Yangtze River Delta Integration Helps New Energy Vehicle Industry Cluster Shape
- Author:Jonin
- Source:LSQ STAR
- Release on:2018-06-12
SAIC-Volkswagen Ningbo Base, the robotic arm on the assembly line is working hard all the time. With an orderly rhythm, SAIC-Volkswagen's Ningbo base is off the assembly line every minute, and more than 1,000 new cars are sent to the country every day.
Since the SAIC-Volkswagen Ningbo base was put into operation in 2013, the first pillar industry in Ningbo is the petrochemical industry. With the commissioning of the Ningbo base, it has driven the assembly of parts and components such as parts manufacturing, testing, and training, and a car city has been built. . Last year, the car has become Ningbo's first pillar industry.
SAIC-Volkswagen Ningbo Base is one of the 200 companies and production bases in the Yangtze River Delta region of the SAIC Group. As the leader of the Chinese automobile industry, SAIC Motor Corporation has always carried out industrial development based on the Yangtze River Delta for many years. After more than 30 years of development, SAIC Motor Corporation Not only has it grown into the largest automotive group in the country, but it also covers four major segments including vehicle, parts and components, service trade, and finance. It is also actively exploring forward-looking technologies such as new energy and the Internet, as well as automotive sharing, and creating a leading edge.
The development of SAIC Group for 30 years is inseparable from the synergies brought about by the integration of the Yangtze River Delta. The automotive industry is a typical scale economy. Regions that have typical characteristics such as many associated industries, many supporting links, long industrial chains, and technological and capital intensive requirements must not only have the functional advantages of pooling global resources, but must also have active technological innovation. Sending advantages, building brand-leading trends and talents. In the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, Shanghai’s innovation capability and service industry have obvious advantages. Jiangsu’s advanced manufacturing industry is dense, and Zhejiang’s private economy is developed. Anhui’s innovative resources are abundant, and its labor resources are abundant—this kind of resource differentiation. Harmony is the most solid foundation for the Yangtze River Delta to further promote industrial integration.
In addition to attracting veteran car companies like SAIC to deepen their cultivation, in the past two years, some new vehicle-building forces have also deployed the Yangtze River Delta to form a synergy with the integration of the Yangtze River Delta. Manufacturing base linkage model.
In March 2018, the Weijiang New Energy Automobile Intelligent Industrial Park in Wenzhou City was put into operation, and the first batch of EXMA production vehicles under the Weimar Group was put into production. In just 16 months, the Weimar Intelligent Chemical Plant has built up on the beach and has the capacity to mass produce.
This speed is surprising. When talking about the reason why the project landed in the Yangtze River Delta and why it can be advanced so rapidly, the founder of Huima Automobile Shen Hui said: “The automobile industry has economies of scale, many connected industries, many supporting links, and industrial chains. Typical features such as long-term, technology, capital-intensive, etc. The Yangtze River Delta As the 'new Silicon Valley' of China's car industry, the integration of the Yangtze River Delta will help promote the formation of a new energy automobile industry cluster in the Yangtze River Delta region, and Weimar Automobile can better carry out its resources. Integrate and utilize resources, optimize resource allocation, and realize efficient and rapid development."
Today, Weimar's global headquarters has settled in Shanghai, the smart factory has taken root in Zhejiang, the core supply chain has gathered in Jiangsu, and the new retail network has been deployed in the Yangtze River Delta.
Apart from Weimar, another new innovative energy vehicle company, Weilai, also chose to land in the Yangtze River Delta. Li Bin, founder of Weilai Automobile, believes that the Yangtze River Delta will become a world-class innovation center for smart electric vehicles. This is due to the complete industrial base and market foundation in the Yangtze River Delta Region, and it has also accumulated high-end talent in the entire chain of smart electric vehicles. The Yangtze River Delta is the only region with a world-class talent base.
