The 12th Five-Year Plan for Electric Vehicles of the Ministry of Science and Technology has been implemented

Unlike the “Energy-saving and New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan” (2011-2020), which has been rumored for a long time but always in the state of “will be introduced”, the “12th Five-Year Plan” for electric vehicles formulated by the Ministry of Science and Technology has quietly entered the implementation stage.

Recently, an expert in the field of electric vehicles revealed that the special plan for the 12th Five-Year Plan for electric vehicles of the Ministry of Science and Technology will not be publicly released and it has now begun to implement. The Ministry of Science and Technology invested a total of 780 million yuan in special funds, and 77 projects in 33 areas of the first phase have all been declared and received special funds. The second-phase project application is about to begin and it is expected that there will be more capital investment.

The relevant person of the High-tech Division of the Ministry of Science and Technology also confirmed to reporters on the phone that the “12th Five-Year” special plan for electric vehicles has indeed entered the implementation stage and will not be published in full. Regarding the reasons for not publishing it publicly, the person explained: “This is only a plan for a department of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Unlike the ten-year plan for new energy vehicles, many ministries and commissions will participate in the final public announcement by the State Council.”

It is understood that the main contents of the “12th Five-Year Plan” for electric vehicles formulated by the Ministry of Science and Technology are key breakthroughs in the key technologies of electric vehicles such as batteries, motors, and electronic control systems in the next five years, with small pure electric vehicles as the main development direction. The cost of battery production has dropped to half of what it is today, and the number of EVs has reached 1 million.

According to people in the industry, this plan is an important guide for the development of Chinese electric vehicles from R&D to industrialization. However, the crucial special plan announcement is so low-key, and industry experts believe that the main reason is that the draft of the 10-year development plan for new energy vehicles has caused many controversies and delays in production. The special plan chose the "low profile" route.

Target million in 2015 Last September, Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang stated at the 2010 China Automotive Industry Development International Forum that in order to continue to support and lead the development of China's electric vehicles, the Ministry of Science and Technology has formulated the “12th Five-Year Plan” for the development of electric vehicle technology. The draft of the special plan.

Wan Gang proposed that during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, the overall goal of the development of electric vehicles is to fully grasp the core technologies of electric vehicles, form a competitive industrial system for electric vehicles and key components, and establish an environment conducive to the development of electric vehicles.

Subsequently, officials of the High and New Technology Division of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Professor Ouyang Minggao, the head of the overall group of major projects of the National “863” Program on Energy Conservation and New Energy Vehicles, and others also revealed the main contents of the “12th Five-Year Plan” for electric vehicles on different occasions.

It is understood that the main objectives of this special plan are: the number of electric vehicles in the country will reach one million units in 2015; the battery performance will be improved, the cost will be reduced to half of that of today, and the production capacity of power batteries will reach 10 billion watt-hours; a standard electric vehicle system will be established. More than 100 standards were drafted, focusing on small-scale pure electric vehicle technology and charging/changing point technical standards; the number of demonstration cities for new energy vehicles has increased at a rate of 10 per year, reaching more than 70 in 2015; improving infrastructure, In the demonstration city, more than 2,000 charging stations and 400,000 charging posts were established.

In order to achieve these goals, the “12th Five-Year Plan” for electric vehicles set three major breakthroughs.

The first is the key parts and components, with the modularization of power batteries as the core, to achieve a breakthrough in the large-scale industrialization of energy batteries in China.

Followed by vehicle integration technology, it is necessary to achieve a breakthrough in the cost-effectiveness of hybrid vehicles and gain greater market share; break through the bottleneck of the commercialization of pure electric vehicles and realize the scale of 1 million electric vehicles in 2015; and break through the next generation of pure electric drives. High-end technology forms full-performance pure electric drive technology.

The third is the innovation of technical support platforms and demonstration assessments, the breakthrough in the technology platform of small pure electric vehicles, and the improvement of the standard system of electric vehicles represented by charging/changing technology standards.

From the content point of view, the 12th Five-Year Plan for Electric Vehicles of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the formal launch of the ten-year development plan for new energy vehicles in the same line, the main goal of the ten-year development plan for new energy vehicles is to invest 100 billion yuan to build the electric vehicle industry. The chain will master the key technologies for electric vehicles in 2015. The scale of the electric vehicle market will reach 10 million by 2020.

