Recently, Chery Automobile’s flagship SUV, the all-new Tiggo 8, won the honorary title of “Longpan Cup – Top Ten Transmission Models in the World”. Another honor after the engine. Being able to successively win the “Double Top Ten” certification of “Top Ten Engines” and “Top Ten Transmission Models” by virtue of one model not only reflects Chery’s 23-year accumulated technical heritage, but also demonstrates Chery’s profound strength in core technology fields skill.
Core technology support, laying a first-mover advantage
Technology is the foundation of an enterprise, and it is also the key capability for my country’s independent auto brands to participate in global competition. As a self-owned auto brand that “establishes itself through technology”, Chery Automobile is the first Chinese car company in China to master high-end engine and continuously variable transmission technology through independent research and development.
In terms of engines, in 2003, the first generation of Chery ACTECO series engines officially rolled off the production line. This engine is also the first series engine of a Chinese brand that is fully developed and has independent intellectual property rights. Up to now, the accumulative users of ACTECO series engines have exceeded 6 million, and have been exported to more than 80 countries and regions around the world along with complete vehicles, and exported to the United States, Japan, Germany and other powerful countries in the automobile industry, and have achieved countless reputations from users.
In terms of transmissions, Chery began to develop CVT continuously variable transmission technology with independent intellectual property rights as early as 2003. It took 7 years to complete a complete design and development process of independent design, verification and mass production, filling the domestic gap in this technical field. blank. In 2017, Chery Automobile and GETRAG, the world’s top transmission system supplier, jointly created the world’s leading latest electronically controlled dual-clutch DCT transmission.
In addition, after more than 20 years of continuous cultivation, Chery Automobile has made a series of breakthroughs in the technical fields of power technology, platform technology, new energy, intelligent network connection and automatic driving. As of the end of 2019, Chery had applied for 18,601 patents accumulatively and obtained 12,012 authorized patents, ranking among the top in China’s auto industry.
V-shaped research and development system to create international standards
Since deciding to master the core technology of automobiles through independent research and development, Chery Automobile has always attached importance to the construction of a product development system, and today has formed a set of “V”-shaped research and development systems and processes for vehicle product development, in order to create high-quality, high-quality products, Establishing an excellent brand has laid a solid foundation.
In the product manufacturing process, Chery took the lead among its own brands in establishing a globally unified standard production management system – CPS (Chery Production System), which further ensures the global quality of Chery products. Take Chery’s third-generation ACTECO 1.6TGDI engine, which won the “Top Ten Engines”, as an example. It can not only burst out a maximum power of 145kW and a peak torque of 290N•m, but also rival joint venture brands with a thermal efficiency higher than 37.1%. It has the only 10-year/million-kilometer engine super-long warranty commitment among Chinese car companies, bringing the best reliability guarantee.
Cutting-edge technological breakthroughs inject development momentum
In addition to the V-shaped R&D system, in recent years, Chery has also created a global R&D system that integrates the R&D talents and technologies of Chery and its joint ventures, forming a global R&D base covering Wuhu headquarters, Shanghai, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Brazil layout. In terms of international R&D teams, Chery R&D Center has a global R&D team of more than 5,500 designers and engineers, who come from more than 10 different countries and have served international mainstream car companies including GM, BMW and Ford. .
Chery Automobile’s global R&D business covers core technology business modules such as vehicle development platform, powertrain technology, new energy technology, intelligent interconnection and autonomous driving. In recent years, while continuously consolidating its advantages in traditional technology fields, Chery has continuously made breakthroughs in cutting-edge technology fields such as new energy, intelligence, and Internet of Vehicles, and has been at the forefront of the industry.
Success is no coincidence. Chery’s ability to obtain the “Double Top Ten” certification is inseparable from the development route of mastering core technologies through independent innovation for many years. In the future, Chery Automobile will continue to adhere to independent innovation, adhering to the corporate vision of “creating excellent brands with ingenuity”, strive to create a national brand with international competitiveness, and provide stronger support for the breakthrough of Chinese brand automobiles.
