On April 26th, 2018, jointly organized by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and CCTV Financial Channel, the 2018 China Automotive Forum supported by the World Automobile Organization (OICA) was held in Beijing. Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wan Gang made a 'new' discussion at the forum. The keynote speech of the new thinking of the era to promote the development of new energy vehicles in China.
The following is the keynote speech of Vice Chairman Wan Gang of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference:
Dear President, Dear friends, Everyone here is familiar with it. Once a year, the Chinese Society for Automotive Forum, which is concerned about the whole society, is held today. At this forum, friends from all countries and all parties will develop the automobile industry. Put forward their views. Just now Mr. Qi Zhuquan said that he is a layman in a car. I think you have spoken very deeply. It represents the development of the automobile in the social media and the development of the automobile industry. It is worth thinking about these people together. The country and the automobile industry have entered the era of high quality development. Yesterday, this was the first time in more than a decade that we had the opportunity to have a comprehensive look at the auto show. I have many feelings. The development in recent years has indeed made great achievements. .
There are three impressions. The first impression is that the quality of China’s automobile development is closely following the development of time. In the second place, the development of the world’s automobiles is taking on the mission we should have. It is to optimize the energy institutions and tackle climate change. Make the car more suitable for the sustainable development of mankind. Third, the expectation of the whole society for cars is getting bigger and bigger, and the embedded life is getting deeper and deeper. It also shows that the society is moving toward a new era of car development. So looking at today’s issues, I’d like to talk about how the new energy auto industry develops in reforms, grows in openness, and grows step by step in innovation, based on personal feelings and experiences.
I mainly want to talk about some thoughts on advancing the development of new energy vehicles in our country in the new era. The development of new energy vehicles in our country may have been going on for more than a decade since the beginning of this century. This has been the central government for more than a decade. We attach great importance to the attention of the whole society, especially the efforts of automakers. I have been reviewing the fact that when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected SAIC in 2014, he pointed out that whether the R&D of new energy vehicles can occupy the high ground has become the current auto industry. The focus of competition is that the automotive industry has a large market and it is a highly-managed industry. Developing new energy vehicles is the only way for our country to become a major automobile country and a strong country for automobiles. Therefore, we need to increase research and development efforts and seriously study the market. Make good use of policies, develop products that meet various needs, and make them a strong growth point. The practices of the past years also saw the then General Secretary Xi used to paint a roadmap for the development of the automotive industry.
I talk about two, first, the new situation faced by the development of new energy vehicles in China. Recall that in 2017, new energy vehicles have become the symbol of the global automotive industry transformation and upgrading. By 2017, new energy vehicles in major global countries, the so-called The main countries are the 20 countries that the World Energy Organization regularly tracks and statistics. In 2017, the total production volume has exceeded 1.42 million units. China’s sales volume has reached approximately 777,000 units, and some are 779,000 units. The total number of energy vehicles sold was 3.4 million, China surpassed half of the middle and more than 1.6 million vehicles. China accounted for more than 50% of the total. It has contributed to energy conservation and emission reduction and has made new contributions to climate change.
From the situation of last year, 80% of the pure electric vehicles used by public vehicles and 184,000 commercial vehicles accounted for 21.5%. From this perspective, the rapid development of commercial vehicles, especially in urban public transport applications, More and more people are embedded in people's lives. From January to March this year, the sales of new energy vehicles grew rapidly, and the total sales volume was 140,000. Due to the low output at the beginning of last year, it was relatively low, so the increase was Reached 154%, including the development of passenger cars and the development of commercial vehicles, have reached a relatively high speed.
