While Nissan, General Motors and other international car companies are speeding up the process of electric vehicle industrialization, the ten most influential car companies in China have also begun to jointly promote the development of relevant standards for electric vehicles. In mid-August, the top ten car companies will jointly start related work on the development of electric vehicle standards under the convening of the China Automobile Industry Association (referred to as China Automobile Association).

According to Dong Yang, secretary-general of China Automobile Association, the top 10 auto companies with the largest sales volume in China will jointly develop electric vehicles, including key assemblies and key components, and jointly formulate standards for vehicles and parts for electric vehicles.

The top ten car companies are SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng, Chang'an, GAC, BAIC, Brilliance, Chery, CNHTC and JAC.

According to the reporter’s understanding, the current top ten car companies have not yet agreed on a specific method for joint research and development, but the standard-setting work is advancing quickly. Industry analysts also believe that because the top 10 car companies have different technical levels in electric vehicles, joint research and development is faced with intractable issues such as unequal input and unclear ownership of intellectual property rights, it is difficult to make great progress, but in standard setting Relatively easy to negotiate, it is more likely to produce results. The top ten car companies actively participate in this matter, but also emphasize the right to speak in the process of formulating industry standards.

Huangshan Conference

Last year, under the impetus of the China Automobile Association, the most influential automobile enterprises in China established the “China Automotive T10 (TOP10) Summit”, which was held once a year and was led by the company’s top leaders. The purpose of this summit organized by China Automobile Association is to build a high-level communication platform for the domestic automotive industry, which facilitates the communication between car companies, car enterprises and the government.

At the Huangshan meeting on July 11 this year, the T10 Summit formed a “Common Action Plan for the Development of Electric Vehicles” and identified the development strategy for electric vehicles: actively leading, joint action, highlighting key points, and innovation and development.

Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang was invited to attend the meeting and delivered a speech. He said that large auto companies should stand in a higher perspective and use policies to drive innovation; the technical standards for electric vehicles should take into account both Chinese and internationalization, and achieve both compatibility and innovation; and the interaction between government and enterprises must be realized to realize technology. Interaction with the market.

This highly-specified meeting was regarded as a landmark event in which large groups joined forces to launch electric vehicles. At the end of July, the China Automobile Association also convened a meeting of the top ten car companies in Beijing to implement the “Huangshan Conference” spirit. The T10 Electric Vehicle Working Group and the T10 Electric Vehicle Standard Project Working Group were established to conduct special research on electric vehicles and formulate the T10 joint action plan.

A representative of the enterprise technology center who accompanied the leader to participate in the Huangshan meeting said that the top ten car companies have paid so much attention to electric vehicles and rarely do joint operations. In addition to being optimistic about the development prospects of electric vehicles, they are also related to the government's support attitude. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, two major departments in the automotive industry, sent officials to attend the meeting.

“Million Minister verbal commitment, as long as the ten car companies to discuss the specific methods and projects of cooperation, investment problems do not have to worry about, the Ministry of Science and Technology will strongly support.” The company’s technical backbone revealed. However, this news was not confirmed by the China Automobile Association and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

“The competent authorities are very supportive of the joint development of electric vehicles by the top 10 car companies, which facilitates the integration and sharing of resources. Key breakthroughs have been made and are more efficient than the individual companies' individual development. However, specific support has not yet been confirmed.” Deputy Secretary-General, China Automobile Association Zhimin said.

It is not difficult to find that the T10 summit companies are all state-owned enterprises, and sales are also on the front, but it is not accurate to say that the top 10 companies have the largest sales volume. According to the data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the top ten companies in sales in 2008 were SAIC Motor, FAW, Dongfeng, Chang'an, BAIC, GAC, Chery, Brilliance, Hafei and Geely. In the monthly sales rankings announced this month, BYD repeatedly rushed into the top ten.

However, Hafei, Geely, and BYD failed to become members of the T10 Summit. The main reason was that compared with CNHTC and JAC, the influence of these three companies was not as good as that of the latter. China National Heavy Duty Truck Group is one of the “Four Small Four” groups in the revitalization planning of the auto industry. It is considered as a key support enterprise in the commercial vehicle sector and has been ranked in the top ten sales for many years before the establishment of JAC.

In the research and development of electric vehicles, the industry generally believes that private enterprises are more active and their technologies and products are more mature.

Private companies such as BYD and Wanxiang started investing in electric vehicles from their pockets many years ago. After years of accumulated technology, they are relatively mature and are closer to the threshold of industrialization. Although the top ten car companies represented by state-owned enterprises have invested a lot in the research and development of electric vehicles, most of them have only begun to pay attention to electric vehicle R&D after seeing the attention of the competent authorities in recent years.

However, late start does not necessarily lag behind. Big groups have always liked to call themselves motionless. A move is generous. The joint operation of the top ten car companies, backed by the competent authorities, not only to overcome the key technologies of electric vehicles, but also to develop relevant industry standards.

Seize industry standards

This lineup is quite a luxury electric vehicle joint development team, and there is no clear plan for how to jointly develop the next step.

Zhimin introduced that the total convener of the T10 electric vehicle working group was Dong Yang, Secretary-General of China Automobile Association, and representatives from various corporate technology research and development departments. The meeting at the end of July identified the members of the working group and determined the content for conducting research and preparing standards.

There is no clear plan for how the top 10 car companies will jointly develop, how to invest, and how to allocate technological achievements in the future. “In the past few meetings, business representatives also discussed these issues and made some comments. However, the issues are more complicated and they need to be discussed in detail later,” said Zhimin.

The above-mentioned enterprise technology center thinks that it is very difficult for the top ten companies to jointly develop. "Ten companies have very different strengths and technologies, and electric vehicles have different research and development focuses. They also have inconsistent interests in common research and development. They are worried that their accumulated technology will be copied by others, and those who are technologically backward will definitely want to hitchhiker. Coordinating everyone and working together will test the patience and wisdom of the organizers."

Some industry sources directly stated that they are not optimistic about this joint operation. “Domestic car companies have always lacked a tradition of mutual cooperation, especially in R&D. Some time ago, several major car companies jointly developed gearboxes. Later, they did not go smoothly. Some companies did not find partners.” A person in charge of a private company said.

Li Shengmao, an analyst in the investment industry automotive industry consultancy, believes that the top ten car makers are more likely to make a difference in the development of standards. “Common R&D involves various technical differences, R&D investment, and subsequent intellectual property issues. Companies will have relatively large concerns, and it will be difficult to harmonize the interests of so many companies. It is relatively easy to establish industry standards, although there will still be games. , but it is easier to reach consensus."

The person in charge of the technical department of China Automobile Association also stated that the T10 electric vehicle standard project working group will meet in mid-August to carry out standard research and preparation.

If the top ten car companies have made smooth progress in standard setting, it means that the official power represented by the top ten car companies and the non-governmental forces represented by private enterprises will once again occupy a dominant position in the competition of electric vehicle development.

Moreover, the results of this competition will have far-reaching consequences. Regardless of how advanced the technology of private-owned enterprises in electric vehicles is and how mature their products are, they must do so according to the standards set by the top ten car manufacturers.



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