At a time when the automotive industry is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, the commercial vehicle industry is ushering in a critical stage of transformation and upgrading. On December 21, 2023, the 2023 Qingshan Lake Summit and Commercial Vehicle Intelligent Driving Ecological Conference hosted by Sotorian Automotive Technology Group (hereinafter referred to as "Sotorion") was successfully held in Qingshan Lake, Lin'an, Hangzhou. With the theme of "Progressive, Innovative, Valuable", the summit attracted leaders from all levels, scientific research institutes, business leaders, industry elites, experts and scholars and ecological partners to participate in the development trend, innovative applications, market prospects and future challenges of intelligent driving of commercial vehicles.
Yang Zewei, deputy secretary of the Lin'an District Party Committee and head of Hangzhou City, attended the summit and delivered an opening speech, he said that the summit is a brainstorming and ideological collision around the industry and focusing on innovation, motors, electronic controls and batteries are the core of competition in the automotive industry, and intelligent driving is the key to overtaking and leapfrogging in the automotive industry.
Yang Zewei, deputy secretary of the Lin'an District Party Committee and head of Hangzhou.
A representative enterprise that promotes the transformation of production factors to green and safe" is the evaluation of Zhang Lianhuai, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of CMB Financial Leasing, on Sotorian. He said that in the future, the trillion-dollar market for intelligent driving of commercial vehicles will be coupled around OEMs, investors, financial institutions, asset bearers, asset operators, and asset managers, and a new ecological scenario and business status will be formed around trends such as intelligent driving electrification and intelligent networking. The formation of a benign commercial vehicle intelligent driving ecology not only needs to focus on the commercial vehicle intelligent driving technology itself, but also highlights the incremental value of commercial vehicle intelligent driving technology through multi-dimensional and cross-domain ecological empowerment, and feeds back to the partners of the ecological chain, and ultimately realizes group evolution.
Zhang Lianhuai, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of CMB Financial Leasing.
With the continuous progress of technology and the continuous changes in the market, the transformation of commercial vehicles towards intelligence is an inevitable trend, and promoting the high-quality development of intelligent driving of commercial vehicles with a "gradual" road has become the key path for the transformation and upgrading of the commercial vehicle industry. Liu Zonggang, founder and chairman of Sotorian, said that the essence of "gradual" is not only gradual, but also a firm and fearless move towards the dream. With the wide application of artificial intelligence, big data and other technologies, the intelligent driving technology of commercial vehicles will become more mature and popular.
Liu Zonggang, founder and chairman of Sotorian.
The maturity and popularization of intelligent driving technology for commercial vehicles is inseparable from the collision of ideas from multi-dimensional and cross-field experts, scholars and industry elites. Wu Zuoyi, President of SK China, and Fu Mengyin, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, both delivered wonderful guest speeches. Huang Kaisheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the Yangtze River Delta Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, delivered a wonderful content on "Exploration and Practice of Intelligent Connected Engineering - Looking at Transportation from a New Perspective of Complex Systems", which opened the theme sharing session of more summit guests. Charlie Sevik, President & CEO of FEV Group China, shared the relevant content of "Software Defined Trucks" and described the development direction of the software-defined truck industry. Tian Guangyu, professor and doctoral supervisor of Tsinghua University, delivered a keynote speech on "Energy-saving Technology for Heavy-duty Commercial Vehicles in the Context of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality", closely following the background of the current carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, and shared in-depth research on the new energy transformation of commercial vehicles. In addition, Du Yi, member of the Party Committee and Vice President of CMB Financial Leasing, shared his insights on the future development of intelligent driving for commercial vehicles from the perspective of the financial industry.
On the day of the summit, Chiwan Oriental, a large state-owned specialized logistics enterprise, also came to the scene, and Zhou Man, general manager of its logistics fleet division, shared the long-term experience of mutual cooperation and promotion in the field of logistics safety management for many years. Jiang Tian, President of Beijing Zhongjiao Xinglu Information Technology Co., Ltd., shared the topic of "Exploration and Practice of the Development of Digital Economy in the Logistics Industry" on promoting the evolution and transformation of the logistics industry with digitalization. Liu Weihong, co-founder and COO of Black Sesame Intelligence, a mainstream chip company, has made a comprehensive analysis of the experience and practical experience of "Autonomous Driving Chips Enabling the Development of Intelligent Driving Technology for Commercial Vehicles".
It is not easy to continue to explore, adhere to the "gradual" development path of commercial vehicles, drive cost reduction and efficiency increase with intelligent driving technology, and open a new chapter of commercial vehicles. Sotorian faces many challenges in the process of exploring the "progressive" development of commercial vehicles, and only by reconstructing thinking, embracing changes, and firmly cultivating the intelligent driving track can we usher in new development opportunities, as Gu Xufeng, a member of the ESG office meeting of Harvest and a partner of Harvest Industry, mentioned in the summit: A company that has become a unicorn in the industry will win not only business competitors but also the entire era and rules in the future development process. Under the big waves, after the baptism of the market, the companies that remain are the "pulse bearers" who accurately grasp the pulse of the times.
Gu Xufeng, a member of the ESG office committee of Harvest and a partner of Harvest Industry.
China's commercial vehicle market is leading in the world, driven by the dual changes of technology and industry, the commercial vehicle industry has entered a critical period of transformation, software-defined vehicles, green energy, changes in policies and regulations are all challenges and problems facing the current industry. As a leading enterprise in the "progressive" intelligent driving of commercial vehicles, Sotorian has been deeply engaged in the field of intelligent driving technology for many years, focusing on the implementation and application of intelligent driving functions, taking "safety" as the starting point, providing strong support and guarantee for the logistics and transportation industry through technology empowerment, data-driven, and innovative business models, and achieving safety, efficiency, and Intelligent and digital life cycle cost (TCO) management and control help logistics companies achieve safe production, improve operational efficiency, and create incremental value for the industry, while also winning a healthy and upward development time and space for Sotorion itself in terms of technology application, function realization, commercialization, and positive cash flow.
Xu Xianjie, founder and CEO of Sotorian.
As a leader in the new ecology of "progressive" intelligent driving of commercial vehicles in China, Sotorion shoulders the historical mission of promoting the development of intelligent driving of commercial vehicles in China. Taking the 2023 Qingshan Lake Summit as an opportunity, the guests at the meeting jointly issued the "Qingshan Lake Declaration": to develop gradually, take the road of innovation, and create incremental value.
The development of commercial vehicles and even the entire transportation industry is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the commercialization of the intelligent driving industry provides the core driving force for the transformation of commercial vehicles. Sotorian adheres to its original intention: for a driving world without collisions, through the innovation of technology and business model, it provides a solid guarantee for the transformation and upgrading of the commercial vehicle industry. We firmly believe that with the joint efforts of all parties, the intelligent driving technology of commercial vehicles will achieve more brilliant achievements.