In 2017, we made new progress in R&D and industrialization of key technology components and parts. The key technologies of power batteries have advanced rapidly, and the power battery indicators have also been steadily increasing. Power batteries have reached 260 kWh, and prices Both of them are below two yuan, some are about five to five watts per watt, and all the power batteries are also developing significantly. The technology has further broken through, and our most critical power electronics chip, IGBP, has achieved remarkable progress. The power exceeds 3.3 kilowatts per kilogram. The corresponding power of the fuel cell also exceeds 2,000 watts per liter. A series of related technologies have also developed rapidly. Particularly noticeable is the gradual listing of multiple brands of Netlink vehicles. The market's good performance. Autopilot technology has also emerged. Yesterday I took a look. Basically, the newly-launched cars have achieved the first step of the Internet, and the car is connected to the Internet. But it really takes a long time for car networking. time.
The rapid and healthy development of Chinese automobiles and new energy vehicles benefits from the attention given by the central government. Thanks to the establishment of a comprehensive system, it has a research and development system, an industrial development system, and innovations in policies relating to market expansion mechanisms. The basic facilities, as well as business model innovations. These innovative trends have contributed to the rapid development of China's new energy industry.
In 2012, when the state promulgated the industrial planning for the development of energy-saving and new energy vehicles, there was a figure. By 2015, there will be approximately 500,000 vehicles. By 2020, it will reach an annual output of 2 million vehicles and 5 million ownership.
Frankly speaking, starting from 2010, when we started to promote electric vehicles from public transportation and leasing, the progress is still very bumpy. Until the end of 2014, we will have about 150,000 vehicles in total operation. When all policies are comprehensive Upon entering the implementation, new energy vehicles have developed rapidly and reached 470,000 by 2015. This tells us that there is not enough science and technology innovation and industrial innovation. It also needs the support of the whole society. We must also promote it in all aspects. It also needs to go from technical construction to market development, to the construction of market atmosphere, and especially the support of our media is also very important. Analyze various pros and cons, promote construction, and make more people try. After all, if we want to reach 2 million cars, we also need automakers. We also need the entire community to work together. We counted 770,000 sales in 2017, doubled compared to 2015, and doubled. It seems that everyone thinks that by 2018, this year, from the current sales momentum, it seems that there is basically not much concern for reaching 1 million vehicles. That is to say, we have to turn over again in 2016. However, if we really want to reach the annual output of 2 million vehicles in 2020, we need to double our efforts on the basis of this year's efforts. That means only double the speed every year to meet our standards. So the plan was still very courageous at the time. But I think that the country's development of the plan itself is the process of unifying the whole society, and this process will be the transformation and development of our automobile industry, in order to deal with energy and air pollution, especially To meet the conditions of climate change, we need the joint efforts of our entire society.
We have seen in recent years that electric vehicles, electrification, and intelligence are leading the innovation and development of the global automotive industry. From 2016, the Nordic countries announced that they would stop selling from 2030, Norway’s first stop selling, and later Sweden’s other countries, After proposing to stop the sale of traditional fuel vehicles, Europe, the United States, Japan and other developed countries, including our Asian countries, and our friend India, have gradually announced a political will to develop in the direction of electrification and intelligence. At the same time, it is also developing a corresponding roadmap and timetable for development.
Correspondingly, Europe and the United States, Japan and other developed countries and multinational corporations are simultaneously exerting their force in the field of electrification and intelligence. For example, the Volkswagen Group proposed an upgrade to the 2025 and issued a plan for the E. From 2019, all models will begin Electromobility, I was very interested yesterday, is the integration of the engine and the electrical system, Mechatronic drive system also represents the future direction of development. Toyota is a leader in this area, proposed the 2030 new energy vehicle models challenge Their plans are also very high. Others, such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz, have all introduced their models for electric vehicles. We also saw this at the show.
In this general trend, the development of new energy vehicles in China has always been closely linked with the development of global new energy vehicles. It has always been integrated in the global trend of development, and has also played its own leading role. In terms of multilateral cooperation, we held the International Conference of Clean Energy Ministers last year, more than 20 countries, equivalent to all countries in the G20 are inside, to jointly discuss the transformation of clean energy. Among them, electric vehicles are an important direction. Propose 3030 struggle The target initiative, that is to say, by 2030, 30% of cars should be new energy vehicles, and also plans for the direction of development of all countries. The Global Environment Facility project will advance with the cooperation of all countries. It also actively participated in GEF's fuel vehicles, new energy project vehicles, and integrated application projects for global environmental projects. In bilateral cooperation, China and Germany initiated the establishment of a Sino-German electric vehicle joint center. In the direction of planning strategy and demonstration, at the same time The two countries’ point-to-point cooperation has also undergone great changes, such as Sino-U.S. clean energy, in the Sino-U.S. The alliance, which has been collaborating for many years, and the electric vehicle research center, jointly developed fuel cell, power battery and wheel drive to form a 2+2 model.
