Dongfeng Motor Group R&D Institute was formally established
On November 6, Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Dongfeng Company") announced the implementation of the new energy "Leaping Project", the establishment of the R&D General Institute, the construction of a "1+N" R&D system, focusing on the transformation and upgrading of new energy, deeply integrating the group's R&D system and R&D resources, and comprehensively improving R&D efficiency. This is another important measure for Dongfeng Company to further promote the "three-year action for transformation and upgrading" and accelerate the realization of "scientific and technological leap" since the implementation of Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle's new energy "leap action" and the optimization of the project management system and mechanism of new models this year.
According to the official statement of Dongfeng Company, the reform of the establishment of the General R&D Institute will form a "1+N" R&D system. "1" refers to the R&D General Institute, on the basis of the existing Dongfeng Company Technology Center, the adjustment and establishment of 7 centers, including the Science and Technology Planning Center, the Advanced Materials and Advanced Technology Research Center, the Software Engineering Research Center, and the Modeling Design Center, and Comrade Tan Minqiang is the president of the R&D General Institute. The R&D Institute is responsible for the technical planning and R&D of passenger cars of the whole group, and is responsible for the development of general technologies such as styling, architecture, powertrain, intelligent software, advanced materials, and verification, and establishes technical reserve shelves to realize the management and implementation of the whole process from technology production to landing. At the same time, he is directly responsible for the product development of Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company and Mengshi Automotive Technology Company.
"N" refers to the R&D strength of each business unit, which undertakes tasks such as bodywork development and adaptive development under the unified management of the R&D Institute. The "1+N" R&D system promotes the integration of the underlying logic of systems, processes, standards, information systems, tools and other technologies through resource integration, and realizes unified planning, centralized R&D and resource sharing for the development of passenger cars, commercial vehicles and parts technology.
Previously, in mid-August this year, Dongfeng Motor Group reorganized and integrated the brand architecture of Dongfeng Autonomous Passenger Vehicles. Among them, the "Dongfeng" brand is subdivided into three product series brands, Dongfeng Fengshen, Dongfeng eπ and Dongfeng Nano according to different market objects, and the three major product brands of "Dongfeng" are managed by the group.
In 2022, after the mass production and installation of high-thermal efficiency hybrid engines and DHT dual-motor hybrid gearboxes developed by Mach Power, a powertrain brand of Dongfeng Motor, Dongfeng Fengshen brand sales have grown rapidly in recent years: 121,600 units in 2021, and 190,600 units in 2022, a year-on-year increase of more than 56%. After Dongfeng Fengshen's hybrid models represented by Haoji, Yixuan MAX and Haohan, equipped with Mach DHT hybrid transmissions have been put on sale, the product competitiveness of Dongfeng's own brand passenger cars has been greatly enhanced. Dongfeng's own brand passenger cars are still in a state of rapid growth.
After the establishment of Dongfeng R&D General Institute, it will concentrate on superior resources in the field of R&D, and continuously improve the competitiveness of the platform architecture on the basis of inheriting the product development concept of "improving the generation, developing the generation, and pre-researching the generation" and the active R&D system, and constantly break through the "stuck neck" core technology research, continuously improve the proportion of common technology applications, and achieve breakthroughs in R&D investment efficiency and innovation system efficiency. Provide R&D support for the three major product series brands of Dongfeng Fengshen, Dongfeng eπ and Dongfeng Nano.
Dongfeng Company officially said: in the three-year action of transformation and upgrading, it will continue to increase investment in research and development, and is expected to invest 50 billion yuan in the field of independent new energy, iteratively launch 18 independent passenger car new energy models, launch 22 commercial vehicle basic models, and accelerate the introduction of industry leading talents. The modeling center of the R&D General Institute has been built in Wuhan, with a total investment of 520 million yuan, and is expected to be put into use in 2025.