of the evaluated models has steadily improved, and the trend of independent brands has become more obvious; after using Chinese working conditions and including the high-temperature air conditioning scene, the fuel consumption of CCRT China working conditions is very close to the actual fuel consumption of users, which can effectively characterize the actual fuel consumption level of the model; air conditioning is a factor that cannot be ignored, with an average increase of 28.7% fuel consumption after opening; at room temperature, the pollutant "pentaphenyltrial" in the car has a high compliance rate, but the concentration of "pentaphenyltrial" in the car is doubled under high temperature conditions There is no obvious difference in the electromagnetic radiation level of different types of vehicles such as fuel vehicles, pure electric vehicles, and hybrid vehicles.
The "Special Evaluation Regulations for Micro Electric Vehicles" was unveiled and is scheduled to be officially implemented in July this year
The second release at the conference is the "Special Evaluation Regulations for Micro-electric Vehicles", which is a special evaluation procedure formulated by the China Automobile Center taking into account the market positioning, development and design difficulties and consumer concerns of micro-electric vehicles, and is scheduled to be officially implemented in July this year.
Relevant data show that from 2019 to 2021, the annual sales of new energy vehicles surged from 1.21 million to 3.5 million. Among them, the proportion of micro-electric vehicles in the total sales of new energy vehicles has also increased from 17.7% in 2019 to 29.8% in 2021. With the advantages of light and flexible, low price, and sufficient transportation, micro-electric vehicles are rapidly becoming popular. However, micro-electric vehicles are limited by factors such as body size and price, and their safety performance and endurance charging performance make consumers have concerns, and relevant government departments and industry organizations are paying more and more attention to the evaluation of the performance of micro-car products and the technical improvement of future products.
In order to guide and solve the user's pain points and improve the performance of micro-electric vehicles, China Automobile Center widely solicited the opinions of industry enterprises, and under the framework of C-NCAP and CCRT evaluation system, it set up the "Special Evaluation Regulations for Micro Electric Vehicles", which applies to pure electric passenger cars with a body length of less than 4 meters, and the evaluation content is moderately condensed and simplified on the basis of the original C-NCAP and CCRT evaluation projects, mainly including collision safety, use safety and endurance charging.
Among them, collision safety mainly evaluates the protection effect of the body structure and restraint system (such as seats, seat belts, airbags/air curtains, etc.) of the vehicle in the process of collision accidents, and the evaluation content mainly includes three items: frontal collision, side collision and whipping test; the use of safety mainly evaluates the safety problems in the process of daily use of the user's car, including charging safety, braking performance, electromagnetic immunity, hydropower safety and human body electromagnetic protection Battery life charging mainly evaluates the pain points of user use, including four items: room temperature battery life, low temperature battery life, low temperature charging and charging compatibility.
The China Automobile Center said that it hopes that through the implementation of this regulation, its evaluation can better reflect the pattern of local traffic accidents in China, provide consumers with more vehicle information and actual use experience, further promote the technological progress of automobile enterprises, and improve vehicle safety and driving experience.
At the C-NCAP Annual Meeting, the CHINA AUTOMOBILE Center also released the "C-NCAP Roadmap (2022-2028)" and the "Side Impact Moving Deformable Barrier (SC-MBD) suitable for China". According to the action plan, the China Automobile Center will advance the research process of the evaluation procedures in the form of a road map, and reserve more sufficient time for the industry to study demonstration and planning and design. The C-NCAP roadmap (2022-2028) released this time mainly provides directional support for the revision of the C-NCAP 2025 version of the regulations, and also clarifies the direction for the research of the C-NCAP 2028 version of the regulations, which has been widely concerned by the automotive industry.