Just now our cooperation has also been implemented into production. This time I specially collected the electric vehicles developed by some of the joint venture brands exhibited at this Beijing Auto Show, such as the electric A6L of FAW Audi, such as FAW. A series of joint-venture brands such as Volkswagen's joint production view and Guangzhou Automobile's Yangge, this is a good trend.
We encourage companies to set up joint ventures with Chinese companies while opening up to jointly develop cars. New energy vehicles are also our goal for common development. In particular, our power batteries, motors and battery materials are gradually being integrated into the world's international new energy vehicles. The network of parts supply has become an important global supplier. Our next step is to focus on promoting the opening and innovation of new energy vehicles. Our new energy vehicle is a major national science and technology project, which itself is a major measure of reform. For more than 20 years In technology research and marketing, a number of major bilateral and bilateral scientific and technological projects have been implemented, and a wealth of experience in international cooperation has been accumulated, creating a new model for cooperation between industry, university and research institutes. China’s new energy vehicles and components have entered dozens of countries. The products of various countries' new energy vehicles are also active in the Chinese market. They are also supported by the government and welcomed by the public. China has become an important force in the innovation and development of new energy vehicles, and has played an important supporting and leading role.
The president of the Boao Forum for Learning has delivered an important speech. To implement this speech, we must all take action. The recent NDRC also announced some open measures in the automotive industry. It gave me a deep impression that the opening up and innovation of new energy vehicles in China will be The new round of national new era has played a leading and leading role in the opening up.
In short, optimizing energy structures to prevent and control atmospheric pollution and cope with climate change is a common responsibility that humans must face. The automotive community in each country is obliged to work together. We hope to be honest in cooperation and to collaborate on innovation to transform the automotive industry. Upgrade to make its due contribution.
Now I would like to talk about our new thinking on advancing the development of new energy vehicles in the country. In the new situation, we are facing more challenges. As people demand more and more cars and the environment, we are facing The enormous challenge. First, the traditional drive system, in the face of more stringent emission standards, reduction in consumption and carbon reduction, and transformation and development, these transformational pressures must be transformed into the dynamics of industrial upgrading.
The second is our pure electric vehicle. Now it is developing rapidly. However, there are still many shortcomings. We cannot fully satisfy the requirements of the automotive market. We need to continue to explore new directions and new strategies.
Third, our basic research, the construction of infrastructure is not yet adequate, and the system of construction and operation services needs to be more complete and flexible. Therefore, we must focus on innovation, the business model of new energy vehicles, including the operation of the infrastructure market. Fourth, In the future development of electrification and intelligence, our existing policies must be adjusted accordingly. The corresponding standards and regulations must be formulated more quickly, and be more applicable to innovation and development, green civilization and universal inclusion. The fifth is new energy. Automobiles must be an important starting point for pollution prevention and control. This requires us to pay more attention to technological innovation, transformation and upgrading, policy and international cooperation.
The development of our new energy vehicles actually began at the beginning of this century. At that time, I had just returned home. It was also a dream of developing new energy vehicles and electric vehicles. At that time, the country launched a major project focused on three vertical and three horizontal, ie focusing. For key technologies and power control systems, electric motors, motors and batteries. By the eleventh five-year plan, the industrialization strategy of pure electric drives was strengthened, and in the new era, the direction of the development of intelligent pure electric drives was determined. Efficiency, to improve energy in battery performance, increase power.
