On July 1st, Weichai Group's 'Celebration of the 97th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China and the 20th Anniversary of Reform and Innovation Development', Tan Xuguang, Chairman of Weichai Group, said: To undertake the major specialization of the national hydrogen fuel cell industrialization, and to hold the British tin The 20% stake in Rees Energy (London listed company) is an opportunity. 'We (Weichai) will focus on Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, to promote the landing of hydrogen fuel engines for 2000 city buses. Currently, this work has started, we are Active research with the government. '
In terms of new energy, previously, Weichai Group has proposed the '2020-2030 strategy', that is, by 2020, the traditional business of Weichai will surpass the world-class level. By 2030, Weichai new energy business will lead the global industry development.
As an important step in the strategy of Weichai, Weichai has previously disclosed that it plans to invest 50 billion yuan to build a new energy power industrial park to build a new energy power industry chain covering the whole vehicle, complete machine, powertrain system, battery and motor.
On May 16, Weichai Power and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) supplier CeresPower signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Weifang, Shandong. Weichai Power plans to invest more than 40 million pounds to subscribe to CeresPower. Part of the newly issued shares, after the completion of the subscription, the shareholding ratio reached 20%, and together with CeresPower plans to establish a joint venture company in Weifang, China, to carry out comprehensive cooperation in the field of solid oxide fuel cells.
CeresPower will exclusively license the joint venture company in the Chinese market to use SteelCell technology to produce and sell fuel cell systems, stacks and cells for passenger cars, trucks and specific power generation markets. To promote the industrialization process, Weichai Power will cooperate with CeresPower for the first phase. Joint development of CNG-powered 30kW SteelCell fuel cell for electric bus extended range system, expected to be verified in the first half of 2019.
However, on July 1, Tan Xuguang also said that the diesel engine business will not perish, and the space is still huge. 'In fact, the dieselification of heavy commercial vehicles will not change fundamentally, and the diesel engine can reach near zero emissions. But local There will be changes, such as the logistics vehicles in the city, the last mile will be replaced by diesel to new energy, the cars in large and medium-sized cities will be electrified, which is affirmative and unwavering. However, unlike The society said that it was subversive. '