Recently, the cooperation between Volkswagen and Hefei has reached a new level. According to the agreement signed between audi ag (China) and Hefei Economic Development Zone, the project of Volkswagen (China) Technology Co., Ltd. with a total investment of nearly 1 billion euros has settled in Hefei Economic Development Zone. The project integrates vehicle R&D, spare parts R&D and procurement, and will become audi ag’s largest technology and innovation center in China.
At present, Hefei has cultivated and introduced six new energy vehicle manufacturers, including Volkswagen, BYD, Weilai, Jianghuai, Chang ‘an and An Kai, and gathered more than 500 supporting enterprises, including Guoxuan Hi-Tech, Zhongchuang Singapore Airlines and Juyi Technology. Last year, the output of new energy vehicles in the city was 255,000, a year-on-year increase of 133%, and the output value of the whole industrial chain reached 120 billion yuan. In the first five months of this year, the output of new energy vehicles was 230,000, a year-on-year increase of more than four times.
Driven by "whole vehicle", grab the commanding heights of the industry
In the second advanced manufacturing base of Weilai in Hefei Xinqiao Intelligent Electric Vehicle Industrial Park, the production line is full of horsepower. In the four process workshops of stamping, car body, painting and final assembly, the long arm of machinery flies up and down, and a new energy vehicle goes off the assembly line every minute.
"The industrial park can accommodate more than 10,000 R&D personnel and more than 40,000 skilled workers. The planned vehicle production capacity is 1 million vehicles/year and the battery production capacity is 100GWh/ year. The estimated annual output value is 500 billion yuan." The relevant person in charge of Xinqiao Intelligent Electric Vehicle Industrial Park said that this year, in addition to delivering the new ES8 and EC7 of the full-scene intelligent electric flagship SUV, Weilai will also launch three new models of the second-generation technology platform. At that time, the number of models on sale will reach 8.
BYD’s Hefei production base in Xiatang Town, Changfeng County is also booming, and the best-selling models such as "Qin" series and "Yuan" are being sold all over the country from here.
After the completion of the first, second and third phases of BYD Hefei Base, the annual output value will be nearly 200 billion yuan, which will drive the total output value of the upstream and downstream industrial chains to not less than 300 billion yuan. At present, the third phase of BYD has been completed and put into production, and the total output has exceeded that of last year.
"Adhere to the concept of’ serving existing enterprises well is the best way to attract investment’, and strive to create a national new energy automobile industry cluster with the existing six vehicle companies as the traction." At the promotion meeting of new energy automobile industry cluster construction in the province held recently, the main person in charge of Hefei Municipal Committee said.
Hefei goes all out to serve the vehicle head enterprises. Concentrate on supporting existing enterprises, promote major projects such as BYD Hefei manufacturing base, Volkswagen’s second global R&D center and Weilai Xinqiao Industrial Park, and encourage enterprises to increase capital and expand production one after another. Concentrate on building industrial bases, build three "million-vehicle" production bases in Xiatang, Xinqiao and Xingang, and build a number of "10 billion-level" parts parks. Concentrate on cultivating industrial ecology, introduce an action plan to accelerate the construction of a new energy automobile capital, integrate the new energy automobile industry fund with a total scale of over 100 billion yuan, and give enterprises full-cycle and all-factor policy support.
The relevant person in charge of Hefei Economic and Information Bureau introduced that by 2025, the city’s new energy vehicle production capacity will exceed 3 million, and the industrial scale will reach "trillion level" by 2027.
Chain extension and chain supplement, magnetic attraction industry "upstream and downstream"
At the beginning of July, Hefei held the second special event of automobile industry chain of industrial integration matchmaking meeting. At the docking meeting, more than 40 enterprises, including Vodafone Semiconductor, Zhixin Semiconductor and Iflytek, docked around the key problems in the industrial chain of new energy vehicles. Since last year, Hefei has organized more than 20 global smart car industry summits and other activities, attracting more than 700 industrial chain enterprises at home and abroad to participate.