In the production and manufacturing field, Hefei and Weilai Automotive have in-depth cooperation with JAC and built a brand-new, world-class aluminum-alloy factory. In Jiangsu, around the R&D and manufacturing of electric drive systems, Weilai Automotive has three factories located in Nanjing, Changshu and Kunshan, among which the advanced manufacturing base in Nanjing has an annual production capacity of 280,000 sets of high-performance EDS. In Shanghai, Weilai is also building a new manufacturing base.
Li Bin believes that the reason why the Yangtze River Delta is expected to become the world's innovation center for smart electric vehicles, first of all, thanks to the industrial base of the Yangtze River Delta, around the entire industrial chain of smart electric vehicles, the entire industrial chain of electric vehicles is very complete, China First Annual production of nearly 30 million vehicles, most of the outstanding parts and components companies are in the Yangtze River Delta, logistics costs can be substantial savings. This is followed by the market. The Yangtze River Delta is China's most economically developed region, and its purchasing power is very strong. Weilai has already obtained more orders in various cities in the Yangtze River Delta.
Green leads, Yangtze River Delta is expected to become the global electric car industry
For the Yangtze River Delta, the market and industrial chain are only the basis for becoming the global automobile center. To become an innovation center for electric vehicles around the world, relying on a good innovation soil, as well as continuous innovation and upgrading of enterprises, seeking to lead in technology and mode. power.
As a veteran state-owned enterprise, SAIC Group has been insisting on innovation in technology and mode for many years. SAIC Deputy Chief Engineer Zu Shijie said: In the SAIC Group's plan, SAIC hopes to build a coordinated innovation system based on Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta - at the front end of the industrial chain, focusing on breakthroughs in key technologies to accumulate technological advantages for development. In the back-end, it focuses on new services such as mobile travel, finance, and automotive after-sales services to create a market space for transformation. In the middle stage, it integrates a new generation of information technology and manufacturing integration to enhance the level of smart manufacturing. From the front to the back, SAIC also promoted the application of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, etc., which enabled the Group to form a “data-driven development” trend.
In the field of new energy, SAIC is determined to build a global mainstream brand for new energy vehicles. The goal is to establish a leading position in the domestic industry of SAIC New Energy Vehicles by the end of the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, and to build a global industry benchmark new energy model in technology, and establish an innovative comprehensive solution for new energy vehicle users. The special investment in the field of new energy vehicles exceeds 20 billion yuan, and more than 30 new and new energy models are launched. The annual sales target of new energy vehicles exceeds 600,000.
The achievement of SAIC's new energy goals depends on the support of surrounding supporting resources. As early as 2017, SAIC established SAIC-Times Battery Systems Co., Ltd. and SAIC Motor Battery Co., Ltd. in the era of Ningde, a unicorn enterprise in the battery field, and invested RMB 10 billion in the construction of a power battery and power battery system production base in Shenyang, Jiangsu Province. . In the Ningde era, breakthroughs in battery technology, rapid product iterations, and economies of scale will effectively reduce costs and create advantages. The integration of industry advantages in the SAIC and Ningde era will open up a new era of China's new energy vehicles and will promote Chinese new energy vehicles to surpass international competitors.
Driven by Innovation, the Yangtze River Delta Helps Transform and Upgrade the Global Automotive Industry
At the Beijing Auto Show, which was opened in April, the Weimar EX5, the first full-car interactive pure electric SUV brought by Weimar Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., attracted a lot of attention from the audience. Positioned as a domestic provider of new energy automotive products and travel solutions, Weimar hopes to provide comprehensive, convenient and comfortable travel experience for Chinese consumers based on global talent, technology, R&D, manufacturing and industrial chain resources.
When the world enters the age of interconnectedness, the automobile is not only a tool for people to travel but is a smart mobile terminal with both interactive and social functions. Aiming at this trend, as early as 2015, SAIC and Hangzhou’s Alibaba joint venture set up Zebra Technology to launch the world’s first mass-produced Internet SUV Roewe RX5. The cumulative sales volume of the Internet models represented by the Roewe RX5 has exceeded 600,000 units. , has become the benchmark of the Internet car, and formed a series of Internet car product camp, established an Internet car ecosystem covering financial insurance, maintenance, navigation and entertainment, etc., can open up the payment link, add a senseless payment, smart parking The service ecology such as intelligence refueling has further improved the user experience.
