China and Germany will be unified charging interface standard

Liu Weiyan by reporter from Beijing

Although the opening of the relevant technology patents, hoping to get "first strike" electric car standards, but Tesla founder Musk still failed to catch up with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

On July 8, Merkel and Miao Wei, minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, jointly worked together at Tsinghua University to represent the handle of the Sino-German electric car cooperation project. The electric car charging project was officially launched.

According to the cooperation agreement, in the future, China and Germany will achieve complete reunification of the charging interface standard. Both parties will also sign a charging communication agreement and finally realize the full sharing of charging facilities. This means that in the future, BYD and other Chinese electric car brands will use the same charging facilities as the German car brands such as BMW and Audi.

The growing market for new energy vehicles will attract more and more international automakers to join them. In Merkel's view, the market sales will determine the standard-setting voice, so the cooperation between China and Germany will play a decisive role in the international electric car industry.

China and Germany will be unified charging interface standard

The realization of this cooperation plan will have a positive impact on the development of the electric vehicle industry in China and Germany in the future. According to China's "Energy Saving and New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2012-2020)", by 2020, the cumulative production and sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles in China will reach 5 million. Germany also plans to sell 1 million new energy vehicles by 2020.

There are currently four major charging interface standards worldwide, namely the European standard, North American standard, Japanese standard and Chinese standard. The joint charging interface standard between China and Germany this time is intended to increase the voice of the two countries in the field of international electric vehicles. Merkel said: "In the future who sell more, who have more users, who will occupy the weight of standard-setting will be heavier."

An important agenda for his visit to China, Merkel, on the 7th visit is to start a major project for the cooperation between China and Germany in the field of electric vehicles, the Sino-German electric vehicle charging project. At the scene of the event, Miao Wei, minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told DailyNews that the start of this project is an important achievement of the cooperation between China and Germany in the electric vehicle industry.

As early as 2011, China and Germany jointly issued the Joint Statement of China-Germany Strategic Partnership on Establishing Electric Vehicles in Berlin. The purpose is to encourage local governments and enterprises in both countries to participate in cooperation such as joint demonstration projects, commercial operations and electric Car to promote cooperation. Subsequently, under the leadership of the NDRC and the German Ministry of Economy, the cooperation plan between the two countries in the field of electric vehicles was advanced.

China Automotive Technology Research Center, deputy director of the Institute of Automobile Wang Cheng told the "Daily Economic News" interview, said: "At present, China and Germany have begun to charge their own facilities for charging research, based on the investigation, will determine the unity Charging interface standard. "

In the case of China, the first phase mainly focuses on the investigation of the construction of private charging facilities, including the investigation of residential quarters, the investigation of residential property conditions in connection with the installation of charging facilities, the recruitment of users and the site survey. "As part of the testing vehicles are delivered to users At present, the work is drawing to a close, "Wang Cheng said.

The second phase will focus on the investigation of the installation of charging facilities in the semi-public areas. The user's driving, charging behavior and habits will be analyzed and the charging equipment management framework will be reviewed. Later, the third phase of the survey on open charging facilities will be conducted.

"In October this year, the leaders of the relevant departments of China and Germany will hold a joint meeting, which will determine the timetable for the sharing of charging facilities between China and Germany." Wang Cheng said.

The industry will have a significant impact

The start-up and future development of the Sino-German electric vehicle project will play a positive role in the development of the electric vehicle industry between China and Germany.

Miao Wei said: "With the development of the automotive industry, while bringing (people's livelihood) convenience, negative problems have emerged." To achieve sustainable development of Chinese society in the future, new energy is the only way. "

Ouyang Minggao, director of the Automotive Engineering Department of Tsinghua University and director of the State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy Saving, told the Daily Economic News reporter: "The accelerated development of the electric car industry must meet the three conditions and the government's policy support. Infrastructure construction and good products. "

In September last year, "on the promotion of new energy vehicles to promote the work of the notice" was formally introduced in the country to promote the application of new energy subsidies, based on, including Beijing, Shanghai, including cities also introduced a local subsidy policy .

"Before the end of this year, the policy of breaking the monopoly of localities and pushing the plug-in hybrid vehicles into the scope of subsidies will be promulgated," said Ouyang Minggao.

Right now, the size of China's auto market has been close to 20 million vehicles. The growing market for new energy vehicles will attract more and more international auto manufacturers to look into this market. In Merkel's view, the market sales will determine the standard-setting discourse, so the cooperation between China and Germany will play a decisive role in the international electric car industry.

Under the support of China's related NEV support policies, BMW, Audi, Daimler's SMART, Nissan Kai Chen and other brands of electric vehicle products will be successively landed in the Chinese market during the year.

According to Ouyang Minggao forecast, this year's sales of new energy vehicles in China will exceed 100,000, next year is likely to still be doubled to achieve growth, reaching 200,000. This means that new energy vehicles in the next two years, will occupy nearly 1% market share in China's passenger car market.