Aeon, who has always been good at creating "breaking points", has once again attracted the attention of the industry.
On April 21st, the launch of the world's first supercharge capital (Guangzhou) and the completion of the Aean Super Charging and Replacement Center were officially held in Guangzhou.
At the scene of the event, Eon officially announced that it will vigorously promote the construction of supercharging and quick replacement networks. In 2022, Aian will take the lead in building 220 super charging stations in Guangzhou, and plans to build more than 1,000 super charging and replacement centers in 2025 to achieve 1.5km radius coverage.
As a result, Guangzhou will also be the first to become the world's first "supercharged capital".
In the past, everyone's impression was that Guangzhou was the capital of gastronomy, the capital of commerce and trade, and the capital of the automobile industry in South China. Today, Aian wants to give Guangzhou a new name, with a high tone and a big step.
It is not difficult to see that Aehan is going to be cruel again this time.
So, behind Aeon's ambition, what is the strong technology and experience to support? Compared with the new forces in the same layout of the charging and replacement field, what are the advantages and characteristics of the "super charging capital" model of Aeon?
Let's take a look at it today.
(1) Carry up the "banner" of the supercharging industry, "how fast and good to save" to open a new charging experience
As we all know, the development of supercharging must first solve the technical problems of both the car end and the pile end. In order to achieve universality of supercharging technology, super fast charging technology based on high-voltage platforms above 800V is considered to be the foundation.
As Liu Yongdong, deputy secretary-general of the China Electricity Council and secretary general of the Standardization Technical Committee of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities in the energy industry, said: "Increasing the current can achieve high-power charging, but the greater the current, the more the cable heats, the more serious the safety hazards, and increasing the voltage is the overall solution of the next generation of conduction charging technology." ”
On the other hand, in order to make it more convenient for pure electric vehicles to replenish energy than refueling, the Aian Super Charging and Replacement Center will also uphold the core concept of "more, faster, better and more provincial" in the experience.
"Many" means making charging piles as ubiquitous as convenience stores. By 2025, Aian will build 1,000 super charging and replacement centers in Guangzhou, with at least one every 1.5 kilometers, and the time to find a station will be reduced to less than 5 minutes.
"Fast" means that the owner can buy a cup of coffee when the power can be fully charged. Through the wide range of applications of EIAN 480kW power overcharge piles, models equipped with 6C multi-rate overcharge batteries can be charged for 5-10 minutes and can live for 200-400 kilometers.
"Good" means to make charging more than ETC-like. Aean car owners bind the APP, you can realize automatic charging of the gun, and automatic deduction after charging.
"Province" means extremely economical. In the future, the owners of EIAN supercharge can enjoy the policy of free service fee of Eian self-built super charging and replacing center and halving the service fee of co-built super charging and replacing center.
Under the empowerment of this new model, it is not difficult to expect that in the future, driving an overcharged model in the "Supercharged Capital" will be able to achieve a new experience that is more convenient to charge than refueling.
(2) Compared with Wei Xiaoli, the E-an model is pragmatic, flexible and more efficient
It is worth noting that the Aean Super Charging and Swapping Center is not only limited to the field of supercharge, but also takes into account the development of the rapid power exchange mode.
Facing the future of driverless driving, EON will also launch China's first automatic charging and replacing system, the AION Robot Charger. This system can be based on flexible motion control, vehicle auxiliary guidance, visual dual positioning, non-inductive start, to achieve fully automatic unmanned parking and unmanned charging and replacing.
According to Gu Huinan, general manager of GAC Eian New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., Aeon related power replacement models will be officially released next year.
At the same time, Gu Huinan also further revealed that in the construction of the future energy replenishment system of Aeon, the development path is "fast charging as the mainstay, fast replacement as a supplement", through the combination of the two, to solve the needs of users in different scenarios.
In addition, through the construction of the charging and replacing ecology, Aeon also plans to carry out series circulation of upstream and downstream resources, use the energy storage system to promote the development of clean energy, and further expand the ecological development space of the charging and replacing system established by E-An.
Of course, this cannot be achieved by Aehan's own efforts.
At the scene of the event, we saw the full support from the relevant departments of the Guangzhou government, the Southern Network, PetroChina, Guangzhou City Investment and other leaders from all walks of life. In March this year, GAC Group and Aian jointly invested 4.96 billion yuan to establish GAC Energy Ecological Technology Co., Ltd., aiming to realize the integration of "light storage and charging" and promote the development and application of charging and replacing service technology. A link between the government, the upstream industry chain and users has taken shape.
On the other hand, we also need to see that the construction of supercharging stations and substations is an act of large investment and long return cycle. After nearly 5 years of development, Xiaopeng has just launched more than 800 brand super charging stations and more than 160 destination charging stations nationwide. Recently, NIO's 900th substation has also been put into use.
Admittedly, Aeon is undoubtedly a "latecomer" in this field. However, compared with Weilai, Xiaopeng, etc., Aeon's development ideas are more flexible, efficient and pragmatic.
In this regard, Liu Zhihui, head of GAC Energy Ecological Technology Company, explained to Kung Fu Automobile how Aean achieved rapid "laying the net".
Liu Zhihui believes that Guangzhou currently has more than 3200 charging stations, if half of them can be transformed and upgraded, that is, the existing capacitors are upgraded to 480kW group pipe group control of high-power supercharge piles, it will be able to quickly form a network.
With the characteristics of Aean supercharge pile group pipe group control and flexible distribution of power, the charging station does not need to upgrade all piles to high-power supercharge piles at once, and can be flexibly built step by step. According to the positioning of 1000 charging stations with 6 piles each, one of the piles is 480kW ultra-fast charging, and the rest can achieve flexible distribution of 90-180kW, which can well promote the construction of the supercharge capital. At the same time, the charging mode of charging in the future can also be diversified, matching different prices for different services.
In addition, Aeon has also actively expanded the supercharging network through cooperation with PetroChina, and at present, Aeon has conducted a large number of safety assessments with PetroChina to verify the efficiency and safety of the use scenarios.
This rapid network construction model of EIAN has drawn on the network construction experience of Tesla, Weilai, Xiaopeng, etc. to a certain extent, but with the unique advantages of its super charging pile group control group management and flexibility, this supercharge model will likely be rolled out to more cities across the country in the future, and the "supercharge capital" model of E'an will empower the development of the supercharging industry in the country.
It can be said that compared with the network building of the new forces, Aeon is not a "copy" operation, but a direct "super" operation.
Aehan launched a fierce attack and compared Wei Xiaoli to him.
(3) Kung Fu shooting
According to the latest sales results, Aeon's sales in March have exceeded 20,000 units. In the sales ranking of new forces, it successfully broke the pattern of "Wei Xiaoli" and re-established the structure of the sales ranking of new forces.
The model of EIAN to build Guangzhou's "supercharging capital" this time not only shows Eon's determination to accelerate the layout of the charging and replacement network, but also its pragmatic and flexible model, which has the support of a wide circle of friends, and it is also likely to take Guangzhou as the source point and accelerate the radiation to other cities in the country.
In the context of the mixed reform of Aeon and the upcoming IPO, this move will undoubtedly provide imagination space for Aeon to better tell the development story in the capital market, and at the same time, it will also really promote the development of the entire Pure Electric Vehicle Industry in Guangzhou and provide users with a better car experience.