In the area of business model innovation, based on SAIC Global Vehicles, SAIC Motors is fully promoting the time-sharing of new energy vehicles. Currently, EVCARD covers 17 cities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui and plans to increase the amount of these three provinces to 2 during the year. 10,000 cars. An Yue Group, a subsidiary of the Group, has built more than 10,000 public charging piles in the Yangtze River Delta region.
In Shen Hui’s view, this “three-year action plan for the integration of the Yangtze River Delta” has three provinces and one city actively planning to formulate the first-use test of 5G, and lead the development of the digital economy in the Yangtze River Delta with a new generation of information infrastructure. The transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry in the Delta region provided technical support.
Weimar’s intelligent assertion is that the whole vehicle will be interactive and intelligent. Weima will use LivingID to change the status of the traditional “Human Adaptation Vehicle” and let the car adapt to people. In the future, Weimar’s vehicles will be 100% networked. Through the combination of “AI+hardware+software+services”, when using any Weimar car, they can use the exclusive LivingID to automatically adjust the user’s habitual car according to the cloud big data. .
Weimar believes that the software of hardware is the key to realizing the intelligentization of automobiles and can bring new travel experience to users.
In addition to vehicles, Weimar is also committed to the intelligentization of the manufacturing sector. The unique C2M customized production methods can not only combine the creative needs of users, but also allow free customization to achieve customized production, and also drive upstream suppliers and downstream users. Vendors, together with the intelligent transformation, use data-driven, link up the data-based products “demand-definition-development-manufacturing-promotion-channel-operation-iteration” and then return to demand, and together they will empower the entire industry chain.
By rationalizing the industrial system, optimizing the allocation of innovation resources, and flexibly responding to changes in the market, vehicle and component companies in the Yangtze River Delta region continue to increase their competitiveness. This has led to the formation of a smart car innovation cluster. The Yangtze River Delta car companies are actively participating in high-level Global competition and cooperation.
Since the SAIC-Volkswagen Ningbo base was put into operation in 2013, the first pillar industry in Ningbo is the petrochemical industry. With the commissioning of the Ningbo base, it has driven the assembly of parts and components such as parts manufacturing, testing, and training, and a car city has been built. . Last year, the car has become Ningbo's first pillar industry.
SAIC-Volkswagen Ningbo Base is one of the 200 companies and production bases in the Yangtze River Delta region of the SAIC Group. As the leader of the Chinese automobile industry, SAIC Motor Corporation has always carried out industrial development based on the Yangtze River Delta for many years. After more than 30 years of development, SAIC Motor Corporation Not only has it grown into the largest automotive group in the country, but it also covers four major segments including vehicle, parts and components, service trade, and finance. It is also actively exploring forward-looking technologies such as new energy and the Internet, as well as automotive sharing, and creating a leading edge.
The development of SAIC Group for 30 years is inseparable from the synergies brought about by the integration of the Yangtze River Delta. The automotive industry is a typical scale economy. Regions that have typical characteristics such as many associated industries, many supporting links, long industrial chains, and technological and capital intensive requirements must not only have the functional advantages of pooling global resources, but must also have active technological innovation. Sending advantages, building brand-leading trends and talents. In the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, Shanghai’s innovation capability and service industry have obvious advantages. Jiangsu’s advanced manufacturing industry is dense, and Zhejiang’s private economy is developed. Anhui’s innovative resources are abundant, and its labor resources are abundant—this kind of resource differentiation. Harmony is the most solid foundation for the Yangtze River Delta to further promote industrial integration.
In addition to attracting veteran car companies like SAIC to deepen their cultivation, in the past two years, some new vehicle-building forces have also deployed the Yangtze River Delta to form a synergy with the integration of the Yangtze River Delta. Manufacturing base linkage model.
