Although the limelight is booming, the industrialization of fuel cell vehicles and even the fuel cell industry has always been a headache for the industry, and fuel cell products are still far from consumers.
in the case of rapid changes and more unpredictability in the industry, compared with the innovation from core competitiveness, the innovation of enterprises in marginal competitiveness has become equally important. Just as the LCD panel was successfully industrialized in marginal applications such as calculators and watches, it is not necessarily limited to high-power vehicle scenes. According to the hydrogen cloud chain, many fuel cell companies have achieved self-hematopoiesis through the marginal application of low-power fuel cells.
in addition to fuel cell cars and rail cars, enterprises are constantly developing the imagination of hydrogen fuel cells in the transportation field to broaden the application scenarios of fuel cells. For example, Honda and Lifan once launched fuel cell motorcycle products respectively. Now, hydrogen fuel cell bicycles closer to ordinary consumers may come to us soon.
figure 1? Yonganxing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bicycle
Compared with hydrogen energy vehicles and other ways, hydrogen energy bicycles will be easier to popularize, with lower cost, and consumers will have more direct contact with hydrogen energy. By using hydrogen energy to enjoy cars, consumers and relevant departments can naturally understand and learn hydrogen energy-related knowledge and eliminate their fear of hydrogen energy as a "dangerous product".
how far is the fuel cell bike from us? The hydrogen cloud chain is sorted out from the aspects of domestic and foreign fuel cell bicycle projects and cruising range, so as to provide readers with an understanding of the development status of global hydrogen fuel cell bicycles.
●1. Domestic Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bicycle Project ●
Hydrogen Cloud Chain According to the statistics of public information, there are currently many hydrogen fuel cell bicycle projects in China, involving enterprises such as Shanghai Mingzhu, Shanghai Panye, Yonganxing and Jiangsu Jicui Antai Chuangming Advanced Energy Materials.
among them, as early as 24, Palcan fuel cell co., ltd. in Vancouver, Canada started its first assembly line in Nanhui science and technology industrial park in Tongji, Shanghai, and cooperated with Nanjing fuel cell co., ltd. In the end, Palcan gave up this business.
Among all the hydrogen fuel cell bicycle projects, the hydrogen fuel bicycle launched by Yonganxing attracts people's attention. When answering questions from investors on the interactive platform, Yonganxing said that Yonganxing is applying for a number of patents related to hydrogen fuel cell bicycles. It is understood that Yonganxing hydrogen energy assisted bicycle is about 3 kilograms, and the total cruising range is currently 6 kilometers, which will reach 1 kilometers in the future. Hydrogen fuel refueling will be completed in about 3 minutes. Compared with a pure electric moped with a slow charge of at least 6 hours, a fast charge of 2-3 hours and a battery life of 3-4 kilometers, a hydrogen-powered bicycle can greatly facilitate people's long-distance travel.
table 1? Domestic Fuel Cell Bicycle Project
It is understood that at present, Yonganxing has put hydrogen fuel cell bicycles into trial operation, and in addition, many institutions have applied for patents related to fuel cell bicycles. This may mean that hydrogen-powered cars will officially meet consumers soon.
●2. Foreign hydrogen fuel cell bicycle projects ●
Compared with domestic hydrogen fuel cell bicycle projects, foreign hydrogen-powered bicycles started earlier, and they are ahead of domestic enterprises and research institutions in market and research and development.
among them, French company Pragma? Industries has launched an Alpha bike (Alpha? bike）。 This bicycle is equipped with a 2-liter hydrogen fuel tank, which can make the bicycle run about 1 kilometers.
figure 2? Alpha? bike? Hydrogen fuel cell bicycles
In 217, Pragma? Industries has sent a message to Saint? About 6 electric bicycles powered by hydrogen fuel cells have been sold in French cities including Lo, Cherbourg, Chambery and Bayonne, which have achieved good response in the market.
table 2? Foreign fuel cell bicycle projects
Of course, in addition, institutions or companies such as Linde, Japanese company Iwatani, and German DLR have also successively launched hydrogen energy bicycle related products, but they have not been mass-produced and promoted due to cost and usage scenarios.
●3. Summary ●
Hydrogen Cloud Chain believes that compared with heavyweight applications such as automobiles, lightweight applications such as bicycles have the characteristics of being close to consumers, low unit price, large quantity and large market scale, which are closer to the general consumer market and are important marginal innovative applications.
the promotion of fuel cells from the consumption field can make consumers more directly contact with hydrogen energy products, and is conducive to rapid delivery and thus reduce costs. Therefore, it is a good exploration mode for many fuel cell manufacturers to promote the application of lightweight fuel cells in the consumption field.
for hydrogen energy bicycles, adopting the * * * enjoyment economic model first may enter the market of ordinary consumers more quickly. In the early stage of high cost, the * * enjoyment model can reduce the experience cost of consumers, reduce the production cost and speed up the promotion of hydrogen energy bicycles, which can be considered from the following three aspects.
1. Solve the cost problem. * * * Enjoy mode will bring a large number of orders for hydrogen energy bicycles, and hydrogen energy bicycles will have scale effect. The cost of hydrogen energy bicycles is concentrated on fuel cells and hydrogen storage tanks, and the scale effect will help manufacturers quickly reduce costs. At the same time, the * * * enjoyment mode does not require consumers to buy vehicles, which greatly reduces the experience cost and is more acceptable to consumers.
2. The problem of hydrogen refueling station. * * * Enjoying electric bicycles generally belongs to the pile type. The hydrogen refueling station can be combined with the rental point to solve the problem of difficult hydrogenation and reduce the construction cost of the hydrogen refueling station.
3. Market feedback. A lot of market feedback can help manufacturers improve their products and technology quickly.
This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.