Spring flowers and autumn fruits, year things into abundance. Recently, China's new energy vehicles reached 10 million annually, ushering in another major milestone in the history of China and the world's automobile industry.

 

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, on November 14, the 2024 China New Energy Vehicle 10 million Achievement Event hosted by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and undertaken by Dongfeng Motor Group Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as Dongfeng Motor) was held in Wuhan, Hubei Province. To celebrate this historic moment, leaders of relevant national authorities, government leaders of Hubei Province and Wuhan City, representatives of industry organizations, and representatives of new energy vehicle enterprises gathered at Dongfeng Motor to witness the new achievements of China's automobile industry and pay tribute to every fighter in China's automobile industry.

 

On November 14, the event of reaching 10 million new energy vehicles in China by 2024 was held in Wuhan

 

From the ranks of "followers" to the ranks of "leaders", the rise of China's new energy automobile industry in the past decade has been solid and powerful.​ In the past ten years, the entire Chinese automobile industry 踔厉, committed to innovation, seizing historical opportunities, and winning strategic initiative, has become an important force in reshaping the global automobile industry competition pattern, technological advantages, and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading and green development.

 

01 Witness the transformation from China speed to China quality

 

From scratch, from there to excellent, China's new energy vehicles have walked an extraordinary road. From the production of the first new energy vehicle to the production line of the 10 millionth, China took 27 years; It took just 17 months to go from the 10 millionth to the 20 million mark. Today, China's new energy vehicles have accelerated again, and in less than 11 months, production and sales have reached 10 million units a year for the first time. In the past 10 years, China's new energy vehicle production and sales have ranked first in the world for nine consecutive years. From starting to accelerating to overtaking on corners, China's new energy vehicles have gradually moved to the center of the international stage, achieved leapfrog development, and become the global leader in new energy vehicles.

 

"The breakthrough of 10 million new energy vehicle production and sales in China in 2024 is a historic and important moment, and the result of the joint efforts of Chinese auto brands." Xin Guobin, a member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said in his speech that at present, the century-old changes in the world are accelerating, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation is booming, and the technology, products, models and ecology of the global automobile industry are undergoing drastic and profound changes. It is necessary to solve the development problems through more in-depth innovation and more extensive cooperation. Share the fruits of development. He pointed out that to promote the high-quality development of the new energy automobile industry, we must adhere to green and low-carbon, transformation and upgrading, adhere to innovation-driven, open and cooperation, and adhere to the upward brand and long-term success.

 

Accumulated over time ushered in a cumulative, trickle-down eventually into a magnificent. The new milestone of 10 million new energy vehicles in China in 2024 announced that China's automobile industry has walked out of a Chinese road of high-quality development, marking that China's new energy vehicles have entered a new stage of large-scale, global and high-quality development on the basis of industrialization and marketization. China's automobile industry has realized the transformation from "China speed" to "China quality".

 

In recent years, Hubei Province has vigorously promoted the development of the automobile industry, and the development momentum of new energy vehicles is strong. Cheng Yongwen, vice governor of Hubei Provincial People's Government, said in his speech that the event held in Wuhan is a full affirmation of Hubei's high-quality development of the automobile industry, and will also help the development of Hubei's automobile industry. In 2024, the annual scale of the automobile industry in Hubei Province is expected to reach trillion yuan, and the capacity of new energy vehicles has reached 1.5 million units, gathering more than 300 intelligent and connected car-related enterprises. Hubei Province is focusing on building a world-class trillion-yuan automobile industry cluster, accelerating the implementation of five major actions, and taking the high-quality development of new energy and intelligent network automobile industry as an important support.

 

02 Promote the transformation from made in China to created in China

 

"Strategic guidance + policy support + scientific and technological innovation + hard work" to jointly promote the transformation of made in China to created in China.

 

Work together to reach the top. The achievement of 10 million new energy vehicles in China by 2024 has become a vivid practice of the rapid development of China's automobile industry, and also shows that the transformation and upgrading of China's automobile industry, innovation and development have achieved a new leap and reached a new height.

 

What is the rapid rise of China's new energy automobile industry? One relies on the strategic guidance of the Party Central Committee and the policy guidance of relevant state departments, the second relies on the transformation of market advantages to industrial advantages, the third relies on the independent innovation of science and technology and the continuous improvement of the industrial chain, and the fourth relies on the struggle of generations of Chinese auto people. In the face of unprecedented challenges and opportunities, every Chinese automobile company is jointly promoting the prosperity and development of China's new energy automobile industry with its own practical actions.

 

At the same time, under the guidance of the innovation-driven development strategy, Chinese auto companies continue to break through core technologies and strive to solve the "bottleneck" problem, and have made major innovation achievements in many technical fields of new energy vehicles, effectively filling the technological gap in China's auto industry. For example, as one of the large central enterprises directly managed by the central government, Dongfeng Motor keeps up with the pace of The Times, adheres to independent innovation, unswervingly promotes the transformation of new energy, plans a new blueprint of "three transitions, one to the new", builds a "1+n" R & D system, and takes the lead in the invention patent industry for two consecutive years, with 24,000 effective patents. Independently mastered the commercial vehicle "Longqing" and passenger car "Mach" power, quantum architecture, Dongfeng Hydrogen boat, Dongfeng "Yue Xiang intelligence" and other core technologies. From January to October this year, Dongfeng Motor sold 2.01 million vehicles, and its own brand sold 1.11 million vehicles, an increase of 40.2%. The sales volume of new energy vehicles was 700,000, an increase of 82.3% year-on-year.

