At present, the development of new energy industry has become an important measure of national strategic development. China is rich in natural gas and other new energy resources, but the average utilization rate is only 4%, which is lower than the world average of 2 1% 17%. Therefore, there is great room for the development of new energy industry, especially the development and utilization of new energy heavy trucks.
According to industry sources, auto start, a new energy source in China, is relatively late, with a weak foundation, and its financial and technical strength is inferior to that of multinational companies. Due to the strength gap and policy restrictions, the development of new energy vehicles such as natural gas is full of thorns. But professionals also admit that the most direct benefits of using natural gas as fuel are saving money and protecting the environment. Compared with ordinary diesel vehicles, natural gas vehicles reduce carbon monoxide emissions by 90%, hydrocarbon emissions by 70%, and nitrogen and hydrogen emissions by 35%. At the same time, natural gas trucks also have the advantage of lower noise than ordinary diesel engines. "
In this regard, industry insiders said that in today's country's strong support for new energy vehicles, on the whole, the state's support for independent brand new energy vehicles has been overweight, which has added momentum for enterprises to seek development. From the enterprise level, with the continuous progress of natural gas truck technology, the application prospect of new energy heavy trucks represented by natural gas will still be very optimistic. As long as the above constraints are overcome, the prospect of natural gas heavy trucks will be very broad.
Based on the above considerations, as the most favorable leader in the field of heavy trucks in China, Shaanxi Automobile, the originator of heavy trucks of natural gas in China, has been committed to the research and development of heavy trucks of natural gas, filling a number of market gaps. Shaanxi Automobile hopes to create a new situation in the green new energy commercial vehicle industry and contribute to the great development of new energy vehicles in China. Shaanxi Automobile is fully capable and fully responsible to undertake the important mission of being the leader of green new energy heavy trucks in China and the leader of new energy heavy trucks in China.
It is reported that as early as the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, Shaanxi Automobile took the lead in undertaking the national key scientific and technological research plan "Diesel and natural gas dual-fuel engines for large passenger cars". In 2005, Shaanxi Automobile successfully developed the first single-fuel pure natural gas heavy commercial vehicle in China. In the following years, Shaanxi Automobile successively undertook a number of major projects of the National 863 Plan, such as "Intercity Operation Assessment of Single Fuel CNG Vehicles", which established Shaanxi Automobile's leading position in the field of CNG energy-saving heavy trucks. Based on years of research and development achievements, in 2009, Shaanxi Automobile Co., Ltd., together with xi Jiaotong University and School of Automotive Engineering of Chang 'an University, established a research and application laboratory for new energy vehicles, making full use of the National Technology Center and postdoctoral mobile stations to carry out research on new energy vehicles, making it the only R&D and production base in China to realize the industrialization of new energy vehicles and heavy trucks, and issued the first declaration of Shanghai heavy truck industry-the 2009 Shaanxi Automobile Heavy Truck Green Declaration. A series of measures have made Shaanxi Automobile a pioneer of new energy vehicles in the domestic truck field.
Today, based on the achievements of the 863 major special project of electric vehicles and the key project of research, demonstration and application of clean vehicles, Shaanxi Automobile strives to break through key technologies, make use of some advanced technologies that enterprises have obtained, fully grasp the opportunities provided by the market, and carry out the industrial operation of new energy vehicles. At present, on the basis of existing CNG (compressed natural gas) and LNG (liquefied natural gas) natural gas products, new energy vehicles such as hybrid, pure electric, fuel cell and dimethyl ether are gradually developed and perfected, forming a new energy product pattern of development generation and mature generation.
Through five years' efforts, Shaanxi Automobile has accumulated rich research and development achievements in the field of new energy vehicles, successfully developed new energy products such as CNG, LNG high-horsepower heavy truck, CNG, LNG bus chassis, mini electric bridge, mastered the core technology of natural gas heavy truck, and gradually formed an industrialization pattern. Among them, CNG and LNG heavy trucks have a number of patented technologies, which fill the blank of natural gas heavy trucks in China. The sales volume of products ranks first in China and are exported to foreign markets. Obviously, as a leading market advocate in the industry, Shaanxi Automobile Co., Ltd. is assuming the role of "the leader of green new energy heavy trucks in China".
From the product point of view, 20 10 pioneer LNG&; CNG series heavy trucks not only have a cruising range of 65,438+0,300 kilometers, but also have the same carrying capacity as ordinary diesel vehicles. They are equipped with diesel blue engine series, and the product power ranges from 265,438+00 horsepower to 380 horsepower, achieving full coverage. And these are obviously far from domestic car companies. In essence, Shaanxi Automobile Natural Gas Heavy Truck has become a leader, with a market share of over 90%, truly saving costs for users and getting rich quickly.
In particular, the newly-developed Shaanxi Automobile 20 1 1 Chijiu version of natural gas heavy truck fully absorbs the advantages of general assembly and easy maintenance of traditional diesel vehicles, integrates the world-leading research and development technology of natural gas heavy truck, matches the top natural gas power system and mature and stable gas supply system, and develops a new generation of natural gas heavy truck products in combination with the different working conditions of China natural gas heavy truck. According to the principle of best matching, the products adopt fast gearbox, ZF steering gear, Handsteyr 6.5t, MAN 7.5t front axle, Steyr 13t double-stage reduction drive axle, MAN 13t/ 16t double-stage reduction drive axle, and the most mature and reliable gas supply system in China is selected. 20 12 This series of products has gained great market recognition in Xinjiang and other regions.
In addition to natural gas heavy trucks, Shaanxi Automobile has also performed well in the field of pure electric vehicles, successfully developed the world's first electric heavy truck, filled the gap in the world's electric heavy trucks, and has now started mass production and sales. Shaanxi Automobile said that the electric heavy trucks developed and produced by Shaanxi Automobile are mainly used as tractors in ports. Port tractors have several characteristics, such as slow speed and intermittent driving, which means that if traditional heavy trucks are used, the pollution will be very serious. It is reported that due to the low speed of port logistics vehicles, electric heavy trucks can meet the power demand well and have no pollution. In addition, it is relatively easy to charge the car in a place like a port.
Fortunately, after Shaanxi Automobile issued its first "Green Manifesto" in 2009, at the annual business meeting of Shaanxi Automobile Heavy Truck 201/kloc-0, Shaanxi Automobile, together with leading domestic natural gas enterprises such as Wei Chai, Guanghui and PetroChina, established the first strategic alliance of China New Energy Heavy Truck dedicated to the formulation and implementation of new energy industry strategy. Achieve China autonomous heavy truck overtaking in corners. It can be seen that on the one hand, it shows Shaanxi Automobile's determination to develop new energy technologies, on the other hand, it also determines Shaanxi Automobile's leading position in the field of new energy.
This also indicates that in the future product development, Shaanxi Automobile will take energy-saving and environment-friendly vehicles as the path, supplemented by high-tech heavy truck products, realize the historic cross-domain of product quality, contribute to the take-off of China natural gas heavy truck brand, and lay the foundation for China heavy truck to go global. It can be said that a responsible heavy truck enterprise must complete this transformation on the road of development, that is, put the service to users in an increasingly important position.
Obviously, in today's heavy truck industry, after-sales service has been paid more and more attention, and more and more heavy truck enterprises have begun this transformation. Whether it is the investigation of the living conditions of truck drivers in China, the national super truck cross-country race initiated by it, or the China Truck Drivers' Festival, Shaanxi Automobile, which is famous for its concept of "winning the world with morality", has always been at the forefront in service.