Let's examine the Top Ten Disruptive Automotive Innovation Technologies Pioneering a New Era of Driving!

As the concept of environmental protection becomes more and more popular, new energy vehicles have become the future trend of the global automobile industry.

Major car companies and technology companies have increased investment in research and development, resulting in the emergence of many cutting-edge and innovative technologies in the field of new energy vehicles in 2023, including vehicle integration and control, power batteries, hydrogen energy and fuel cells, and three electricity systems, intelligent networking, autonomous driving, lightweight materials, etc.

Many innovative technologies not only improve the performance of new energy vehicles, but also reduce costs and promote the high-quality and rapid development of the automotive industry.

At the same time, it also makes a positive contribution to human sustainable travel and lifestyle changes.

At the 2023 World New Energy Vehicle Conference, the top ten innovative technologies of new energy vehicles were released. Let us take a look at the innovations of these ten technologies.

Ningde era

Kirin battery technology

As one of the world's leading power battery manufacturers, CATL focuses on the research and development of new energy vehicle power battery systems and energy storage systems.

It attaches great importance to technological innovation and R&D investment, and is committed to developing more efficient, safer and more environmentally friendly battery products. , making positive contributions to the promotion and application of new energy vehicles around the world.

In 2023, CATL released the third-generation CTP-Kirin battery. Compared with the traditional battery packaging technology (single-module-battery pack), CTP eliminates the module through the optimization of single design and integration form.

Directly from the large cell to the battery pack, the horizontal and vertical beams, water-cooling plates and heat insulation pads are integrated into a multi-functional elastic sandwich, which reconstructs the spatial structure and thereby improves the volume utilization and energy density of the battery.

The volume utilization rate of Kirin battery has reached 72%, and the system energy density has reached 255Wh/kg, both setting new highs in the world, and becoming the world's first battery technology with a thousand-mile endurance.

Kirin battery has been greatly upgraded in terms of heat dissipation performance.

It uses a brand-new water cooling system, which places the water cooling function between the battery cores, quadrupling the heat exchange area and shortening the battery core temperature control time to half of the original.

This design can support 5 minutes of fast hot start and 10 minutes of fast charging to 80%, and can quickly cool the battery during high-power charging to prevent abnormal heat conduction between cells.

A micron bridge connection device is built in the interlayer to flexibly expand and contract with the breathing of the battery core to improve the reliability of the battery core throughout its life cycle.

The integrated energy unit composed of the battery core and the multi-functional elastic interlayer constructs a more stable energy unit perpendicular to the driving direction.

The stable force-bearing structure improves the battery pack's resistance to vibration and impact.

Multiple safety protection measures, including the intelligent distribution of structural protection, high-voltage connections, thermal runaway exhaust and other functional modules.

These measures ensure the safety and reliability of the battery during use.

Currently, Kirin battery technology has been installed on independent high-end new energy vehicles such as Jikrypton and Wenjie.

In short, CATL Kirin battery technology integrates innovation, efficiency and safety, bringing new breakthroughs to the development of the electric vehicle industry.

BYD Auto

Wide temperature range heat pump air conditioning system

BYD is one of the world's leading companies in the field of new energy vehicles.

In 2023, the “wide temperature range heat pump air conditioning system” will be launched.

The technology is an innovative thermal management solution designed to improve the energy efficiency and comfort of electric vehicles.

Compared with traditional PTC (positive temperature coefficient) heating systems, heat pump air conditioning systems can significantly reduce energy consumption, thereby increasing the cruising range of electric vehicles.

The wide temperature range working technology enables the vehicle to still operate normally in ambient temperatures of -30°C to 60°C.

By improving the design and control strategy of the heat pump system, stable operation in extremely low-temperature environments is achieved, ensuring that the vehicle operates in various environments.

It can provide stable cooling and heating output under all climate conditions.

Refrigerant direct cooling and direct heating technology improves heat exchange efficiency and speed by reducing energy transfer links, which not only reduces energy consumption, but also helps improve battery life and performance.

From the perspective of comprehensive utilization of vehicle energy, BYD effectively utilizes the heat generated by each component of the vehicle and is equipped with multi-mode thermal management, so that the wide-temperature range heat pump air-conditioning system has multiple working modes and can be flexibly adjusted according to the actual needs of the vehicle.

Adjustment. In addition, the highly integrated and modular design concept facilitates system installation, maintenance and upgrades.

This not only reduces manufacturing costs but also helps improve system reliability and stability.

Horizon

An innovative intelligent computing architecture designed for the new generation of high-end intelligent driving in urban areas

As a provider of intelligent driving computing solutions, Horizon has significant technical and competitive advantages in the field of intelligent driving.

It is committed to providing users with an intelligent driving experience and promoting the commercial application of intelligent driving in China's passenger car field.

This technology achieves the best algorithm efficiency through cutting-edge algorithm optimization, innovatively uses AI-assisted design to greatly improve the programmability of the architecture, and has a hyper-heterogeneous computing core, which significantly enhances the diversity of computing power and meets the development needs of the smart car era.

