The first phase of Weiling Auto Parts Anqing New energy auto Parts Strategic New base (hereinafter referred to as “Weiling Anqing Base”) under Midea Industrial Technology was officially put into operation. As one of the projects with the largest total investment amount in the history of Midea Group, Weiling Anqing Base successfully achieved the construction expectation of “putting into production within a year” proposed when the foundation was laid, and once again let the world see the “beauty speed” that the mission must reach. At the same time, the production of Weiling Anqing project also marks the initial achievement of Weiling’s key breakthrough in the “four base” bottleneck such as the core basic components of new energy vehicles and the “Anqing + Hefei” dual-base strategic goal. Anqing Municipal Party Secretary Zhang Xiangan, Anqing Mayor Zhang Junyi, Midea Group vice president and president of industrial technology business group Fu Yongjun, Midea industrial technology business group vice president and director of industrial technology Research Institute Xu Chengmao, Midea Industrial technology Weiling auto parts company general manager Chen Jintao, Midea industrial technology business group quality and intelligent manufacturing director Lv Hongzhi jointly attended the project commissioning ceremony .

Weiling auto parts Anqing base officially put into operation

For the official production of the Anqing base of Weiling auto parts, Zhang Junyi said: “During the ’14th Five-Year Plan’ period, Anqing economic development Zone will carry out a series of work around the vehicle chain extension, chain repair and strong chain, and strive to form a dry billion automobile industry cluster by 2025, I believe that the production of Weiling Anqing base will bring more cluster and cooperation advantages to the development of Anqing and even Anhui automobile industry.”

Fu Yongjun said at the production ceremony: “The new energy automobile industry as the strategic direction of the United States Group, research and development investment time of more than 10 years. From the development of cutting-edge technology to the establishment of Weiling Auto Parts Company in 2018, from the layout of the ‘three major areas’ products to the production of the Anqing base, Midea industrial technology will become an important link in China’s new energy automobile industry chain, and contribute to the rise of China’s new energy automobile industry and continuous innovation.”

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Meet the demand for new energy vehicles “blowout” with the “speed of the United States”

With the further promotion of the “double carbon” goal and the accelerated integration of the global automobile industry with the fields of energy, transportation, information and communication, China’s new energy vehicles will usher in greater development opportunities. According to the data of the Association, as of November 2022, the domestic retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles has reached 36.3%, and in 2023, with the continuous improvement of traditional brands to accelerate new energy and charging facilities, the overall penetration rate of new energy vehicles is expected to approach 50%, and the market space is huge. The completion and production of the Welling Anqing base will further enhance the production capacity and delivery stability of the core components of Welling new energy vehicles, more calmly respond to a new round of demand “spurt”, and contribute to the scientific and technological innovation and localization process of the core components.

Fu Yongjun, vice president of Midea Group and president of Industrial technology business Group, delivered a speech at the commissioning ceremony of Anqing Base in Weiling

Taking the first electric compressor off the line as an example, the product has the characteristics of “high speed, low noise, low power consumption”, mainly supporting ideal, Xiaopeng, NiO and other mainstream electric vehicle enterprises in the market. The leading product performance is inseparable from the excellent manufacturing strength of Weiling Anqing base. It is reported that the production line of this production leads the development of the industry again with many highlights such as “flexible production, traceability, and high degree of automation”. For example, the production line can realize the agile and rapid transformation of multiple products in the whole production process; Accurately trace the process parameters of assembly process based on two-dimensional code; Up to 93% of automated production significantly improves production efficiency and quality assurance. With the support of strong manufacturing capacity, Weiling Anqing Base is expected to complete the capacity climb in late February, and will move toward the goal of 1 million units of electric compressors, 1.2 million EPS steering motors and 200,000 drive motors per year.

Layout of the “three major areas” to lead the development of the industry with benchmarking products

As an important carrier of Midea Group’s strategic transformation, Weiling Auto parts focuses on incremental components in the three major fields of new energy vehicles “thermal management, electric drive, chassis execution system”, covering five product lines: electric compressor, drive motor, EPS steering motor, electronic oil pump, and electronic water pump. In addition to the Welling Anqing base in this production, Welling has also laid out R & D centers and cooperation institutions in Shanghai, Hefei, Anhui, Shunde, Guangdong, Osaka, Japan, and the University of Sheffield, UK, to continue to improve the core parts technology capabilities of China’s new energy vehicle enterprises. Relying on the technical layout of R & D personnel, patents and other advantages accumulated by the “Anqing + Hefei” double production base, Weiling auto Parts will provide “double insurance” product supply for vehicle manufacturers.