Global reviving the lithium battery war across China strategic again tested

Since June, many international automobile enterprises and electronic enterprise jointly on a large scale in succession lithium battery investment competition. This includes Toyota and panasonic, nissan with NEC, public and sanyo, Bosch and samsung, they think of lithium battery in the coming years will gradually replacing nimh batteries, lead the development direction of hybrid electric vehicle. While Chinese car companies are trying to develop with nimh batteries assembly of hev, so that during the Beijing Olympics showcase.
According to the reporter understanding, fearing that the stability of lithium-ion batteries, from "five-year" start, our country in the new energy vehicles and development process, not will lithium battery as the key direction, but chose nimh batteries.
June 26, the national 863 plan "energy saving and new energy vehicles" major project research group OuYangMingGao in accepting our newspaper interviews that, for lithium batteries, domestic and international advanced level also has the disparity. Sheet is battery material character no problem, a single battery performance also not comparable to the international advanced level. But after composed and its stability, battery conformity of production, service life etc also has the big problem.
Lithium battery war
According to reports, in order to reduce public investment risks and improve technology industrialization efficiency, many international automobile manufacturers chose to electronic manufacturer cooperation way of lithium battery new energy vehicles development.
Toyota joint venture with matsushita electric energy company matsushita will build two hybrid battery factory, set to begin in 2009, lithium batteries, and the assembly Toyota is scheduled for the 2010 with the release of the first car plug-in hybrid cars, plug-in hybrids battery by household power battery.
Lithium battery production of global leading enterprise - sanyo motors will be held by the end of 2009 started mass production vehicle lithium battery, and Volkswagen joint development control system. Except mass outside, sanyo also with the ford motor and Honda cooperative development of lithium battery. Sanyo goal is by 2015, occupied the global automotive market share of lithium battery above 40%. Sanyo has accelerated in developing a can be used for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles of lithium battery, and strive to 2011 to start selling the products.
Nissan also announced and joined NEC lithium batteries, and plan in 2010 launch assembly lithium battery of pure electric cars.
General motors and Korean LG chemical inc. CompactPower company and the Chinese automotive companies have signed two copies of lithium battery contract.
Japan GS soup shallow company, mitsubishi company and mitsubishi electric company has invested 30 billion yen ($1.9 billion yuan) preparation lithium energy company (Japan LithiumEnergyJapan). MMC will begin in 2009 sales hybrid cars, and mid 2010 sales pure electric cars.
With these investment formed gradually released, one or two years production capacity, lithium battery could fully replace nimh batteries. Geely academy vice-president zhang tong tells a reporter, according to him understand, the second half of this year, Mercedes have a paragraph of lithium battery assembly of hybrid electric vehicles listed.
China route
Previously, the domestic industry generally thought of lithium battery poor stability, use may occur because the temperature exorbitant and spontaneous combustion in domestic enterprises, the actual test, also happened assembly lithium battery vehicles burning case, therefore, not will lithium battery as the key research direction, but chose nimh batteries. It is understood that the "ten
Five "period, the nimh batteries r&d input far outweigh the lithium battery input. However, multinational companies large-scale investment lithium battery that whether the domestic related technical route is likely to choose again?
At present domestic enterprise research and development of the hybrid vehicles, such as faw pentium hybrid, saic roewe 750 hybrid, chery A5 hybrid, changan JieXun hybrid etc were adopted nimh batteries.
However, even if is to adjust the technical route, short-term inside also hard to catch up with the international advanced level.
Zhang tong said, according to his understanding, the international advanced level of lithium battery control has is quite intentional, be about to burst stability bottleneck. And according to business people reflect, domestic of lithium battery raw material, battery monomer/component processing technology, battery control key technologies such as a remains to be a breakthrough. Moreover, the conformity of production problems are not fully resolved, still does not have production capabilities.
So far, the domestic havent appeared battery enterprises and auto enterprise joint research and development situation. "11th five-year" 863 plan "energy saving and new energy vehicles" major project, involved in lithium battery research &development of research institutions and include: Beijing non-ferrous metal research institute, suzhou star constant power Co., LTD, tianjin force god battery Co., LTD and citic kingdom AnMeng solid the new energy technology Co., LTD.
Zhang tong, said the lithium battery domain, Chinese enterprises have a chance. Because our country after vigorously develops the consumer electronics industry for lithium battery laid a good foundation, is advantageous to power battery field development.
A pleasant change is, industrialization has become "11th five-year plan" period the main development direction of lithium-ion batteries. "Energy saving and new energy vehicles project" overall expert group, tongji university, automobile, dean of the college of YuZhuoPing tells a reporter, undertake lithium battery r&d project company also are required in the "11th five-year plan" period end formed certain production capabilities.
YuZhuoPing said, improve the dependability need to invest a lot of capital to reform process, acquire equipment. "11th five-year plan", the central government will in lithium battery research aspects investment of 60 million yuan, and asking for project of the company, according to the proportion counterpart funds invested 10 times, such, total investment will reach 6 billion yuan. But according to reporter understanding, in the tenth-five period, in the kingdom of lithium battery research funds only 800 million yuan, to dial with local counterpart funding, only about 1,600 yuan.
Although the "11th five-year plan" period of input greatly increased, but compared with multinational company huge investments, domestic investment still rare. To understand that only sanyo motors company of lithium battery project investment reached 800 billion yen (7.767 billion).
Cross or follow?
Facing the domestic whole new energy vehicle development present situation, the backward part insiders began again thought China steam