The BPU Nash architecture is optimized for large-parameter Transformers and large-scale interactive games, significantly improving the operating efficiency of cutting-edge advanced algorithms, designing a three-level storage architecture, efficient collaboration between cores, and extremely optimizing the bandwidth bottleneck under large parameters.

At the same time, through intelligent assisted design, BPU Nash has greatly improved the programmability of the architecture, allowing developers to utilize hardware resources more efficiently.

In addition, BPU Nash also has ultra-heterogeneous computing capabilities, which can significantly enhance the diversity of computing power and meet the complex and changing needs of intelligent driving.

The use of deep learning technology speeds up the processing of images, videos and other data, and improves the perception of intelligent driving.

Horizon has designed a dedicated hardware accelerator that is optimized for common computing-intensive tasks in intelligent driving, significantly improving the overall performance of the system.

As a leader in the trend of intelligent driving technology, Horizon's innovative intelligent computing architecture technology will continue to promote the development of the field of intelligent driving and lay a solid foundation for future intelligent transportation systems.

Hive energy

Longlinjia’s efficient integration technology for thermoelectric separation of power battery systems

Honeycomb Energy Technology’s efficient integration technology of thermoelectric separation power battery system is an innovative technology of great significance in the field of electric vehicles.

This technology starts from the perspective of improving the intrinsic safety of thermal runaway of the battery system, and solves the pain points of battery system safety and battery life through three innovative designs: thermal-electrical separation, shared protective space, and highly integrated structure.

This technology uses a lithium iron phosphate battery cell system, which can increase the volume group efficiency to 76%, and has a battery life of over 800KM, highlighting its long battery life.

The Dragon Scale Battery supports double-sided water cooling, and the heat exchange capacity is increased by 70%, improving the safety of fast charging scenarios. , supports 2.2C-4C fast charging capabilities, which can charge the entire vehicle in 5 minutes and have a battery life of 200KM; it covers all battery cells of 300mm-600mm, improving the production efficiency of car companies.

Through the support of the Fengyun platform, early warning of faults can be achieved, turning the passive after-sales situation into active protection.

It has realized the ultra-integrated, high-safety and long-range application of the power battery system, accelerated the upgrade and iteration of power battery technology, and helped car companies accelerate the entry into the highly competitive 1000km+ era.

Shanghai Hydrogen New Energy Technology

Heavy commercial vehicle 300kW fuel cell stack technology

Shanghai Hydrogen New Energy Technology’s 300kW fuel cell stack technology for heavy-duty commercial vehicles represents the current advanced level of fuel cell technology and provides efficient and clean power solutions for heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

This technology further improves the power specifications, performance levels and lifespan of commercial vehicle fuel cells, realizes the transformation of fuel cell heavy truck power systems from "sufficient" to "easy to use", and further promotes the demonstration application of fuel cell heavy trucks.

Through 2.5D flow field design and non-uniform flow field design, the power density has been increased from 4.2kW/L to the world's leading 6.2kW/L;

through improvements in the catalyst anti-reverse electrode formula and carbon coating process, the abnormal potential of the membrane electrode pair has been improved

The endurance performance has been doubled from 10,000h to 20,000h covering the entire life cycle of fuel cell heavy trucks;

through fuel cell unit packaging technology and sequenced stacking process, the stability and stability of the fuel cell stack under the press-fitting process have been improved.

Consistency, combined with the increase in power density, has doubled the power specification of a single stack to the 300kW level that fully meets all the power requirements of fuel cell heavy trucks.

The widespread application of this technology will help promote the commercialization of hydrogen energy vehicles.

At present, Hydrogen Technology has developed a number of automotive fuel cell stacks with independent intellectual property rights and achieved batch delivery.

Mercedes Benz

Key technologies for high energy efficiency and multi-source optimization of pure electric vehicles

This technology integrates innovative aerodynamic design, lightweight structure, multi-source optimization of electric drive system and thermal management system, and demonstrates world-class energy efficiency on actual roads - it can travel 1,202 kilometers on a single charge and has low average energy consumption. to 8.3 kWh/100 km.

The waterdrop-shaped body design creates an ultra-low drag coefficient of 0.17, and the bionic structure and lightweight materials achieve an ultra-light unladen weight of 1,755 kg;

the efficient electric transmission system can directly transfer up to 95% of the battery energy to the wheels, integrating Efficient thermal management technology can use airflow to evenly cool the transmission system;

117 solar cells are installed on the roof to provide additional energy for auxiliary equipment.

VISION EQXX creates a new engineering blueprint and benchmark for the energy efficiency and cruising range of electric vehicles, and related technologies will also be gradually installed on subsequent mass-produced models of Mercedes-Benz.

BMW China

High performance hybrid drive system

The BMW Group has always continued to promote electrification transformation, adhering to its original intention of driving pleasure, and focusing on the development of efficient and powerful electric drive systems.

