In recent years, China's electric vehicle market has developed rapidly, with annual production and sales exceeding 7 million units. Among the cars exported, new energy vehicles far surpass Japan. In addition, in Norway, the penetration rate of electric vehicles is 80%; The new energy vehicles that have been put into production in Indonesia are also official vehicles, indicating that electric vehicles are being accepted around the world. So who created the electric car? You may not know that he is the "father of Asian electric vehicles" - Chen Qingquan.
01 Serve the motherland with Sangzi in mind.
Chen Qingquan is not an ordinary person. He is an expert in electromobility, electric drives and smart energy. In 1996, he was elected as the first academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in Hong Kong, China. In 1997, he was elected as a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Engineering of Ukraine and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In 2001, he was elected a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. He was awarded the International Speech Medal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Gold Medal of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, and the "Grandfather of Electric Vehicle Technology" in India.
Chen Qingquan, born on January 14, 1937 in Majilang City, Indonesia, is a third-generation overseas Chinese family from Zhangzhou, Fujian. His father was a local entrepreneur in the automotive industry who owned a bus company, including taxis, minibuses, and minibuses. He grew up influenced by the culture of the Dutch colonies and his father, an entrepreneur in the automotive industry.
He experienced turbulent times in his childhood, which made Chen Qingquan deeply realize the importance of the strength of the country to the destiny of the individual. As a returned overseas Chinese, his path of study and research has always been inseparable from the motherland. In 1953, Chen Qingquan, who was only 16 years old, returned to the embrace of the motherland, and he was admitted to the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Beijing Institute of Mining and Technology. He secretly made up his mind that he must contribute to the industrialization and progress of the motherland.
02 Suggestions and suggestions to help the country.
Chen Qingquan is mainly engaged in research in the fields of electric vehicles, electric drives, smart energy, and four-network and four-stream integration. In 1982, while teaching in Hong Kong, he predicted the future of electric vehicles and took this as his research direction, hoping to help his country seize the opportunity. In 1993, he designed the electric vehicle, and he creatively integrated the automobile, motor, control and other technologies to form a new discipline, laying the foundation for the modern electric vehicle discipline.
In the 60s of the last century, Chen Qingquan only relied on simple information to design and develop a low-frequency generator, and he spent another 6 years to develop China's early linear motors. He creatively formed a new discipline and wrote professional works, which became classic textbooks in colleges and universities, laying a theoretical foundation for the discipline of modern electric vehicles. He is the author of more than 300 academic monographs and holds more than 1o patents.
Chen Qingquan is the chairman of the Academic and Technical Committee of Electrical and Electronics Engineers of the United States, the chairman of the World Electric Vehicle Association, and the chairman of the Asia-Pacific Electric Vehicle Association. He is the special advisor to the president of Wuhan University and the honorary director of the Institute of Electronics of Harbin Institute of Technology. He attaches more importance to the industrialization process of electric vehicles in his motherland, so he makes suggestions to the country, contributes to the national development strategy, and contributes to the development of the automotive industry.
03 Scientific and technological innovation moves China.
Chen Qingquan is the "navigator" of China's electric vehicles, and in the past half century, he has always practiced the mission of "revealing the laws of nature for the benefit of all mankind", and regards electric vehicles as the ultimate dream, and has finally received the echo of scientific and technological development and change: China's new energy vehicle production and sales have maintained the world's first place for 8 consecutive years; According to data from the China National Association, China's electric vehicle production and sales have maintained steady growth.
In 1993, Chen Qingquan designed the design of the first electric car, with the license plate number "U2001", where "U" stands for Union and "2001" stands for welcoming the 21st century, which is still hanging in the office of the University of Hong Kong. The "U2001" designed by Chen Qingquan at that time was an integrated concept of "three-in-one" of motor, electronic control and battery, which quickly became the mainstream because it met the market demand, and has now developed to "all-in-one".
For this, he is highly rated. "GlobalView" commented: "Chen Qingquan is the 'father of electric vehicles in Asia'". The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers commented: "Chen Qingquan has made outstanding contributions to promoting the development of electric vehicle technology and promoting the practical application of electric vehicle technology. 2022 "Moving Chinese Characters" award speech: "Cars have changed the world, and you have to change cars, Made in China today ruts all over the world, you are the pioneer, you are the navigator, on the track of new energy, galloping for more than 40 years, now you and the motherland are overtaking." "It was Chen Qingquan who gave the motherland the ability to overtake, and the people will not forget.
04 Conclusion.
Chen Qingquan's achievements in automobile electrification have become the first half of the new energy vehicle revolution, and now to enter the second half, the core technology is automotive chips and operating systems. In the future, automobiles will no longer be a single automobile product, and the key to the next breakthrough in the upgrading of the automobile industry lies in the intelligence and networking of new energy vehicles. The core goal is people-oriented, harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and sustainable development.
Without Chen Qingquan's leadership half a century ago, it would be impossible for electric vehicles to be industrialized all over the world, which makes automotive scientists feel that there is a long way to go. Subsequent scientists should learn from Chen Qingquan's scientific spirit and strive to study for the country, not only new energy vehicles on the road, but also ships and airplanes in the future. This is the motivation for 86-year-old Chen Qingquan to still contribute to the scientific research of the motherland.
At present, the country attaches great importance to the development of science and technology, and in January 2024, the "National Engineer Award" was established for the first time to commend "National Outstanding Engineers". Encourage engineering and scientific and technological talents to overcome difficulties, ask for answers from scientific and technological innovation, encourage creativity, support top-notch, and never bury scientists and engineers who have made outstanding contributions.
In this excellent environment, the vast number of scientists and scientific and technological workers should seize the opportunity, strive to be the first, and forge ahead vigorously. More Chen Qingquan-style scientists have emerged to boost the scientific and technological development of the motherland to a higher level!