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Journal Of Automotive Safety And Energy ›› 2018, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (3): 233-249.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2018.03.001

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Characteristics, trends and opportunities in changing automotive industry

ZHAO Fuquan1,2, LIU Zongwei1,2*, HAO Han1,2, SHI Tianze1,2   

  1. (1. State Key laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2. Tsinghua Automotive Strategy Research Institute, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)
  • Received:2018-08-27 Online:2018-09-30 Published:2018-10-08

Abstract:

Aiming at the current status of massive changing in Chinese automotive industry, the characteristics, development trends and opportunities are discussed from the perspective of value chain, construction of total industry and changes of automotive products. Following issues are involved: the relationship between
intelligence and connectivity; development roadmap and business modes of the intelligent and connected vehicles (ICV); the content and blue print of automotive intelligent manufacturing and the key points to realize it. Finally, basing on the trend of industrial cross-border integration, it is presented that the updating of manufacturing system and service system are the strategy directions in automotive industry, among which lies the major opportunities for Chinese automotive industry.

Key words: automotive, intelligent and connected vehicles (ICV), intelligent manufacturing, industrial crossborder integration, industry changes, technology revolution, development strategy