Low-carbon and intelligent transportation are inseparable, especially the development of new technologies for automobile energy saving and emission reduction will continue to contribute to the achievement of the goal of “double carbon”.
As the largest automobile market in the world, China’s automobile industry plays an important role and responsibility for achieving the goal of “double carbon”.
On June 7, 2024, the 2024 China Automobile low-carbon and Sustainable Development Forum, jointly sponsored by Shanghai low-carbon Wisdom Travel Exhibition (GSA) and Galaxy Automotive, was successfully concluded in Shanghai.
The development of “green car” involves the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, so this forum sincerely invites leaders from mainframe factories and parts enterprises to conduct in-depth exchanges around hot topics such as ESG, vehicle and supply chain enterprises’ carbon reduction actions and best practices, digital carbon management, artificial intelligence and other hot topics, with the aim of enabling industry upgrading through scientific and technological innovation, and actively embrace a new era of digital, intelligent and low-carbon industrial development.
At the same time, this forum has received the full support of ecological partners such as China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Volvo, Xilai, Jixing, Pan Asia, Freya, Lear, Marelli, Weibaster, Dow, Hestemp, Huawei Digital Energy, mainland, Jethydrogen, HRC, Siemens, Johnson controls, Xin Wanda, Chu Airlines Technology, heavy Transportation Letong and other ecological partners! In order to control the global temperature rise no more than 1.
5 ℃ by the end of this century, more than 97 countries or regions in the world have clearly defined the goal of carbon neutralization through legislation, political commitment, policy documents and so on.
China has also made clear the goal of “3060 double carbon”.
According to the data of the Global Automotive Research Institute, the global transportation sector accounts for nearly 20% of carbon emissions in 2021, of which road transport accounts for 15.
5%, and vehicles have become an important area of emission reduction.
Wang Xianbin, senior director of the Global Automotive Research Institute, believes that the carbon emissions of cars are the carbon emissions of their whole life cycle.
the carbon emissions of bicycles should take into account different powertrain, different models and different stages of power battery “raw material acquisition, battery manufacturing and waste recycling”.
Around the above three levels, Wang Xianbin shared the application data and optimization plans related to carbon emissions.
Wang Xianbin | Senior Director of the Global Automotive Research Institute, the sustainable development of Continental Group Automotive Group– the decarbonization exploration road of automotive electronics.
Shen Jian, director of sustainable development of Continental Automotive Group in China, said frankly: “combined with the experience of visiting the exhibition in the past two days, my greatest feeling is that the ‘carbon neutralization show’ has become half of the ‘auto show’.
” Green electricity, green supply chain, green finance, green consumption, zero-carbon cities and enterprises going to sea are becoming important topics for the development of the industry.
Shen Jian, Director of Sustainable Development of Continental Group Automotive Group in China, Continental Group is also actively embracing sustainable development as the trend of automobile travel is constantly evolving towards digital, electronic, low-carbon and sustainable development.
According to Shen Jian, around the four ambitions of carbon neutrality, zero-emission travel and industry, circular economy and responsibility for the value chain, Continental Group is working with its value chain partners to achieve four 100% by 2050.
Focusing on the transformation and organizational carbon footprint of the automobile group, Shen Jian introduced in detail the global and local management structure of the sustainable development of the automobile group, the paradigm transformation of enterprise development and product development, as well as the global carbon footprint in 2023 With regard to “Automotive Electronics-Exploration of decarbonization”, Shen Jian specifically shared the focus of the green design and sustainable development of brake products of Continental Group Automotive Group, especially introduced Continental Group’s green calipers, One-box design of on-line brake system, MK Cx product line, car keys supported by 100% bio-based plastics, etc.
And the industry-university-research cooperation of the group in the design of electronic components (especially PCB) to meet the sustainable development, to further promote the development of automobile decarbonization.
To promote the development of hydrogen energy and fuel cell industry vertically and horizontally, hydrogen energy strategy has become a global consensus.
Lu Bingbing, general manager of Shanghai Jethydrogen Technology Co., Ltd., said that by the end of 2023, 150 + countries have put forward carbon neutralization commitments, 50 + major countries and regions have formulated strategic plans and technology roadmaps for hydrogen energy development, and 30 + countries have carried out the layout of hydrogen energy industry.
Lu Bingbing, General Manager of Shanghai Jethydrogen Technology Co., Ltd., the commercialization of hydrogen energy industry in China is also strengthening day by day.
In 2023, the cumulative sales of fuel cell vehicles in China were 7653, an increase of nearly 50 percent over the same period last year.
the sales of fuel cell semitrailers continued to grow, up 85 percent over the same period last year.
and the total installed capacity of fuel cell power generation projects was about 6.
3MW, and the total installed capacity reached 20MW by the end of 2023.
At the same time, the off-road application of fuel cell is expanding to the fields of two-wheeler, forklift, mine card, ship, rail train, UAV and so on.