In the future development direction of electric vehicles, the new development strategy is to clearly define the new direction of electrification and intelligentization, and to innovate the technical strategy of new energy vehicles in an innovative manner. The products of the vehicle must be integrated in energy storage and high specific power generation. , high-efficiency drive and energy recovery, intelligent control, lightweight bodywork, etc. should be underpowered. Its unit energy will increase rapidly. Last year, at the 100-person meeting, I conducted an analysis. We now include the world's products, Its trend is an upward trend of the index. Body weight, the higher the overall vehicle weight, the higher the actual energy consumption. Therefore, the advanced sign of electric vehicles should be high specific energy animal power, high-powered drive, and very important The energy recovery during the driving process is due to the fact that we have to upgrade the core technology of SanDong, at high energy density, power battery, high power density fuel cell, high power feedback and control system to strengthen its system. Research and integration.
The second is to increase the research and development of fuel cell engines to promote the commercialization of the road. We now have a rapid development of electric vehicles. Most of them are still operating in cities. Urban public transport is only a small part, and remote public transport is relatively large. The content of the remote bus's livestock mileage can be replaced by fuel cell drive instead of its development.
Another thing that must be done right now is the recycling of the vehicle's power battery. When it is decommissioned, the power battery for the car does not end smoothly. It can take a long time at the animal power station, so it's The life cycle is a two-cycle cycle, so it is necessary to do a good job of recycling and recycling, so that it can be applied and industrialized.
The pressure on the transformation of our internal combustion engine industry is greatest, and regulations in the future will be more stringent. Either Europe, Japan, or China have proposed standards for the future fuel consumption of automobiles, which must meet standards. At the same time, the emission standards are more stringent. On the other hand, we must pay attention to the fact that since the implementation of WLTC's dynamic tests, the actual challenges for automobiles have been enormous. But conversely, such dynamic tests also provide a greater direction for our energy recovery. The form of power has a wide market, but it must adapt to new forms and new requirements for transformation and upgrading. It is necessary to turn pressure into the driving force for industrial upgrading.
On the one hand, internal combustion engine technology itself must use efficiency to reduce emissions as the main line, and carry out organized scientific research on high-quality technologies, high-performance key components, and advanced combustion technologies.
In the second aspect, the current application also indicates that the direction of electrification of the internal combustion engine will become the future direction. The power of the internal combustion engine for electric vehicles has become a new direction. From the standpoint of the hybrid system, the mean value of our development in the internal combustion engine is relatively low. The second time we saw some companies at the auto show, we have already begun the transformation and upgrading of the internal combustion engine's electrification. I think this is the direction of future transformation and development. And in response to the new requirements, we must go. I think the development of high-efficiency electromechanical mixing The system is the direction of our current new energy vehicle.
Another issue that everyone needs to care about is how the auto-driving car's industrial chain is formed. Our current auto-driving has reached a new stage. In particular, last year the State Council promulgated a new artificial intelligence planning R&D system. Intelligent transportation also serves as An important direction, it is an open way to establish open source open platform to promote the development of core technologies to the market.
Our goal of developing autonomous driving is to focus on safety, green, efficiency and sharing. I rarely talk about driverless driving because I think that driving a car is an experience that people control. It is an experience of people. It is also People's needs. So it's hard to say don't. But we must see that there are studies that show that 80% of accidents are caused by human factors, many are caused by fatigue driving and temporary negligence. Autopilot should first solve this problem. .
The other one I think, from the technical development point of view, the electric vehicle is the best carrier for automatic driving, because the electric vehicle is fully electrified, and its entire control technology is more suitable for the development of automation. Therefore, the combination of a new generation of artificial intelligence major projects Implementation, but also to build a platform for automatic driving, open source and open, more heavily under the new situation of development.