Another important part of the “12th Five-Year” special plan for small-scale pure electric vehicles is to establish the “two-extension” technology route based on buses and small passenger vehicles during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period.

"The 12th Five-Year Plan is a golden opportunity for the convergence of miniaturization of automobiles and electrification of power and the development of small electric cars in China. It is expected that the annual output in 2015 will reach 200,000 to 300,000 vehicles." At the electric car conference, Professor Ouyang Minggao optimistically predicted.

Taking the position of small electric vehicles as the main body of the market for the next five years has aroused great concern in the industry, especially for those companies that want to use electric vehicles to enter the automotive industry. At present, China does not have a clear definition of a small electric vehicle, and there is no clear statement on whether the small-sized pure electric vehicle produced by a company that does not have car production qualification can be included.

Some local governments have even used this as a basis to encourage local enterprises that do not have the qualifications for car production to quickly launch low-speed electric vehicle projects to seize the “opportunity”.

Regarding this, the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology are very cautious: “We only measure the maturity of technology and industrialization, and think that small-scale pure electric power is the main direction of development. As for the specific standards of small-scale pure electric vehicles, we will therefore relax the qualification of electric vehicles. It is up to the relevant authorities."

For the definition of small electric vehicles, there is currently a lot of controversy, experts in non-traditional automotive fields such as batteries, motors, etc. tend to relax the access standards, do not look at the “origin”, only set low-speed small pure electric vehicle standards from the technical level, As long as it meets the standards, both traditional car companies and non-industry enterprises can enter, but the existing car companies are relatively opposed and believe that it will cause chaos in terms of supervision and is not conducive to the long-term development of the electric car industry.

The departments of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology responsible for the examination and approval of qualifications in the automotive industry are currently more inclined to auto companies. When attending some forums, relevant officials stressed: “Strictly prevent some enterprises from blindly expanding their production capacity through the name of new energy vehicles. The entry threshold for the automotive industry."

Behind the low-key sneaking in the eyes of officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology and experts of the “863” project of Ouyang Ming’s “National 863 Program” for energy saving and new energy automobile major projects, the “12th Five-Year Plan” is a major key for China’s auto industry to lay a solid foundation for technological leapfrogging. period.



However, in the end, such a significant and widely-influenced electric vehicle special plan was chosen not to be publicly released. The reason for this is obviously that “the department's regulations do not need to be publicly released” to explain.

Corresponding to this, the Ministry of Science and Technology, which repeatedly noted the high-profile developments in new energy vehicles in the past few years, has recently turned to a low-key, not only “sneak” special electric vehicle planning, but also the demonstration projects of “Ten Cities, Thousands” which have been strongly promoted in recent years. Progress is also rarely disclosed. Instead, cities participating in demonstrations promote themselves.

The above-mentioned electric vehicle expert analysis, this is likely due to the current many disputes on the development of electric vehicles, "from the Ministry of Science and Technology to establish electric vehicles as the main technical route to last year's draft new energy vehicle development plan disclosed, there has been a lot of controversy, the competent authorities Also face a lot of pressure."

In 2008, Wan Gang once said at a forum that new energy car sales will account for 10% of total sales in 2010. As soon as the news came out, it immediately triggered a great deal of attention in the industry. Many people in the industry think this goal is too high.

Subsequently, the “10 cities and 1,000 vehicles” demonstration project for new energy vehicles and related subsidy policies promoted by the Ministry of Science and Technology further clarified the technical route for China’s electric vehicles as the main line. However, some experts also expressed disagreement and even experienced more than two experts.” Co-signed" incident.

After the contents of the draft 10-year new energy vehicle plan were exposed in August last year, it also caused great controversy. The main difference is that the target of 10 million new energy vehicles in 2020 is too high, and the key technology breakthrough target for electric vehicles is difficult to achieve. In addition, there are also fierce clashes between private-equity companies, such as the establishment of Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures, the definition of low-speed small-scale pure electric vehicles, and the relaxation of the qualification of electric vehicle companies.

“The industrialization of electric vehicles is not dominated by a department of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The early-stage technology development and the Ministry of Science and Technology are more in charge. To the stage of industrialization, it requires the participation of finance, project approval, local government, and electric power, and the Ministry of Science and Technology dominates the colors. Naturally faded." The above experts said.