With the transformation of the global energy structure and the improvement of environmental protection requirements, the automotive industry is facing unprecedented transformation challenges. As a national heavy truck enterprise with more than half a century of manufacturing experience, SAIC Hongyan has actively responded to industry changes and taken a series of measures to vigorously open up the new energy market while stabilizing the basic market of fuel vehicles, and was recently awarded the "Sustainable Development Leadership Award" at the 2023 China Commercial Vehicle Green and Low-Carbon Development Forum.
First of all, SAIC Hongyan has made a comprehensive layout in new energy technology. The company has not only mastered the core technology of electric drive, electronic control and battery system, but also invested 2 billion yuan to build a hydrogen energy heavy truck industrial base in Ordos City. In addition, SAIC Hongyan has also launched the construction of Chongqing Software Center, Chongqing Engineering Institute and Smart Factory, providing strong support for the R&D and production of new energy heavy trucks.
In terms of products, SAIC Hongyan has launched three product platforms, namely Jieshi H6, Jiehu H6 and Jiebao H6, and comprehensively laid out the energy combination of diesel, natural gas, hydrogen fuel, pure electric and hybrid. Among them, pure electric heavy trucks and hydrogen energy heavy trucks are the focus of SAIC Hongyan's new energy strategy.
SAIC Hongyan pure electric heavy truck reflects customer value in terms of function, performance and quality. The whole battery swapping process only takes 3 to 5 minutes, which effectively solves the problem that customers have to wait for a long time to charge and affect their operational efficiency. In addition, through flexible power allocation, it can provide customers with different modular charging and swapping solutions such as km and above, fully meeting the mileage needs of customers in different scenarios. The fast-charging version of the heavy truck can be charged within 20 minutes, and the cycle life is more than 25,000 times, which can fully meet the needs of customers.
In terms of hydrogen energy heavy trucks, SAIC Hongyan integrates internal and external, upstream and downstream high-quality resources to drive the independent research and development and manufacturing of fuel cell systems, hydrogen supply systems, electronic control systems and vehicles based on the needs of scene customers. The hydrogen energy heavy-duty truck launched by the company has a number of advantages, such as strong low-temperature starting ability, long cruising range, and high environmental performance. In addition, SAIC Hongyan is also actively exploring the commercial application of hydrogen energy heavy trucks to promote the development and improvement of the hydrogen energy industry chain.
In addition to the layout of new energy technology, SAIC Hongyan also pays attention to the intelligent and networked development of products, and highly integrates intelligence and new energy. The company has created a new generation (sixth generation) intelligent heavy truck - Hongyan H6, which adopts advanced intelligent technology and advanced driving assistance systems to improve driving comfort and safety. At the same time, Hongyan H6 is also equipped with advanced intelligent network technology, which can realize the connection and data sharing between the vehicle and the Internet, providing customers with more convenient services and experiences.
In the future, SAIC Hongyan will continue to uphold the spirit of innovation and the concept of service first, provide customers with better products and services, and promote the development and growth of the nation.