Competition Intensifies as Power Battery Manufacturers Seek New Growth Drivers
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At the Global Ecosystem Partners Conference, AVIC Innovation Aviation stated that it expects an increase in product delivery volumes by 2026, with the commercial vehicle sector experiencing a year-on-year growth of 133% in the past year. The company is also cultivating new businesses such as ships, eVTOL, high-end electric motorcycles, and robots, and is advancing the upgrading of battery technology and solutions for both passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles. Meanwhile, the market share of Chinese power battery manufacturers continues to rise, but competition within the industry is also intensifying.
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Recently, Zhongxin Innovation Aviation disclosed at its Global Ecosystem Partners Conference that it expects an increase in product delivery volumes by 2026, with the commercial vehicle sector seeing a year-on-year growth of 133% in the past year. By 2027, as the company gradually fills the capacity gap and a number of new scenarios and businesses are implemented, Zhongxin Innovation Aviation anticipates a multiplicative increase in shipments, achieving a critical leap forward.

Currently, the new businesses that Zhongxin Innovation Aviation is cultivating include ships, eVTOL electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, high-end electric motorcycles, etc., expanding into industries with similar technologies. At the same time, the company also plans to deepen its presence in the robotics market, including energy systems, sensors, and skeletons, among others.

Currently, the market share of Chinese power battery manufacturers is still on the rise. According to SNE Research data, in the first three quarters of this year, seven major Chinese battery manufacturers collectively captured over 70% of the global market share, an increase of 3.5 percentage points compared to the same period last year. However, competition among these manufacturers has become increasingly fierce. Compared to last year, focusing on integrating ecosystems and improving battery performance has become the new strategy for China's innovative battery companies.

In the field of passenger vehicles, Zhongxin Innovation Aviation has focused on two major markets this year: one is the high-end pure electric vehicle market, and the other is the large-capacity hybrid vehicle market. For the former, how to solve safety issues under the drive of high-performance batteries has become a continuous goal for the company to tackle. For the latter, driven by consumption tax policies and overall efforts towards energy conservation and emission reduction, coupled with the increasing demand for intelligent fuel vehicles, the sales of hybrid vehicles are also gradually increasing on a global scale.

For this reason, the company's focus in the technical approach for passenger vehicle power lies in enhancing performance and safety. For instance, they improve performance from three aspects: materials, systems, and the entire system, increasing the energy density of battery cells. At the same time, they pursue a lightweight approach in battery integration, relying on the use of fiber composite materials to reduce the weight of aluminum boxes, and target high-end pure electric vehicles, eVTOL, and other areas that are sensitive to high energy density and high safety requirements.

In the field of commercial vehicles, the structural contradictions in the industry are still quite prominent at present. The penetration rate of short-distance transportation scenarios in ports, mines, etc. has exceeded 70%, but the penetration rate of logistics services on inter-provincial medium and long-distance routes is only 0.9%. The electrification of long-distance logistics remains a blue ocean market that urgently needs to be conquered.

A relevant person in charge of Zhongxin Innovation Aviation stated that the core of electrification in trunk line scenarios is not whether it can operate, but whether it is cost-effective. The industry's pain points are not simply about piling up batteries or increasing battery capacity; rather, they involve a whole set of practical operational considerations. The key criteria for choosing heavy trucks for trunk lines lie in operational costs and transportation adaptability.

Based on this, the company has launched its second-generation CMT battery solution, which includes an integrated forward design of the battery and heavy truck chassis, as well as megawatt-level energy replenishment technologies. It is expected that this will increase the load-carrying capacity by 0.6 tons and annual revenue by 30,000 yuan. At the same time, the company has set a strategic goal for 2030, which is to achieve a managed battery capacity of over 60 GWh, serve more than 100,000 new energy vehicles on main routes, reduce carbon emissions by 15 million tons annually, and create a sustainable development model with unified standards and interoperable data.

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