On February 4, the 24th Winter Olympic Games, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, opened grandly. Under the guidance of the concept of "Technology Olympics, Green Olympics", this Winter Olympics has reached the highest level of previous Olympic Games in terms of smart equipment, new materials and new energy. Especially in the application of green technology, the scale has reached unprecedented levels.
As the transportation service guarantee unit for this Winter Olympics, Foton Motors actively responded to the call of "Technological Winter Olympics, Green Winter Olympics" and sent more than 1,600 innovative technology products to participate in the transportation of the Winter Olympics. In service. Among them, 1,223 Foton Ouhui buses provide support for the Winter Olympics events, accounting for more than 80%; especially the 515 hydrogen fuel buses put into use at this Winter Olympics, accounting for 515 hydrogen fuel buses used in this Winter Olympics. 63% of them are used, setting a record for the largest scale and largest number of models of hydrogen fuel buses serving international sports events in history. Coupled with hundreds of Zhilan Automobile's hydrogen-fueled refrigerated trucks and pure electric trucks that provide transportation services for the food and vegetables required for this Winter Olympics, Foton Motor not only continues its glorious tradition of "Foton must be present in every major event", but also through green Technological products demonstrate to the world the technological strength and green style of China's automobile industry and even the entire Chinese industry.
Foton Ouhui hydrogen fuel bus is providing transportation support for the Winter Olympics
The reason why it has achieved such a brilliant honor is closely related to Foton Motor’s strategic layout in the new energy industry. Inseparable. Whether it is the earliest layout in the industry, the comprehensive coverage of new energy products in all scenarios of commercial vehicles, or the implementation of a business model driven by "not relying on policy but relying on technology", Foton Motor can always be at every important node in the development of new energy vehicles. to complete the layout ahead of schedule and lead the industry.
The earliest layout, comprehensive coverage, and vigorous development of the new energy industry
As China's number one commercial vehicle brand, Foton Motor began to focus on the development of new energy as early as 2003 and is committed to promoting new energy. In the process of energy vehicle industrialization, we actively participated in the formulation of industry policies and standards, fully cooperated with the government to carry out demonstration operations of new energy vehicles, and carried out innovative upgrades in three aspects: core technology, technical routes, and new energy products.
In the past nearly 20 years, Foton Motor has invested more than 2 billion yuan in research and development funds in the new energy field, and has obtained more than 1,000 patents in the field of electric vehicles, fully possessing independent research and development capabilities. The products also cover heavy, medium, light, van, passenger car and other categories, including brands such as Foton Ouhui, Euroair, Omak, Oling, Tuano, Times, and Zhilan Automobile.
Foton Motor’s rich new energy product portfolio
Among them, Zhilan Automobile, as an independent new energy brand, carries Foton Motor’s new vision for future new energy business. Since its establishment in 2018, it has not only established a professional R&D, marketing and operation team for new energy, but also cultivated a group of new energy professionals, which has strongly supported the development of Foton's new energy commercial vehicle business. According to statistics, Zhilan Automobile's sales and share have increased for three consecutive years. In 2021, it achieved sales of 6,811 units, a year-on-year increase of 145%, ranking second in the target market (excluding small VANs and micro-cards), with a share of 11.7%. In some key cities, it has become a leading brand of new energy commercial vehicles, especially in the Beijing light truck market and Tangshan battery replacement heavy truck market, with a share of 52% and 21% respectively.
Currently, Foton’s new energy products have basically covered a full range of scenarios for urban logistics, terminal distribution, heavy transportation such as ports/urban construction/mines/on-site transportation, and special operation transportation such as municipal sanitation/airports, whether from Whether market recognition or consumer satisfaction, Foton Motor has achieved a transition from policy-driven to technology-driven in terms of new energy, and has implemented commercialization through scenario-based operations. It has achieved pure electric, hybrid, and hydrogen in its product technology routes. Comprehensive coverage of fuel cells.
Foton's new energy products have become a new choice for smart logistics
At the same time, Foton Motor has also actively laid out manufacturing bases, targeting new energy vehicles and core source parts respectively. Henan Zhilan New Energy Factory and Shandong New Energy "Three Electricity" Factory. It can achieve an annual production capacity of 60,000 complete vehicles, 30,000 sets of batteries, 340,000 electronic controls and 40,000 electric drives, providing production capacity guarantee for the rapid development of Foton's new energy business.
Three-year action plan to build China’s number one brand of new energy commercial vehicles
In November 2019, Foton Motor released its new energy 2025 strategic plan, which clarified “creating China’s new energy commercial vehicle brand” The strategic goal of "the first brand of commercial vehicles" has clarified the direction and provided guidance for the development of Foton's new energy business. At the same time, at the beginning of this year, under the guidance of this strategy, Foton Motor proposed a "Three-Year Action Plan" and made important strategic layouts regarding the future development direction of the new energy business and the path to achieve its goals. To this end, Foton Motor has made detailed strategic arrangements for the entire business process including R&D, talent, mechanisms, products, and marketing.
Foton Motor’s new energy product portfolio for urban logistics scenarios
It is understood that in the next three years, Foton Motor will further increase investment in research and development, focusing on new new energy platforms Product development, establishment of core technology modules, new energy testing and verification system, etc. It is expected that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Foton Motor will invest at least 10 billion in new energy and at least 5 billion in research and development.
Among them, at least 3 billion has been invested in the development of new platform products. By increasing investment in new product development, we will achieve full coverage of new platform products such as heavy trucks, light trucks, micro trucks, and small and medium-sized VANs, and truly establish the core competitiveness of independent products. At the same time, the new platform products fully consider the needs of the new generation of users, and will create core advantages in six aspects: "technology, intelligence, energy saving, efficiency, safety, and environmental protection", and will also develop core advantages in "platformization, modularization, integration, Through the efficient application of "intelligent", through continuous intelligent verification and product iteration, the intelligent advantages of Foton Motor's new generation of products have also been gradually established.
In addition, Foton Motor will also further increase its efforts in open cooperation. While strengthening all-round cooperation with domestic and foreign technology companies and high-quality upstream and downstream partners, Foton Motor will also conduct joint ventures through holdings, equity participation, strategic cooperation, etc. Depth layout. At the same time, Foton will continue to innovate around its business model and strengthen strategic cooperation with partners in the industry chain such as finance, insurance, charging and replacement service providers, and operating platforms to provide strong support for the rapid development of Foton's new energy business.
It can be seen that Foton Motor will gradually transform into a "technological enterprise that gathers green energy" through the continuous development of its new energy business. Foton's new energy business will also become the "step for Foton Motor's further marketization". Shenzhen Special Economic Zone". In the future, bold reform and innovation, rapid development speed, further openness, and the pursuit of excellence are the characteristics of these "special zones" that will surely be highlighted in the future development of Foton Motor's new energy business and realize Foton's A new leap forward and a new leader in automobiles.