Do a good job in the "big article" of new energy automobile parts and components, and Hefei will further sort out and improve the "three maps" of the new energy automobile industry chain: industrial panorama, regional distribution map and investment promotion construction drawing, and continuously promote the chain extension and chain reinforcement. On this basis, the supply and demand docking such as "zero coordination", "core-car coordination" and "smart-car coordination" will be carried out in a normal way, and the industrial chain integration development policy will be introduced, and the heads’ meeting of key enterprises, the industrial chain suppliers’ meeting and the project element guarantee meeting will be held well. At the same time, join hands with the sister cities in the province to build an industrial ecology of integrated clusters. On the basis of moderately advanced supporting infrastructure, we will promote the construction of three-level charging and replacing systems at county, township and village levels.
At present, Hefei has laid out several automobile industry parts parks in Hefei High-tech Zone, Baohe District, Lujiang County, Feidong County, Chaohu City and Anchao Economic Development Zone. "It is precisely because we have identified the business track of intelligent equipment and electric control parts of new energy vehicles. The company’s products and technical services have directly entered world-class enterprises such as Volkswagen, Tesla, Jaguar Land Rover and Honda, and initially realized the internationalization strategy of enterprises." The person in charge of Anhui Juyi Technology Co., Ltd. said.
Since last year, Hefei has joined hands with its sister cities to promote Midea Weiling Auto Parts Project with a total investment of over 10 billion yuan to settle in Anqing, BYD Auto Parts Industrial Park with a total investment of over 10 billion yuan to settle in Fuyang, and Weilai Vehicle Phase II and other related projects will also settle in Hefei Xinqiao Science and Technology Innovation Demonstration Zone (Hehuai Cooperation Zone). It is understood that the near-ground matching rate of Volkswagen Anhui has reached 70%. About 70% of Weilai’s supply chain partners are located within 600 kilometers from Hefei.
Multi-pronged approach to make the industry "ecological circle"
Leading by the leading enterprises and supporting, Hefei’s automobile enterprise industry "forest" scenic spot is formed, in which "big enterprises are indomitable and small enterprises are overwhelming". The prosperity and growth of industry can not be separated from the cultivation and feedback of "post-market" and the nourishment of excellent industrial ecology.
At the intersection of Shixin Road and Susong Road in Hefei, a white building with unique appearance is very eye-catching. This is the first new energy vehicle charging complex project in this city, which was put into trial operation not long ago. There are 197 parking spaces, including 185 parking spaces for car charging piles and 12 parking spaces for large truck charging piles. "Not only can it be sheltered from the wind and rain, but the car charging process is also safer. Moreover, the number of charging parking spaces is sufficient, and there is generally no need to wait in line. " A car owner who is charging said.
In recent years, Hefei has made great efforts to build a public charging network with "government guidance, unified supervision, reasonable layout and moderate advancement". According to statistics, as of May this year, Hefei has built 84,800 charging facilities of various types, initially forming a 2-kilometer charging service circle in the urban area, which can meet the daily charging demand of about 210,000 new energy vehicles.
"With sufficient sources of funds, the company’s development is booming, with sales revenue increasing by 30% in the first half of the year." Xie Weifen, deputy general manager of Hefei Shengtaike Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd. said happily.
Shengtaike Company is an intelligent networked automobile core sensor and system integration solution provider. Last year, due to expanding production capacity and increasing investment in research and development, liquidity was tight. The investment team of Hefei Xingtai Holding Fund communicated and coordinated many times, and completed the investment in Shengtaike project at the end of last year, totaling 41.13 million yuan.
In order to strengthen the full-cycle and all-factor policy support for enterprises, Hefei has introduced special policies such as accelerating the development of new energy automobile industry and further promoting the promotion and application of new energy intelligent networked vehicles; Upgrade the "fund+industry", "fund+base" and "fund+project" driving mode, and integrate the new energy automobile industry fund with a total scale of over 100 billion yuan.
Release the new energy vehicle consumption subsidy policy, with a maximum subsidy of 5,000 yuan; Continue to promote the construction of recycling system for power batteries, and encourage leading enterprises to tackle key technical problems … In recent years, Hefei has made frequent efforts to optimize the "ecological circle" of new energy vehicles and make the "aftermarket" bigger and stronger.
"We will extend from focusing on manufacturing to’ products+services’, focusing on five aspects: exhibition, financial services, testing services, used car trading and battery recycling, logistics and export, so as to expand the automobile aftermarket as soon as possible." The main person in charge of Hefei Municipal Committee said. (Xu Genhong, Feng Jing, Xu Beibei)