It is reported that BluE, a Japanese company that develops and supplies hybrid vehicle power systems? Nexus has reached a technology transfer agreement with Guangzhou Automobile Group, Blue? Nexus is a joint venture of Toyota, Denso and Aisin Seiki.
Insiders of Guangzhou Automobile Group said that this news has not been officially announced, but it is certain that the hybrid products of Guangzhou Automobile Group using Toyota THS system will be listed in 20021year at the latest. In terms of hybrid power, Guangzhou Automobile Group will develop two routes in parallel, one is jointly developed with Toyota; The other route is to adopt the G-MC system independently developed by Guangzhou Automobile Group, which can satisfy both hybrid and plug-in hybrid. As of now, Toyota has not commented on this.
In fact, to some extent, this is not the latest "news", because Toyota's hybrid technology has been "learned" by some car companies in China, such as Yuan Keli. In addition, we know that Toyota has also opened patents in the field of new energy before, so what is the difference between Toyota's provision of hybrid technology to GAC before? Generally speaking, this time, a complete system is directly provided. Previously, it was a publicly patented technology or part of the technology. You know, car companies still need some thresholds if they want to turn patented technology into a system and invest in large-scale commercialization.
It is true that Guangzhou Automobile Group, supported by Toyota technology, can take the lead in reaping the dividends in the hybrid technology market in principle, but as Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the Federation, said, in the face of future industrialization, Guangzhou Automobile Group still needs to do a lot of work. On the other hand, as a Toyota with the advantages of hybrid technology, deepening cooperation with China partners will bring more benefits to it, for example, it will urge China car companies to pay more attention to hybrid technology and boost Toyota's share in China.
In the early days of new energy development, there is always a saying lingering in this new blue sea. "There are two kinds of hybrids in the world, one is Toyota hybrid and the other is others." As we all know, as one of the earliest automobile manufacturers in the world to enter the field of alternative energy, Toyota has an absolute leading edge in hybrid technology. Since the Prius was introduced in 1997, Toyota has sold more than150,000 electric vehicles worldwide, and maintained a record of zero battery accidents.
As the protagonist of this cooperation, Toyota has gradually opened the core technology of hybrid vehicles to other manufacturers after years of persistence. In April last year, Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it planned to open about 23,740 patents related to electric vehicles such as hybrid vehicles for free during the year. However, there was a precedent for Toyota to open patents for free at that time, and it was not the first in the automotive field. Earlier, on 20 15, 1, Toyota announced the opening of 5680 patents of hydrogen fuel cell technology, although few people have "landed" so far.
One of the most important reasons is that the industry has forced technology to become an important choice for technical route confrontation. At present, the enterprise's debate on the technology trend of the future automobile industry has entered a white-hot stage, and the parallel of multi-technology routes has become the normal state of competition, while the market pays more attention to the maturity of the market and supply chain when choosing technology routes. Like Tesla's opening of all electric vehicle patents at the end of 20 18 and Volkswagen's opening of MEB platform in March of 20 19, Toyota sold its hybrid technology to GAC, in order to seize more technical market share for the hybrid technology it has controlled for many years, with a view to maintaining a leading position in the future transformation of automobile technology route.
Obviously, this deepening cooperation with GAC is not only because of its relationship with GAC, but also because of Toyota's 2030 plan. In 20 17, Toyota announced an important time node for popularizing electric vehicles by 2030, that is, among the new cars sold in 2030, HEV and PHEV models will exceed 4.5 million, and EV and FCEV models will exceed 1 10,000. In short, the total sales of Toyota electric vehicles will exceed 5.5 million. However, in order to cater to the policy, Toyota advanced this goal by about five years, that is, the total number of electric vehicles will exceed 5.5 million in 2025.
If we want to achieve this goal, we must leave the China market, the largest single market in the world. Choosing to cooperate with GAC can not only help Toyota achieve the sales target of electric vehicles faster, but also expand its market share with GAC hybrid system and attract more cooperation. The Nikkei also mentioned in the report that this year, Toyota tried to improve its market share in China by improving the camp of new energy products.
Not only Toyota, but also other Japanese car companies have increased their presence in the China market. At this year's Beijing Auto Show, Nissan CEO Makoto? Uchida) once said that China is one of Nissan's very important core markets, and stressed that this is not a new viewpoint put forward by Nissan. "We have always regarded China as a core market and will continue to invest in the future." Recently, Nissan officially released the e-POWER hybrid system in China, and revealed that this latest Nissan hybrid system will be the first to be mounted on Sylphy.
In June this year, the government decided to position the 202 1 to 1 hybrid vehicles as "low fuel consumption vehicles" and give them preferential policies. Prior to this, hybrid vehicles and fuel vehicles were regarded as the same category. As the largest market accounting for 30% of global new car sales, the change of domestic policies will constitute an "east wind" for Japanese car companies headed by Toyota in China, and will also obviously affect the strategies of German Volkswagen and other European and American car companies and China car companies. According to LMC? According to the data provided by Automotive, the proportion of hybrid vehicles in global automobile sales will increase from 7% in 2020 to 26% in 2030.
In essence, the market is the master of enterprise behavior. There has always been a view in the industry that the "evolution" from fuel vehicles to electric vehicles is gradually accelerating, and hybrid vehicles are only a transition. Nikkei pointed out that in view of a series of changes in the automobile industry, the survival of Japanese automakers will depend on whether they can develop competitive pure electric vehicles while hybrid vehicles are still popular. Obviously, Toyota has also felt great crisis and pressure, so it is not difficult to understand whether selling a complete hybrid system is a strategy or a means in the transformation of car companies.
Text/Sun Lili
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