(Text/Editor by Zhang Jiadong/Lou Bing) 2021 is the first year of the outbreak of new energy vehicles in the Chinese market. Although there are still many doubts from the outside world, many consumers have reported that charging problems have caused travel after the November holiday. It is troublesome, but it is undeniable that as of August this year, the cumulative retail sales of domestic new energy vehicles has reached 1.479 million, a year-on-year increase of 202.1%, and the market penetration rate of has increased to 11.6%.
However, with the rapid increase of new energy products and the increase in consumer acceptance of new energy vehicles, new energy vehicles, as a new category in the auto market, have also brought new challenges to the market.
Since BYD put forward new industry thinking on the safety of new energy batteries last year, consumers have rapidly improved their safety requirements for new energy vehicles. In April this year, McKinsey released the "2021 McKinsey Automotive Consumer Insights" report, which mentioned that although Chinese consumers are increasingly accepting new energy vehicles, their concerns about safety and other dimensions have not decreased but increased.
In the "New Energy Automobile Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)", there are also various regulations that clearly state that the safety of electric vehicles needs to be comprehensively improved by 2025, which provides for the promotion of the new energy automobile industry to a higher quality development. More support.
Obviously, improving the safety of new energy products is not only limited to responding to policy needs for auto companies, but also the top priority of competing for the market in the era of automotive energy reform.
On October 10th, FAW-Volkswagen and GM China Automotive developed the industry's first dual-dummy side-post collision test challenge.
According to reports, the side post impact test has not yet been officially implemented in the domestic safety test standards, and this time the FAW-Volkswagen ID.4 CROZZ double dummy side post impact, a child dummy is placed in the back row, and the rear As an important evaluation index, the safety protection of platoon children is not only more stringent than the single dummy side column impact test in EURO-NCAP, but also puts forward higher requirements on the safety standards of the electric vehicle industry.
For new energy vehicles,In addition to the safety of the entire vehicle collision, the safety of the battery after a collision must also be considered. The battery packs of new energy vehicles are usually arranged flatly on the bottom of the vehicle body. Compared with frontal collisions and side collisions, the collision point of the side pillars is closer to the battery pack, and the battery bears greater impact and squeezing force, which is equivalent to direct use. The rigid column "cuts" the battery pack, which has more stringent requirements for the stability of the battery pack.
This test evaluation project carried out a comprehensive evaluation of ID.4 CROZZ vehicle safety and battery safety from different latitudes such as body structure, electrical safety performance, functional performance, and restraint system. According to the test report published by General Technology China Automobile Research Institute, FAW-Volkswagen ID.4 CROZZ not only passed the four evaluations successfully, with excellent results, but also far in many key indicators such as voltage, insulation resistance and dummy damage value. Beyond national standards.
Like many car companies, battery protection is often the top priority of new energy vehicles. The ID.4 CROZZ multi-layer battery pack uses an integrated anti-collision frame design to protect each module separately.
In addition, FAW-Volkswagen has not neglected its own anti-collision safety guarantee. The large-scale laser welding process makes the steel of the whole vehicle less deformed and high in strength during welding, so that the vehicle has a better resistance to deformation after a collision. The door sill beam that is most considered in side collisions adopts a dual structure of high-strength steel + aluminum profiles, which provides double-layer protection against impact and energy absorption.
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The high-quality crash results prove that FAW-Volkswagen, as a traditional car company, has high standards and strict requirements for product safety under the new energy transition. At the same time, the excellent results of ID. series models in a number of tests at home and abroad also indicate the higher requirements of traditional car companies for the industry in the field of new energy.
At present, in addition to the two domestic institutions with crash test qualifications C-IASI and C-NCAP, many media have also conducted crash tests on some of the best-selling products on their own. No matter the results are good or bad,The results of these collisions have received a strong response and interaction among the consumer groups. It can be seen that the safety of new energy vehicles has been mentioned as a high priority in the consumer car purchase process.
, as the MEB product of Volkswagen brand in the Chinese market to achieve full electrification transformation and impact the market, Volkswagen ID. series vehicle safety is developed in strict accordance with the C-NCAP 2021 five-star and " China Insurance Research" C-IASI Good standards to ensure The whole vehicle can withstand more severe collision tests.
In early September, some domestic media conducted a 50% offset collision test for FAW-Volkswagen ID.6 CROZZ and Tesla Model Y . After the collision, ID.6 and Model Y both suffered severe collapse, and the metal coamings in the firewall area of the engine room were also twisted and deformed. But in contrast, the A pillar of ID.6 has almost no deformation. Except for the four doors that can be opened normally, there is no collapse or deformation in the entire body floor area, and the battery pack assembly on the chassis has not undergone any deformation. Change, the overall performance is far better than Model Y.
Faced with the rapid development of new energy vehicles, policy support and changes in consumer perception, the number of new energy vehicles in the future market is destined to continue to increase. However, the change in the form of energy has not changed the essential attributes of new energy vehicles as a means of transportation. Whether at home or abroad, safety issues have always been the most severe test and bottom line accompanying the automotive industry.
The excellent crash test results of the Volkswagen ID. series not only provide consumers with a reliable reference for quality assurance, but also provide technical data support for the upgrade of new energy vehicle safety performance standards. More importantly, FAW-Volkswagen's participation in the electrification direction has already sounded the alarm for its competitors. Although intelligence and electrification are the inevitable direction of automobile development, they are on the new track. At the same time, only by laying a good foundation for vehicle safety can we enter the second half in the protracted battle of new energy transition.
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