Now we have established a number of open source and open platforms, such as Baidu’s automated driving platform, in accordance with the requirements. The goal is to combine these automobile industries and related Internet and control industries together to promote healthy ecology through open source. The second is to promote the development of key devices through the integration of industry, academia and research, start with smart terminals, and open up the technology chain and industrial chain of autonomous driving. Third, we must strengthen the information network connectivity of the road network. That means the road will be digitized. The following is a key point in infrastructure construction. In other words, every traffic light, every important road information, should have its own informatization sign to mark the road conditions, so as to truly ensure that the autopilot is completely safe. Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the standards for informationization of road networks and strengthen the foundation for safe operation.
In terms of politics, we still need to maintain the continuity of the policy. We have always said that financial subsidies are a means for the development of the automobile industry, and also to make up for the current economic structure, that is to say that no one pays for emissions, then it needs to be discharged. Automobiles, zero-emission vehicles give subsidies. But at the market level, this subsidy has a process of implementation and a process of retreat. Therefore, after the retreat, its corresponding policy measures should be studied to establish a long-term The operating mechanism will eventually go to the process of carbon trading.
For many years, our country has formed a policy system for new energy vehicles. This year, both in the transportation sector and in the urban construction field, we all support the construction of new energy. So I think that our country is developing new energy, and I remember when In order to reduce dependence on oil and avoid air pollution, we must go deeper from this perspective. Therefore, we must not forget what the initial heart was. In the past few years, our electric car has taken a different path, but it has had the greatest impact on public transportation. Cut in. On the one hand to promote the development of the automotive industry, on the one hand also led to the entire society's application of electric vehicles.
Sharing cars may satisfy people’s demands for car demand and reduce the burden on personal cars. Especially since this year, they particularly like to share cars, while expanding sales in the electric car market, improving charging facilities, etc. Market. So we need to set technical standards, support transformation, strengthen the research and formulation of standards, and especially focus on the transformation of new energy. It is the transformation and upgrading of automobiles that must study and formulate standards concerning ultra-low emission of new energy vehicles, especially to absorb new ones. Experts in energy cars come up with this standard.
Second, we must strengthen the reform of electricity prices. Last year I went to inspect the State Grid. As long as the volatile electricity prices are implemented in a district, more than 70% of electric vehicles are in this fluctuation range. This is very important for the power sector. The other is As mentioned earlier, the use of batteries for vehicles is recycled and reused.
Third, we must steadily promote the introduction of the autopilot policy from the policies and regulations, the development planning of autopilot operations, technical standards, and operate safely and effectively to gradually enter the market. The goal of autopilot is difficult to achieve, but it will certainly exist. In the past, from the perspective of autopilot, ESP and auto-cruise were all autopilots, and the application of each new technology will bring changes to the enterprise. Therefore, the two are complementary, and new energy vehicles have some stages. The alternative role, while automatic driving is a gradual process.
We also see that some of our leading companies have entered the construction of infrastructure, investing on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have also been able to absorb social participation. This is the way to use the market. Including some leading companies are beginning to deploy new energy and fuels. The development of the battery industry, especially the new energy facilities. On February 11th this year, our country established an interdisciplinary, cross-industry, cross-departmental national new energy industry alliance, which indicates that China's new energy and fuel cells will accelerate development.
Another concern for everyone is the new energy vehicle, the automotive industry itself, and the company itself is also undergoing changes. From the past, a single mode of sales of automotive products, automotive companies are gradually moving toward product, service, charging, and operations. The combination of new business model changes. In fact, there are also 300,000 shared cars in China. This number is still a lot, and the user satisfaction rate is gradually increasing.
The transformation and upgrading of automobiles is a long-term process. Although our country’s new energy vehicles started early, but the overall strength advantage of microblogging. Half a hundred people who walk a hundred miles, to continue to strengthen scientific and technological innovation, industrial upgrading, policy innovation, format innovation, focus on improving Supply quality, economic and social benefits. During the more than 40 years of reform and opening up, China's auto industry has been developing through reforms, growing in development, and growing in innovation. Entering a new era, we must implement new policies in a down-to-earth manner and leverage on our innovative strengths. International cooperation, hand in hand, keen to innovate, work hard, achieve the development goals of China's auto industry, thank you all.