After Subaru, Mazda and other car companies took the lead in enjoying Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid technology, another explosive news recently attracted strong attention in the industry. When Toyota opened up its own gasoline-electric hybrid technology in an unprecedented manner, What does it mean to give to domestic independent brand car companies? Which independent brand car company will enjoy Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid technology? Why is Toyota suddenly so "open"? Let’s listen to CAR’s story~
On October 16, an explosive news was revealed by Japanese media, saying that Toyota would provide core hybrid technology to a foreign company for the first time and decided to provide Guangzhou Automobile with its core hybrid technology. The group provides gasoline-electric hybrid technology.
In addition, the report also stated that BluE? Nexus, a subsidiary of Japan's Toyota Motor Corporation responsible for developing and supplying hybrid power systems, has reached an agreement with Guangzhou Automobile Group on technology transfer. It is worth noting that according to previous news, Geely Automobile will also be able to enjoy Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid technology in the future.
As a car company with numerous patented technologies, Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid technology has always been the industry benchmark and has formed a monopoly. Since Toyota launched its first gasoline-electric hybrid model, the Prius, in 1997, it has won numerous honors with this technology in the following 20 years. The model was introduced to the domestic market in 2005, and has since established Toyota's position in the domestic market. status in hybrid technology. In addition to Toyota, another leader in the field of gasoline-electric hybrid technology is Honda!
In the Chinese market, the sales and recognition of Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles are also increasing day by day. With the "dual-vehicle strategy" of FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota, gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles, mainly Corolla Shuangqing and Ralink Shuangqing, are increasingly favored by Chinese consumers.
The sudden news of sharing its own hybrid technology with its own brand has already attracted the attention of the industry. In 2019, Toyota announced that it would share its gasoline-electric hybrid technology with other car companies for free. It is understood that Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid technology currently has 23,740 valid patents, including electric motors, power control components, charging devices, etc. In addition, Toyota will also provide paid technical support services.
As we all know, a new and unexplored unknown territory requires time, energy and huge funds to move into. Although there are currently many different technology paths such as gasoline-electric hybrid, pure electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen energy, the pure electric-oriented Chinese automobile market has now shown a flourishing attitude, and traditional car companies and new forces have All car companies have good market performance.
It is said that China is the largest single market for joint venture brands, and in the field of new energy, the scale and prospects of China's pure electric vehicle market are immeasurable. We can know from the data of the past two years.
In 2019, my country's new energy vehicle production and sales were 1.242 million and 1.206 million respectively. Among them, 1.02 million pure electric vehicles were produced, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%; sales were 972,000 units, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2%. In 2018, my country's new energy vehicle production and sales were 1.27 million and 1.256 million respectively, an increase of 59.9% and 61.7% respectively over the same period last year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 986,000 and 984,000 respectively, an increase of 47.9% and 50.8% respectively over the same period last year.
In addition, on October 21, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, also stated at the press conference on ecological and environmental protection work during the “13th Five-Year Plan” that since 2010, China’s new energy vehicles have grown rapidly. , sales account for 55% of global new energy vehicles, and China is currently the country with the largest number of new energy vehicles in the world.
From this point of view, pure electric power and new energy have become the main theme and label of the Chinese automobile market. At this time, Toyota, which has formed a monopoly around the world, also realized that among the new energy technology paths, the only one that can directly compete with it is the pure electric path. After all, the current market size of Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles is only 13 million units.
From a CAR perspective, in order not to be overtaken by other car companies, or even besieged, after observing the market, Toyota also determined to put aside more than 20 years of technological accumulation and present an open and win-win ecosystem. development trends.
And compared with pure electric vehicles, gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles have inherent advantages such as higher fuel efficiency, lower costs, and no need to build additional supporting facilities. If the scope of cooperation can be expanded, gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles equipped with Toyota technology may help Toyota realize more possibilities.
Written at the end: Currently, the lowest price for models equipped with Toyota THS II hybrid technology is more than 100,000 yuan. It is foreseeable that in the future, more and more models will be equipped with Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid technology. While fully exploring the market, advantages such as cost reduction and efficiency increase will become more prominent. Perhaps, in the next five years, a car equipped with Toyota's gasoline-electric hybrid technology may only cost 100,000 yuan. Whether Toyota can change the market structure in the future is worth looking forward to.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.