However, Lu Bingbing admitted that the current base is still low, and the commercial application of the fuel cell industry also faces many challenges, two of which are “affordable” and “affordable”.
In the face of the challenge, Lu Bingbing believes that it is necessary to achieve “vertical deepening and horizontal expansion” and do a good job in improving quality and efficiency and commercial application.
at the same time, enterprises should grasp the national policy, unite with industry partners, conquer the core technology, choose the application scene, and expand the profit model.
Advanced composite materials promote the green and low-carbon process of automobiles, and lightweight technology is one of the most effective ways to reduce fuel consumption, reduce emissions and improve mileage.
Luo Tao, general manager of HRC Automotive, said: “every reduction of 100kg in vehicle mass will save fuel 0.3-0.5L per 100 km, reduce carbon emissions per km by 8-11g, increase acceleration performance by 8%-10%, and shorten braking distance by 2-7m, depending on different vehicles.
” At the same time, the safety of vehicles will also be improved, and the stability will be enhanced accordingly.
” , Luo Tao | HRC Automotive General Manager, with regard to automobile lightweight, lightweight materials are a more immediate way to effectively reduce weight and increase efficiency.
In the selection of materials, Luo Tao believes that “compared with steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy and other metal materials, carbon fiber composites have more outstanding advantages, and it is recognized by the industry as a high-performance material solution for automotive lightweight.
” At the same time, Luo Tao said that automobile lightweight is evolving in three ways: first, a single material can no longer solve the contradiction between lightweight and high performance.
Second, multi-material hybrid body has become the direction of application considered by more and more car companies.
Third, the lightweight alloy + carbon fiber composite body structure is becoming the development trend of automobile lightweight.
Focusing on “extreme lightweight material-carbon fiber composite”, Luo Tao combines with specific automobileThe application cases are shared.
Finally, Luo Tao introduced that adhering to the concept of BEYOND LIGHTWEIGHT, HRC will continue to provide customers with high-quality, more competitive and tailor-made omni-directional solutions with composite molding as the core value.
Siemens West carbon track scientific and technological innovation accelerates green, low-carbon and high-quality development, and dealing with climate change has given a new mission and brought new challenges to the green and low-carbon development of global industries.
Hu Jianjun, vice president of Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. said that green has become a bright background for the high-quality development of the offshore economy.
Hu Jianjun | Vice President of Siemens (China) Co., Ltd., how to deal with the new strategic challenges? Hu Jianjun believes that he can take it step by step-the first step is to find out his “carbon family”.
the second step requires an interactive value chain data.
and finally, he plans the optimal carbon reduction strategy.
How to accurately calculate the true and credible carbon footprint of products? How to build a trusted network that links, exchanges and verifies carbon footprint information based on blockchain technology? According to Hu Jianjun, West carbon track 1, relying on Siemens Xcelerator ecosystem, will help overseas enterprises to achieve full-chain carbon footprint transparency and efficient cooperation of the value chain, and enhance green competitive advantage.
At the same time, digital and low-carbon “two-wheel drive”, scientific and technological innovation to enable zero-carbon industrial chain, work with global partners to build carbon reduction ecology, and jointly build a sustainable development future.
Johnson controls, which began in 1885, has been committed to building a smarter, healthier and more sustainable future for customers, communities and the planet in the past 140 years.
In this forum, Johnson controls combined with its rich practical experience, focusing on “smart factory” and “low-carbon park” to share.
As an important carrier of intelligent manufacturing, intelligent factory realizes the intelligence of production process mainly through the construction of intelligent production system and networked distributed production facilities.
Johnson Automation gives a detailed explanation on intelligent factory affairs, intelligent factory benefits, system design principles, intelligent factory architecture, intelligent production, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent process control, intelligent inspection, warehousing and logistics, intelligent supply chain and so on.
Specific car factory landing cases are shared.
On the “low-carbon park integration solution”, Johnson controls drew a blueprint for the construction of its smart park: abstracting the physical park into a digital park, connecting Internet human data and Internet of things data through the digital park, forming a new management and operation model, realizing manageable operation and perceptible experience, and creating a safe, comfortable, green and efficient park.
So as to change the human way of production and life.
At the same time, the park situation awareness management platform of Johnson automatic control is introduced from the aspects of energy efficiency management, environmental management, equipment management and so on.
To jointly create sustainable development and focus on “sustainable development strategy”, Xin Wanda put forward the “1234” framework, that is, “one vision”, “two major steps”, “three levels” and “four strategies”.
According to Zhong Guoying, director of sustainable development of Xinwangda Power Technology Co., Ltd., the “sustainable development 4p strategy system” includes four pillars: good Home (planet), Green products (product), harmonious Humanities (people) and win-win Partnership (partner).
Zhong Guoying, director of sustainable development of Xinwangda Power Technology Co., Ltd., in response to ESG best practices, Zhong Guoying said that Xinwangda has formed an industrial ecology, nine overseas institutions and 12 production bases.
