NaN 2025-04-03 17:28:32
On January 24, 2025, the Center officially changed its name to Weichai Power EuropeanScience & Technology Innovation Center. The current Weichai Power EuropeanScience & Technology Innovation Centerwas officially inaugurated in Aschaffenburg, Germany on November 19, 2017. It is the product innovation center of Weichai Power Group in Europe. Weichai Power EuropeanScience & Technology Innovation Centerfocuses on monitoring, analyzing and researching cutting-edge hydraulic technology and new energy technology. Its business involves intelligent hydraulic systems, intelligent hydraulic components, intelligent sensing technology, intelligent electronic control technology, intelligent powertrain, application of new energy in construction machinery and other fields.
2025-04-03
NaN 2023-05-09 17:25:59
NaN 2022-01-11 17:07:56
Weichai Power Releases the World"s First Diesel Engine with a Base Engine Thermal Efficiency of 51.09%, along with Major Hydrogen Energy Technology Achievements At 9:00 am on January 8, 2022, Weichai Power released the world"s first diesel engine with a base engine thermal efficiency of 51.09% and major achievements in hydrogen technology achievements. Tan Xuguang, CPC Secretary and Chairman of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, Chairman of Weichai Power and Director of the Academic Committee of the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center, reported the research findings ofthe world"s first diesel engine with a base engine thermal efficiency of 51.09% developed by Weichai Power, the operation of the National Fuel Cell Technology Innovation Center and the "Hydrogen for Every Home" technology demonstration project. TüV SüD, an world-renowned test authority, issued a certificate of thermal efficiency of 51.09% to Weichai Power. Then the delivery ceremony of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty truck delivery for demonstrative operation between Shandong Heavy Industry and Shandong Port was held. FISITA, MIT, AVL, FEV, SwRI, Bosch Group and Vitesco Technology, as well as the China Mechanical Engineering Society, the China Automotive Engineering Society, the China Internal Combustion Engine Society and the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Associations extended congratulations on the release of the diesel engine by message or video link. Challenging Limits Scaling New Heights Today whengreen and low carbon development has become a global consensus, China has set the strategic goal of achieving carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutralization by 2060. Transportation is an important field for this target, and the internal combustion engine industry plays an important role in this process. Thermal efficiency is the yardstick for the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines: higher thermal efficiency represents lower fuel consumption and better effects of energy conservation and emission reduction. It is also a reflection of a country"s technical strength in diesel engines. Improving thermal efficiency has been the common pursuit of the global diesel engine industry since diesel engines emerged 125 years ago. Weichai Power released the world"s first commercial diesel engine with a base engine thermal efficiency of 50.23% in Jinan on September 16, 2020, establishing a new thermal efficiency benchmark for global diesel engines, just like the first time in human history that a 100-meter sprint was completed in 10 seconds. Just 480 days later, Weichai set a new world record by increasing the base thermal efficiency to 51.09% just as a 100-meter race was completed in 9 seconds, further enhancing China"s significance in the global internal combustion engine industry. The base engine thermal efficiency of 51.09% is another significant revolution of traditional engines, as well as a technical preparation for the implementation of the "China VII" emission standard. The application of this technology will help Weichai Power lead the world in a full spectrum of diesel engines, be of great strategic significance to promoting the energy-efficient and green development of China"s traditional internal combustion engine industry, and play a significant leading role in the global internal combustion engine industry. According to estimation, compared with existing key products (diesel engines with thermal efficiency of 46%) on the market, those with a thermal efficiency of 51% can lead to a reduction of 10% in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions alike, saving fuel consumption by 16 million tons and costs by approximately 140 billion yuan annually, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 50 million tons annually. With the massive use of the top technology in the industry, it will generate huge economic and social benefits. Hydrogen-powered Future Shandong Model for Hydrogen Industry While promoting the innovative and low-carbon development of traditional engines, Weichai Power has taken the new energy industry as an important strategy.The first batch of Sinotruk hydrogen-powered heavy-duty tractor trucks with Weichai"s high-power hydrogen fuel cell systems are powerful, eco-friendly, safe, reliable and efficient for full-time use. In 2021, the National Hydrogen Cell Technology Innovation Center, the only of its kind in China, was established under the initiative of Weichai Power. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Shandong entered into a framework agreement onthe "Hydrogen for Every Home" technology demonstration project. Based on the center, the ministry has carried out multi-scenario demonstrative application of hydrogen energy in Shandong, and sped up breakthroughs in key hydrogen technologies and the development of the hydrogen industry, thereby creating a duplicable Shandong sample for the hydrogen industry. Since the launch ofthe "Hydrogen for Every Home" technology demonstration project, with the strong support of MOST and Shandong, the National Hydrogen Cell Technology Innovation Center has established an innovation consortium centered on Weichai Power and constituted by enterprises, universities and research institutes, to accelerate technical breakthroughs and industrialization, and successfully develop 15-200kW hydrogen fuel cell systems. The company"s 200kW fuel cell systems were selected for the National Exhibition on Sci-tech Achievements in the "13thFive-Year" Period in October 2021. The company was the first to conduct an environmental adaptability test of fuel cell vehicles in extreme cold, achieving one-time successful start-up at a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius below zero. The company was the first in the industry to turn out products lasting 30,000 hours, pioneering