On March 29, Great Wall Motors officially released its hydrogen energy strategy. It has not only obtained hydrogen energy core technology and completely independent product intellectual property rights, but will also start from 2021. Carbon neutrality will be gradually achieved in three stages. In terms of new cars, Great Wall will launch its first C-class hydrogen energy SUV model in 2021.
As an important sector of Great Wall Motors, the hydrogen energy industry has been developing for five years. As early as June 2016, the XEV project team (now the predecessor of Weishi Energy) was officially established, opening the core of Great Wall FCEV. Technology research and development. Since its development, Great Wall has invested 2 billion yuan in research and development expenses, and will continue to invest 3 billion yuan in investment in the next three years.
Hydrogen Technology
Great Wall also brings together foreign technical experts with more than ten years of technical experience in the field of hydrogen energy from Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, India, Canada and other countries* ** has jointly conducted research and development, and has established five major R&D centers in Shanghai, Baoding, Canada, Japan, and Germany, and has cooperated with French Air Liquide, Linde, and W. L. Gore & Associates ), BOSCH, Tsinghua University, Tongji University and other top institutions around the world to cooperate.
Hydrogen energy technology is also one of the core technical routes of Great Wall Motors’ lemon platform. Covers hydrogen fuel cell systems, vehicle-mounted hydrogen storage systems and core key components, achieving more than 500 hardware requirements and more than 5,000 software requirements from five aspects: fuel cell vehicles, powertrains, systems, components and materials. Details The design specifications, design goals, and design functions have been defined, and a strict and complete fuel cell component research and development system has been established.
The hydrogen power platform covers commercial vehicle engine (graphite plate stack) and passenger car engine (metal plate stack) technologies and products. The modular product series can meet customers' needs from kilowatt to megawatt power. The range of needs can also be expanded to application fields such as rail transportation, ships, aviation, hydrogen power generation, high-power backup power supply, etc.
Development Plan
At present, Great Wall Motors has achieved "stacks and components, fuel cell power generation and components (controllers, etc.), type IV hydrogen storage bottles, high-pressure hydrogen storage valves, The intellectual property rights of the six core technologies and products of "hydrogen safety and liquid hydrogen technology" are completely independent. It will take the lead in completing the layout of green electricity, hydrogen + electric energy storage, fuel cell applications and other fields.
In terms of green electricity, the new generation perovskite solar photovoltaic technology developed by Great Wall Extreme Light Energy has achieved a world record-breaking photoelectric conversion efficiency of 20.01%. Leading the conversion efficiency of large-area perovskite photovoltaic modules into the "20th century".
In terms of large-scale energy storage applications, Great Wall Motors’ hydrogen + electric energy storage system and fuel cells jointly provide power supply, providing solutions for large-scale renewable energy storage and laying the foundation for the comprehensive utilization of mobile and stationary energy. Great Wall Motors will focus on promoting and operating the three major application platforms of buses/buses + heavy trucks/logistics vehicles + passenger cars by 2025 to promote the commercialization of China's fuel cell vehicle industry and hydrogen energy industry.
In addition, Great Wall Motors has been invited to join the country's four major demonstration pilot city clusters, and has initially deployed Beijing Xinfadi agricultural batch logistics, Xiong'an New District sand and gravel material dedicated line heavy truck transportation, etc. in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei. Benchmark fuel cell demonstration projects such as logistics and transportation in Tianjin Binhai New Area have planned more than thousands of demonstration vehicles, covering various application scenarios such as heavy trucks, logistics, buses, passenger cars, ships, and rail transit.
In terms of future planning, Great Wall Motors will be divided into three phases. The first phase will be from 2021 to 2025, which will usher in the hydrogen era and focus on hydrogen demonstration; the second phase will be from 2025 to 2035 and will Develop the hydrogen economy and open up the hydrogen ecology; the third stage is from 2035 to 2050, building a hydrogen society and contributing to carbon neutrality.
In terms of specific strategic goals, Great Wall Motors will achieve the world’s fourth truly mass-produced high-power fuel cell passenger car in 2021, and launch the world’s first 100 49-ton hydrogen heavy trucks. ; In 2022, not only will the first high-end passenger car service fleet be launched during the Winter Olympics, but also more commercial vehicles such as heavy-duty trucks, logistics vehicles, and even low-carbon fuel cell applications for ships and rail transportation will be expanded; In 2023, it will lead the country in terms of the number of major system integrators promoted; in 2025, it will rank among the top three in the global hydrogen energy market.