At the same time, it revolves around the two solutions of “Zero carbon Factory + Wisdom Park”, the three tactical platforms of “Battery Passport + carbon Management + Economic cycle” and the four major operation modules of “recycled Materials + Climate Action + Ethical Purchasing + due diligence”.
Zhong Guoying systematically introduced Xin Wanda’s practical experience.
Chu Hang Technology focuses on R & D and production of advanced auxiliary driving and self-driving systems based on high-frequency millimeter wave radar, and through sustainable product platform construction, to provide more localized and innovative integrated perception solutions in intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, artificial intelligence and other fields.
Chu Yanyan, founder and CEO of Chu Hang Technology, said that the automobile “New four modernizations” is in full swing.
There is a view in Germany that intelligence will help low-carbon development, and I personally think that intelligent driving and energy conservation and environmental protection are inseparable.
For example, radar can achieve intelligent sensing in a dark environment, compared with the light requirements of the camera, radar will effectively reduce energy consumption and further reduce emissions.
Chu Xianyan | founder and CEO of Chu Hang Technology.
In addition, from the performance advantages of millimeter wave radar, it can be used in the field of people’s livelihood, smart city construction and many other scenes that need to perceive moving objects, long-range targets, fixed distance, and live detection.
According to Chu Yan-Yan, in addition to intelligent driving, Chu Hang Technology is actively developing digital health scene applications with the help of the intelligent scheme of millimeter wave radar in cooperation with more universities and institutions.
Under the double-carbon background, the application practice and future of tribology in high-efficiency drive system, around China’s “3060” double-carbon goal, the automobile industry put forward a three-step action plan of “2028 reaching peak ahead of time, 2050 near zero emission and 2060 neutralization”.
Qiu Jincao, senior technical manager of hardware engineering tribology in the drive system department of the Pan-Asian Automotive Technology Center, said that focusing on the above goals, we need to re-examine the car’s carbon emissions from the perspective of the whole life cycle.
Qiu Jincao, Senior Technical Manager of hardware Engineering and Tribology, Drive Systems Department of Pan-Asia Automotive Technology Center, Qiu Jincao believes that for pure electric vehicles, depending on the decarbonization of infrastructure power systems in the future, the advantage of carbon reduction in the use stage is increasing.
Plug-in hybrid vehicles can achieve the lowest comprehensive carbon emissions on the premise of good charging conditions by virtue of the comprehensive advantages of manufacturing carbon emissions lower than pure electricity and using carbon emissions lower than fuel vehicles.
Carbon neutral fuel makes it possible for hybrid vehicles to develop towards carbon neutralization.
Through the construction of green supply chain and green manufacturing system, reducing manufacturing carbon emissions is a common challenge for the industry.
Around the challenges posed by the carbon neutralization trend to the automotive industry, Qiu Jincao analyzed the key points of different problems and shared solutions with his practical cases.
With regard to tribology, Qiu Jincao frankly said that there are “four more than one difficulty” in engine tribology research, that is, there are many types, many environments, many materials, many connections, and difficult verification.
In a typical engine, only the direct friction pair for tribological study of the whole engine, contains 30 areas, 118 friction pairs, and 12 friction pair types.
Regarding the application practice of low-friction technology, Qiu Jincao shared the relevant experience of Pan Asia Automotive Technology Center in order to provide more development possibilities for the industry.
Technology empowers smart logistics to comprehensively build a green ecosystem for heavy trucks.
Sun Yu, deputy general manager of Zhongyun Lvtong Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., introduced that Zhongyun Lvtong Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a collection of advanced technologies for intelligent information and charging and replacing electric energy.
, innovative service model, integrating financial assets, brand car companies, and Zhongyun logistics resources, focuses on providing one-stop operation service providers for new energy heavy truck leasing and energy replenishment. sun.Yu| Sun Yu, deputy general manager of Chongyun Lvtong Energy Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., said that the current new energy industry faces four major problems: energy security, environmental protection and sustainable development, industrial upgrading and logistics cost reduction.
Focusing on the use of new energy heavy trucks, it is manifested in the high purchase cost of vehicles + batteries, short battery life, few energy replenishment facilities, too rigid financial models, high financing costs, expensive insurance premiums, logistics companies have no say in purchasing insurance, large investment, and logistics companies have five major pain points, including heavy operating burden.
In response to the above challenges, Sun Yu systematically shared the “Pure Rental Model for Heavy Truck”,”Intelligent Transportation Solutions” and “One-stop Operation Service Solutions for Heavy Truck Green Transport”.
At this point, the two-day forum agenda has all ended.
Focusing on the core topic of “Low Carbon and Sustainable Development”, guests at the meeting contributed many exchanges and collisions of innovative ideas and cutting-edge technologies.
These discussions not only enhanced the industry’s understanding of low carbon and sustainable development issues, but also provided a solid foundation for the cooperative development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the automobile industry chain.
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