In March 2018, the Weijiang New Energy Automobile Intelligent Industrial Park in Wenzhou City was put into operation, and the first batch of EXMA production vehicles under the Weimar Group was put into production. In just 16 months, the Weimar Intelligent Chemical Plant has built up on the beach and has the capacity to mass produce.
This speed is surprising. When talking about the reason why the project landed in the Yangtze River Delta and why it can be advanced so rapidly, the founder of Huima Automobile Shen Hui said: “The automobile industry has economies of scale, many connected industries, many supporting links, and industrial chains. Typical features such as long-term, technology, capital-intensive, etc. The Yangtze River Delta As the 'new Silicon Valley' of China's car industry, the integration of the Yangtze River Delta will help promote the formation of a new energy automobile industry cluster in the Yangtze River Delta region, and Weimar Automobile can better carry out its resources. Integrate and utilize resources, optimize resource allocation, and realize efficient and rapid development."
Today, Weimar's global headquarters has settled in Shanghai, the smart factory has taken root in Zhejiang, the core supply chain has gathered in Jiangsu, and the new retail network has been deployed in the Yangtze River Delta.
Apart from Weimar, another new innovative energy vehicle company, Weilai, also chose to land in the Yangtze River Delta. Li Bin, founder of Weilai Automobile, believes that the Yangtze River Delta will become a world-class innovation center for smart electric vehicles. This is due to the complete industrial base and market foundation in the Yangtze River Delta Region, and it has also accumulated high-end talent in the entire chain of smart electric vehicles. The Yangtze River Delta is the only region with a world-class talent base.
In the production and manufacturing field, Hefei and Weilai Automotive have in-depth cooperation with JAC and built a brand-new, world-class aluminum-alloy factory. In Jiangsu, around the R&D and manufacturing of electric drive systems, Weilai Automotive has three factories located in Nanjing, Changshu and Kunshan, among which the advanced manufacturing base in Nanjing has an annual production capacity of 280,000 sets of high-performance EDS. In Shanghai, Weilai is also building a new manufacturing base.
Li Bin believes that the reason why the Yangtze River Delta is expected to become the world's innovation center for smart electric vehicles, first of all, thanks to the industrial base of the Yangtze River Delta, around the entire industrial chain of smart electric vehicles, the entire industrial chain of electric vehicles is very complete, China First Annual production of nearly 30 million vehicles, most of the outstanding parts and components companies are in the Yangtze River Delta, logistics costs can be substantial savings. This is followed by the market. The Yangtze River Delta is China's most economically developed region, and its purchasing power is very strong. Weilai has already obtained more orders in various cities in the Yangtze River Delta.
Green leads, Yangtze River Delta is expected to become the global electric car industry
For the Yangtze River Delta, the market and industrial chain are only the basis for becoming the global automobile center. To become an innovation center for electric vehicles around the world, relying on a good innovation soil, as well as continuous innovation and upgrading of enterprises, seeking to lead in technology and mode. power.
As a veteran state-owned enterprise, SAIC Group has been insisting on innovation in technology and mode for many years. SAIC Deputy Chief Engineer Zu Shijie said: In the SAIC Group's plan, SAIC hopes to build a coordinated innovation system based on Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta - at the front end of the industrial chain, focusing on breakthroughs in key technologies to accumulate technological advantages for development. In the back-end, it focuses on new services such as mobile travel, finance, and automotive after-sales services to create a market space for transformation. In the middle stage, it integrates a new generation of information technology and manufacturing integration to enhance the level of smart manufacturing. From the front to the back, SAIC also promoted the application of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, etc., which enabled the Group to form a “data-driven development” trend.
In the field of new energy, SAIC is determined to build a global mainstream brand for new energy vehicles. The goal is to establish a leading position in the domestic industry of SAIC New Energy Vehicles by the end of the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, and to build a global industry benchmark new energy model in technology, and establish an innovative comprehensive solution for new energy vehicle users. The special investment in the field of new energy vehicles exceeds 20 billion yuan, and more than 30 new and new energy models are launched. The annual sales target of new energy vehicles exceeds 600,000.
