Weichai showcased its products at Hannover in 2022, revealing major industry trends!

It's better to lead the "Chinese style" to become a global trend than to wait for the wind to come! At the 2022 Hanover Commercial Vehicle Exhibition, Weichai showcased its exhibits, almost announcing to the world that commercial vehicle power is about to enter the era of "Chinese standards".

Victory on the route, meeting at the peak

Rolling back the clock to 2010 in Hanover, Germany, at the world's highest-level commercial vehicle exhibition, Chinese brands made their debut. It was precisely in this year that domestic heavy truck sales in China exceeded one million units for the first time. In the same year, the total sales volume of heavy trucks in Europe was less than 300,000 units. The world can no longer ignore the influence of China's commercial vehicles.

At that time, the emission standards for diesel engines in China were still at the National III level, while Europe had been implementing the Euro III standards for ten years. The gap between them has never been evenly matched. Fortunately, the Chinese brand that first appeared in Hanover, Germany in 2010 was precisely a brand specializing in commercial vehicle power - Weichai Power.

In 2022, Hanover, Germany, which was suspended for one session due to the impact of the epidemic, once again welcomed this old Chinese friend of the exhibition. All foreign friends who visited the Weichai Power booth must have shared the same sentiment - what exactly happened to China's commercial vehicle power in the past 12 years and what exactly happened to China's commercial vehicles in the past 4 years. The Weichai booth has revealed the answers to these questions.

From National III to National VI standards, China's commercial vehicle power systems completed the upgrade of emission standards in less than half the time that other countries took. Led by Weichai, domestic power systems have managed to crack this "miracle" tough nut. This time, Weichai showcased many of its products at the exhibition booth and even proposed its own creative solutions for the Euro VII standard, contributing the "Weichai Route" and the "China Route" to the future world-class higher level. Over the past 12 years, Weichai has driven a qualitative leap in the power of commercial vehicles in a country.

The low-temperature start-up problem of hydrogen fuel cells has always been a technical challenge in the industry. If a restrictive word of "commercialization" is placed before this topic, the difficulty will increase exponentially. Weichai's current commercialization level is: achieving rapid start-up at -30°C. While participating in the exhibition in Hanover, Germany, thousands of miles away in China, batch after batch of commercial vehicles adopting this technology are speeding on the roads. Over the past four years, Weichai has set an example for the new energy route worldwide.

The world's first commercial engine with a thermal efficiency of 51.09% has become the most insignificant "small" achievement of Weichai Power. In the birthplace of the internal combustion engine, Weichai Power is announcing to the world that a monument of commercial vehicle power is rising from the ground in the distant East.

Always define the core of the industry

Where is the boundary of commercial vehicle power? If this topic were to be answered by Chinese commercial vehicle practitioners, "Golden power chain" would undoubtedly be a key word that cannot be ignored. If it weren't for Weichai, Chinese truck drivers would find it hard to imagine that engine manufacturers could do so many things. It is precisely because of Weichai that this issue has been raised. Who said that commercial vehicle power only does this?

From the previous golden power chain to the current systematic joint development with vehicle manufacturers, and even the overall solution proposed based on the new energy sector, it can be seen that Weichai Power has always had a clear positioning for itself - a power system solution provider with an integrated layout of the entire industrial chain.

The hybrid powertrain at the exhibition site is a power system developed based on higher emission regulations, providing customers with a smarter, more efficient and economical system experience. The all-electric integrated bridge drive system has achieved a high degree of integration, bringing in-depth power solutions for various scenarios to the power chain of electrification.

The development ideas revealed by these two exhibits to a certain extent answer a question that domestic truck drivers often care about. Why does Weichai dare to claim that its products are the most fuel-efficient? - By collaborating with vehicle manufacturers and integrating the design of engines, gearboxes and rear axles, a systematic solution can truly produce immediate results. Meanwhile, every best-selling product that emerges in the market is supported by the actual operation of tens of thousands of customers. The in-depth matching of each specific working condition and scenario and the verification of batch data are precisely the preferred advantages bestowed upon Weichai by the Chinese market.

The core of the commercial vehicle industry has never been about dividing by sectors, but rather about who can integrate the best solutions for the market based on customers. In the birthplace of the internal combustion engine, Weichai Power is declaring to the world that the importance of the industrial chain has always been determined by strength.

Blue engine, fiery red heart

On the background wall of Weichai's booth at the Hannover Messe, various information about global attention was continuously played during the exhibition. Whenever the bright red "China" appeared, it would complement the main blue color of the engine casings in the foreground, forming a beautiful exhibition landscape - this is a kind of romance that only the Chinese can understand.

If we want the foreign audience to feel this romantic meaning, let's take an example that they can understand: In the once popular game "Warcraft", there was also a clever design. After the warriors obtained the red and blue buffs, they could advance at full speed, unleash all their firepower, and eventually complete the great task of pushing down the tower.

Obviously, before the world learns to experience the romance of the Chinese people, it is best to first learn to appreciate their gentleness. Tan Xuguang, the chairman of Weichai Power, once set his sights on "serving the country through industry". All along, what Weichai has been striving to dismantle is not only the technological tower of energy and power, but also the tower of prejudice held by the broadest user base.

Often, people question whether China's energy route still holds promise in the current situation where there is a global low-carbon issue on one hand and a technological blockade by Europe and the United States on the other. Weichai still relies on its own creative solutions, including diesel, hybrid, electric, hydrogen engines, and hydrogen fuel cells, to truly reassure the Chinese people and contribute Chinese wisdom to the development of internal combustion engines and energy routes worldwide through attempts and maturation of almost all energy routes.

As the king of domestic brand power, Weichai not only needs to address the diverse demands of millions of Chinese users, but also strives to make users feel the real benefits brought by choosing Weichai to the greatest extent. From National III to National VI standards, from extensive to refined scene development, Weichai has always been at the forefront. "Who says domestic power is not good?" At the Hannover Messe exhibition stand thousands of miles away, Weichai ingeniously answered this question - Weichai can serve user groups all over the world. Weichai has the confidence and the strength to do so.

The red star shines upon China. During this special historical period, Weichai, a domestic power brand that is the pride of the nation, has received the best interpretation. In the birthplace of the internal combustion engine, Weichai Power is declaring to the world that China's commercial vehicle power industry is bound to be a hard-fought victory.