the industrialization of Chinese fuel cells. Based on its highly reliable fuel cell products, Weichai Power has carried out multi-scenario demonstrative application.In terms of hydrogen-powered parks, the company"s first large-power container-type hydrogen fuel cell heating and power generation system and 30kW solid oxide fuel cell heating and power system, both the first of its kind in China, were put into operation in Weifang; the company developed China"s first 3t hydrogen fuel cell forklift, creating a zero-carbon-emission logistics handling environment.In terms of hydrogen-powered ports, China"s first 80-seat hydrogen fuel cell passenger ship developed by the company was tested successfully with zero carbon emission in the Xueye Lake, Jinan; and the company launched China"s first hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty truck demonstration project at Qingdao Port.In terms ofhydrogen-powered highways, China"s first highway hydrogen fueling station constructed by the company went into operation; a 49t fuel cell heavy-duty truck powered by Weichai operated for more than 5,000 kilometers from Taishan Steel, Jinan to Dongjiakou Area of Qingdao Port. On October 27, 2021, a Chinese original, world leading and fully-homemade Sinotruk Huanghe ski-waxing truck with a Weichai 162kW hydrogen fuel cell system was delivered for use during the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022. On January 4, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the ski-waxing truck. A series of outcomes marks thatthe "Hydrogen for Every Home" technology demonstration project is turning from blueprint into reality. Tan said the base engine thermal efficiency of the internal combustion engines being up to 51.09%, massive application of new energy in products, and the "dual driving force" strategy, have kept Weichai Power ahead in the development of traditional high-end engines and new energy engines, and opened up a new path for diversified energy transformation under the national strategy of carbon peak and carbon neutralization.
2022-01-11
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NaN 2020-06-01 16:59:54
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NaN 2020-03-31 16:52:12
At 2:00 p.m. on March 31, Chairman Tan Xuguang of Weichai Group announced that Weichai's new plant, with a capacity of 20,000 hydrogen fuel cell engines, was officially put into operation! This is a key step by which Weichai's hydrogen fuel cell engine business is heading to the world-class commercial field, laying a solid industrial foundation for Shandong Province to build a "city based on green power of hydrogen". In 2018, Weichai fully started the construction of the fuel cell industrial park, and completed the fuel cell engine and stack production line with a capacity of 20,000 sets. It is currently the largest hydrogen fuel cell engine manufacturing base in the world. At the same time, Weichai has successively built three skid-mounted hydrogenation stations, one 1,000 kg fixed hydrogenation station, seven special bus lines, and put in more than 200 hydrogen fuel cell buses in Shandong, becoming one of the enterprises with the largest hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicle output for regional demonstration in the world. Tan Xuguang said that with the support of Shandong provincial Party committee and Shandong provincial government, Weichai has made all efforts possible to promote the development of its new energy business, to add an another highlight to the old and new growth driver replacement in Shandong.
2020-03-31
NaN 2019-12-16 16:39:07
(16 December 2019) - Weichai Power Co., Ltd. ("Weichai Power" or "the Company", HKEX: 2338, SZSE: 000338) has announced its strategic acquisition of Aradex AG, another global strategic attempt in the new energy power systems industry following its strategic investment in Ballard Power and Ceres Power. Weichai Power has not only mastered key technologies of traditional powertrain for heavy duty commercial vehicles so far, but also successfully integrated "battery, motor and electronic control" into a whole new energy power system to propel the whole industrial chain, coupled with the power of Aradex AG. Those achievements paved the way for Weichai Power to be "a global leader in new energy industry by 2030"- its strategy planning, in terms of advanced product and technology. Since founded in 1989, Aradex AG has been committed to the R&D of motor, electric control and power supply for industrial and transportation industry, and now has become a pioneer in high power variable frequency and power supply equipment technology. Aradex AG commands powerful design and development and system integration capabilities in terms of various CNC servo motor and servo driver, new energy commercial vehicle motor controller, motor, fuel cell DC/DC converter and other products. Hundreds of successful application cases build a good reputation for those excellent products with design life exceeding 30000 hours. Both parties will strive collaboratively and synergize fully to develop new energy commercial vehicle power system. Aradex AG will expand and grow on the synergies of Weichai Power's global complete vehicle and machinery, core components of power system and global R&D innovation center and other resources, and Weichai Power is expected to facilitate industrial upgrading and restructuring with the contribution from Aradex AG. Both parties’ deep integration helps to boost energy conservation and emission reduction, and provide sustainable power to protect clear sky and white clouds for all human beings.
2019-12-16
NaN 2018-09-23 17:14:18
On September 13 (the time in Germany), Weichai Power (DE) Science & Technology Innovation Center held the launch for the first batch of innovation projects, carrying out innovative research on the electronic control systems and materials innovation. On November 19, 2017, Weichai Power (DE) Science & Technology Innovation Center was established. Based on RWTH Aachen University, and incorporating global resources, the Innovation Center focuses on innovative research and development in the fields of intelligent hydraulic system and control technology, intelligent sensing technology, hydraulic key component materials and surface treatment technology, new energy, and so on. At present, Weichai has established technology innovation centers in Aschaffenburg (Germany), Chicago (USA), and Tokyo (Japan). These three centers cooperate and create a vital support platform for Weichai's technology innovation systems, promoting industrial upgrading and structural adjustment, accelerating the conversion from old to new energies, and achieving transcendence.
2018-09-23
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