 

Consolidate our advantages and seize the momentum. Dongfeng Motor and all Chinese auto companies are carrying the major mission entrusted by the new era, and are gathering the new momentum of "new and upward", and are walking side by side, jointly gathering the mighty power of the automobile industry, boosting the Chinese automobile industry to continue to rise, and making national automobile brands bigger and stronger.

 

Yang Qing, chairman and Party secretary of Dongfeng Motor, said in his speech that the glory of 10 million vehicles belongs to all the promoters, participants and practitioners of the auto industry. All along, Dongfeng Motor has insisted on both passenger and business development, coordinated independent and joint ventures, continued to improve the layout of new energy vehicle brands, platforms, commodities, key technologies and core resources, vigorously promoted scientific and technological innovation, product innovation, service innovation and business model innovation, and continued to accelerate the transformation of new energy. 10 million vehicles is a new starting point for the development of new energy vehicles in China, Dongfeng Motor will walk side by side with brother enterprises, adhere to the reform without pause, innovation does not stop, build good cars for users, power up Chinese cars, and make Chinese cars become the bosom friend of the world.

 

03 Accelerate the transformation of Chinese products to Chinese brands

 

New height, new starting point, new expedition. For China's auto industry, reaching 10 million new energy vehicles in 2024 is not only an unprecedented breakthrough, but also a starting point to forge ahead. At the event site, the employee representatives of a number of vehicle companies sang the "Dream Expedition", not only to witness this historic moment, but also to signify the horn of a new era for the Chinese automobile industry.

 

At the scene, Dongfeng Lantu Zhiyin is honored to join hands with a number of national automobile brand models, and jointly opened a new chapter of reaching 10 million new energy vehicles in China in 2024. As a high-end smart new energy brand of Dongfeng Motor, Dongfeng Lantu has formed a product layout of "three years, three categories, four years and four cars", and its sales have continued to rise, entering the monthly sales club of 10,000 vehicles. The fourth model "Dongfeng Lantu Zhiyin" is based on Dongfeng Motor's independent innovation, professional and mature research and development system, positioning "high-end intelligent medium-sized pure electric SUV", the whole area is equipped with 800V high-voltage silicon carbide platform, has the longest driving range of 901 km, the fastest 5C charging speed in the same class, and will land in the European market in the future. Continue to polish the Chinese car business card. As a mainstream technology electric brand of Dongfeng Motor, Dongfeng Yi Pai anchors the mainstream market, and a number of new cars are listed on the market. Tailormade for family users, the Dongfeng Yipai eπ008, positioned as "family intelligent large SUV", eπ008 five-seat version has been opened for pre-sale, and will be unveiled at the 2024 Guangzhou Auto Show, bringing a new travel experience for family users.

 

The wind rises in the east, China's business card. From BYD released the world's first plug-in hybrid model F3DM in 2008 to the establishment of NIO in 2014; From 2020, Dongfeng Motor releases "Dongfeng LAN Map" and SAIC releases "Zhiji Car", to 2021, Geely releases "polar Krypton" and Changan Automobile releases "Avita"; From the release of "Dongfeng Strong" by Dongfeng Motor in 2022, the release of "Dongfeng Yi PI" and "Dongfeng Nano" in 2023, and then the production line of the one millionth vehicle of Ideal Automobile in 2024, China's new energy automobile enterprises have not only achieved a comprehensive breakthrough from point to surface, from quantity to quality, but also the rise in integration, breakthrough in rise, and maturity in breakthrough.

 

As Fu Bingfeng, executive Vice president and Secretary general of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said, the transformation and development of China's new energy vehicles is an unprecedented great practice and a huge project involving colleagues in the whole industry. The firm and enterprising of the whole industry has contributed "China's strength" and "China's solution" to the global automotive industry, laid a solid foundation for the second half of the development of intelligent connected vehicles, established the confidence to win, and led the global automotive industry to firmly move toward electrification.

 

Liu Yan, deputy secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said that China's annual 10 million new energy vehicles reached the activity is a tribute to the extraordinary achievements of China's new energy vehicles, is to encourage the automotive industry to bear the mission, the horn of courage and perseverance, is also a historical node of the development of the industry, but also a new starting point for the future.

 

Industry experts believe that by 2024, China's 10 million new energy vehicles have been reached, further consolidating China's position as the world's largest new energy vehicle production, sales and exporter, strengthening the first-mover advantage of China's auto industry in the new wave of global scientific and technological revolution, and leading the global auto industry to electrification and intelligence as the main direction of transformation and upgrading.

 

In a race, those who row harder are the first; Dry sail, brave to win. China's new energy vehicles not only move quickly to the center of the world stage, but also bring new development opportunities to the global automotive industry. Firmly follow the "necessary road", accelerate the intellectual leap to the new direction, and stand at a new starting point, Chinese automobiles are taking advantage of the momentum in the new journey with a more open and confident attitude, setting sail in the new blue ocean, continuing to show the vigorous vitality and innovative strength of Chinese modernization, and injecting more "Chinese power" into the development of the global automobile industry.

 

Originally published by China Automotive News, November 15, 2024