As the most powerful hybrid system in BMW history, the M high-performance hybrid drive system relies on the powerful combination of M's exclusive high-performance 4.4L V8 twin-turbocharged engine and high-performance permanent magnet synchronous motor, innovative pre-drive system, highly Integrated design and many other innovative highlights.

It achieves a comprehensive maximum output power of up to 550 kilowatts and a comprehensive peak torque of up to 1,000 N·m.

It adopts highly integrated electric drive technology to improve power density and achieve both power and economy.

The maximum efficiency of the motor exceeds 97.5%, and the maximum efficiency of the entire hybrid system exceeds 94.5%.

The planetary gear pre-drive system significantly improves the torque output of the entire hybrid system.

The innovative planetary gear pre-transmission system is designed between the motor and the transmission.

Thanks to the P2 hybrid structure design under the 400 V platform, the pre-transmission stage system can increase the peak torque generated by the motor from 280 N·m to 450 Nm. .

The M high-performance hybrid drive system has taken the lead in mass production in the innovative BMW XM.

China FAW Motor

Vehicle information security technology based on domestic commercial cryptographic algorithms

Vehicle information security technology based on domestic commercial cryptographic algorithms is an important technological breakthrough in the field of intelligent networked vehicle information security.

This technology uses domestic commercial cryptographic algorithms to comprehensively protect vehicle information security and effectively prevent risks such as hacker attacks and data leaks.

This technology makes full use of the high security and reliability of domestic commercial cryptographic algorithms.

Compared with traditional encryption technology, domestic commercial cryptographic algorithms are more advanced and secure in terms of password strength, encryption algorithms and key management.

This effectively curbs risks such as hacker attacks and data leaks, ensuring the security of vehicle information.

This technology also uses a variety of security mechanisms, including identity authentication, access control, data integrity protection, etc., to ensure that only authorized users can access the vehicle's information system.

At the same time, this technology can also perform real-time monitoring and anomaly detection on the vehicle's information system, and promptly discover and deal with various safety risks.

Independently build a domestic commercial cryptographic algorithm application system for vehicles, use domestic commercial cryptographic algorithms to replace international common cryptographic algorithms, improve vehicle information security independent control capabilities, and form a pilot demonstration effect for the application of domestic commercial cryptographic algorithms.

Geely Automobile

High performance variable frequency hybrid power platform technology

Geely Automobile's high-performance variable frequency hybrid power platform technology is an advanced hybrid power solution launched by Geely Automobile in response to increasingly stringent environmental regulations and market demands.

The technology is designed to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions while delivering outstanding driving performance.

The core of this technology lies in the variable frequency hybrid electric drive system, which is a combination of the 3DHT Pro gearbox and a high thermal efficiency engine.

The 3DHT Pro gearbox has three physical gears.

Through intelligent control, it can realize efficient switching of multiple drive modes, including pure electric drive, series drive, parallel drive, etc.

This design enables the system to intelligently select the optimal power output method based on different driving conditions and driving needs, thereby improving the fuel economy and power performance of the vehicle.

With the innovative "air flow priority" development idea, by optimizing the air flow towards the design cylinder head boundary, the in-cylinder turbulence is increased by 44%, the combustion speed is increased by 20%, and finally the ultra-high thermal efficiency of the mass-produced hybrid engine is achieved at 44.26%.

In addition to the variable frequency hybrid electric drive system and high thermal efficiency engine, Geely Automobile's high-performance variable frequency hybrid platform technology also includes an intelligent energy management system.

The system can monitor the driving status and energy usage of the vehicle in real time, and use intelligent algorithms to allocate and optimize energy to components such as batteries, engines, and motors, thereby achieving efficient use and recovery of energy.

Geely Automobile's high-performance variable frequency hybrid power platform technology has demonstrated outstanding performance.

Models equipped with this technology have reached industry-leading levels in terms of fuel economy, emissions and driving performance, providing consumers with more environmentally friendly and energy-saving travel options.

Dark blue car

Key technologies for rapid heating of power batteries based on pulse heating

This technology is the first to create a low-temperature and rapid heating method for power batteries based on a wide variable frequency pulse-electrochemical impedance-thermal coupling mechanism.

It establishes a battery electric-thermal coupling model with variable AC impedance characteristics and SOC status, and proposes the use of electric drive to generate high-frequency pulses.

A fast and non-destructive heating method for AC low-temperature batteries with variable amplitude and frequency characteristics and thermal NVH-EMC collaborative simulation optimization technology were invented.

A fast and non-destructive heating method for low-temperature batteries with randomly variable amplitude and frequency characteristics based on precise control of electric IGBT frequency was invented, creating a complete vehicle.

Test verification technology to system components.

The world's first micro-core high-frequency pulse heating technology independently developed by Deep Blue can quickly heat lithium batteries in a -30°C environment.

The battery temperature can increase by 4°C per minute, the charging time is shortened by 15%, and the power is increased by 50%, allowing the vehicle to be used even if It can also be used normally in cold winter.

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