The achievement of SAIC's new energy goals depends on the support of surrounding supporting resources. As early as 2017, SAIC established SAIC-Times Battery Systems Co., Ltd. and SAIC Motor Battery Co., Ltd. in the era of Ningde, a unicorn enterprise in the battery field, and invested RMB 10 billion in the construction of a power battery and power battery system production base in Shenyang, Jiangsu Province. . In the Ningde era, breakthroughs in battery technology, rapid product iterations, and economies of scale will effectively reduce costs and create advantages. The integration of industry advantages in the SAIC and Ningde era will open up a new era of China's new energy vehicles and will promote Chinese new energy vehicles to surpass international competitors.
Driven by Innovation, the Yangtze River Delta Helps Transform and Upgrade the Global Automotive Industry
At the Beijing Auto Show, which was opened in April, the Weimar EX5, the first full-car interactive pure electric SUV brought by Weimar Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., attracted a lot of attention from the audience. Positioned as a domestic provider of new energy automotive products and travel solutions, Weimar hopes to provide comprehensive, convenient and comfortable travel experience for Chinese consumers based on global talent, technology, R&D, manufacturing and industrial chain resources.
When the world enters the age of interconnectedness, the automobile is not only a tool for people to travel but is a smart mobile terminal with both interactive and social functions. Aiming at this trend, as early as 2015, SAIC and Hangzhou’s Alibaba joint venture set up Zebra Technology to launch the world’s first mass-produced Internet SUV Roewe RX5. The cumulative sales volume of the Internet models represented by the Roewe RX5 has exceeded 600,000 units. , has become the benchmark of the Internet car, and formed a series of Internet car product camp, established an Internet car ecosystem covering financial insurance, maintenance, navigation and entertainment, etc., can open up the payment link, add a senseless payment, smart parking The service ecology such as intelligence refueling has further improved the user experience.
In the area of business model innovation, based on SAIC Global Vehicles, SAIC Motors is fully promoting the time-sharing of new energy vehicles. Currently, EVCARD covers 17 cities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui and plans to increase the amount of these three provinces to 2 during the year. 10,000 cars. An Yue Group, a subsidiary of the Group, has built more than 10,000 public charging piles in the Yangtze River Delta region.
In Shen Hui’s view, this “three-year action plan for the integration of the Yangtze River Delta” has three provinces and one city actively planning to formulate the first-use test of 5G, and lead the development of the digital economy in the Yangtze River Delta with a new generation of information infrastructure. The transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry in the Delta region provided technical support.
Weimar’s intelligent assertion is that the whole vehicle will be interactive and intelligent. Weima will use LivingID to change the status of the traditional “Human Adaptation Vehicle” and let the car adapt to people. In the future, Weimar’s vehicles will be 100% networked. Through the combination of “AI+hardware+software+services”, when using any Weimar car, they can use the exclusive LivingID to automatically adjust the user’s habitual car according to the cloud big data. .
Weimar believes that the software of hardware is the key to realizing the intelligentization of automobiles and can bring new travel experience to users.
In addition to vehicles, Weimar is also committed to the intelligentization of the manufacturing sector. The unique C2M customized production methods can not only combine the creative needs of users, but also allow free customization to achieve customized production, and also drive upstream suppliers and downstream users. Vendors, together with the intelligent transformation, use data-driven, link up the data-based products “demand-definition-development-manufacturing-promotion-channel-operation-iteration” and then return to demand, and together they will empower the entire industry chain.
By rationalizing the industrial system, optimizing the allocation of innovation resources, and flexibly responding to changes in the market, vehicle and component companies in the Yangtze River Delta region continue to increase their competitiveness. This has led to the formation of a smart car innovation cluster. The Yangtze River Delta car companies are actively participating in high-level Global competition and cooperation.
