It is understood that BluE, a Japanese company that develops and supplies hybrid electric systems for Toyota? Nexus has reached a technology transfer agreement with Guangzhou Automobile Group, and the independent sector of Guangzhou Automobile Group may start to adopt Toyota THS system (Toyota? Half-breed? System) mixed products.
Don't ask why Toyota suddenly became generous, share its core technology. This is not the first time Toyota has done this. For example, Toyota Motor announced the opening of the patent right of hydrogen fuel cell technology on the eve of the opening of CES International Consumer Electronics Show in 2065438+05. In the future, carmakers and parts suppliers around the world will be able to use Toyota's patents on hydrogen fuel cell technology for free.
Take the hybrid shared by Toyota as an example. On April 20 19, Toyota announced that it would provide Toyota with the patent right to use the vehicle electrification technology (including the projects being applied for) for free. The total number of patents is about 23,740, and the term is until the end of 2030. Other enterprises can use the above technology for free as long as they negotiate and sign a contract with Toyota.
In the past, blue? Nexus also shares hybrid technology with Toyota's Japanese partners such as Mazda and Subaru. But the cooperation with Guangzhou Automobile Group is blue? Nexus shares technology with non-Japanese companies for the first time.
As we all know, Toyota hybrid is the world leader. Some people even say that "there are only two kinds of hybrids in the world, one is Toyota and the other is others". Even though Toyota has opened some patents before, it is not easy to achieve the same effect or better effect as Toyota Hybrid.
As the first non-Japanese car company shared by Toyota, GAC also has a reason in my opinion. First of all, GAC is an important partner of Toyota in China, so it is meaningful to provide technical support for cooperation activities. Secondly, GAC has strong R&D strength in the field of new energy. Toyota provides core hybrid technology for GAC, and GAC can also provide core new energy technology for Toyota. For example, the iA5 model previously launched by GAC Toyota is the result of their cooperation.
What does a complete hybrid system include? Take Camry as an example, the newly developed THS? Two? The hybrid power system consists of 4 parts: 2.5L engine, E-CVT electronic continuously variable gearbox, PCU power control unit and Ni-MH battery. If the whole power system needs to be imported from Toyota, the price of new models launched by GAC in the future will naturally not be low.
The problem is: if the positioning and price of Toyota hybrid models launched by GAC are higher than Toyota, people will still choose Toyota products; If the price and positioning are low, it will be difficult for GAC to control costs, and Toyota will not be willing if the price is too low.
Therefore, the author believes that the hybrid system provided by Toyota to GAC in the future is not a combined engine, but the sharing of core technologies and parts. This will help GAC to reduce costs, but also help the differentiation of product advantages of the two companies.
Of course, Toyota is also ambitious.
In September, Wang Binggang, the leader of the national expert group on innovative projects of new energy vehicles, disclosed "2.0" in advance at an industry conference. Several core messages in the technical roadmap of energy-saving and new energy vehicles: it is not recommended to set a timetable for prohibiting fuel vehicles and put forward the slogan of prohibiting combustion in China; In the future 15, China will develop energy-saving vehicles and new energy vehicles at the same time. 2035? Every year? 50%; Energy-saving vehicles will be' hybrid' and' no-burning schedule' will be replaced by' comprehensive electric drive plan'.
In a word, electrification version 2.0 replaces electrification 1.0.
At the same time, at present, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments have reviewed and approved the new version of the Measures for the Parallel Management of Average Fuel Consumption of Passenger Car Enterprises and New Energy Vehicles, put forward the concept of "low-fuel-consumption passenger cars" for the first time, and clarified the preferential rules for integral accounting, which will be implemented from 202 1 1. With the introduction of this policy, hybrid vehicles will be positioned as "low fuel consumption vehicles" and given preferential policies.
In other words, hybrid systems with policy support will be more popular in the future. Although Toyota's hybrid system is powerful, it can't be produced on a large scale by itself. Bringing GAC in to play now will help Toyota fully explore the hybrid market in China, thus expanding Toyota's share of the hybrid market in China, promoting its products and deepening its cooperation with GAC.
It is a good thing that Toyota and Yuguangqi share the hybrid system with GAC. Of course, it is also a good thing for consumers. If the cooperation is reached, it means that you can enjoy Toyota's hybrid system with less money in the future. Why not? Of course, all this still depends on how Toyota and GAC cooperate and enjoy it. If the product is placed on the ground, where will it be positioned and at what price?
Look forward to it together!
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