From 65438 to 0990, Wei Jianjun, who was only 26 years old, officially took over the Great Wall Industry Company (the predecessor of Great Wall Motor). With the pursuit and persistence of "core technology", he led a team of only 60 people to weave the dream of manufacturing independent brand cars. Through unremitting exploration and practice, China automobile industry has finally realized the transformation and upgrading from scratch. Nowadays, relying on strong scientific research strength and forward-looking layout, China Automobile has achieved a qualitative change from "bringing in" to "going out". Great Wall Motor is a well-deserved leader in China's automobile industry.
Then, behind the technological pursuit of dreams, technological leadership and perfect progress, how did Wei Jianjun lead Great Wall Motor to rise step by step, go out of China and go to the world?
Performance and safety field: catch up with international standards at full speed.
Far-sighted, can win thousands of miles. As we all know, China's automobile industry started late, and many advanced technologies lag behind Germany, Japan and other automobile industry powers. The only way for China car companies to master core technologies such as traditional engines and transmissions is to buy them from foreign car companies at a high price.
In Wei Jianjun's eyes, "No matter what technology, it is practical to take it in your own hands!" Therefore, as early as 2000, when most domestic car companies were still in a confused period, Wei Jianjun had already locked in the goal and worked hard to practice it. Invested 80 million yuan to acquire North China Automobile Factory, a state-owned enterprise, and established Great Wall Internal Combustion Engine Company in the same year, introduced advanced manufacturing equipment from Japan, the United States and Germany, and produced multi-point injection engines by using engine technology with expired patents, becoming the first enterprise in its own brand to master the core power.
In order to lead the industry in benchmarking international standards, Great Wall Motor has always adhered to the principle of "excessive investment" in the field of technology research and development, and has made great progress. In terms of automobile performance, Great Wall Motor is an advanced model. In 2008, the transmission independently developed by Great Wall Motor was successfully trial-produced. In 20 10, the diesel engine "Lv Jing 2.0T" came out, and was rated as "Top Ten Engines of China Heart 20 10" and "Top Ten Brands of Green Internal Combustion Engine and Diesel Engine" by authoritative organizations. 20 1 1 year, the small-displacement turbocharged engine-1.5t (4g15t) independently developed by Great Wall Motor was successfully mass-produced. In 20 17, Great Wall Motor 1.5GDIT engine won the title of "Top Ten Engines" in the annual "China Heart" Top Ten Engine Selection Campaign. In the same year, in the "First World Top Ten Transmission Selection", the 7DCT wet transmission independently developed by Great Wall Motor won the honor of "World Top Ten Transmission". In 2020, the 7DCT transmission independently developed by Great Wall Automotive Cellular Transmission won the "Top Ten Transmission in the World" award again in the third "Longpan Cup" selection, which will be comparable to the technical level of the world's top transmissions.
Great Wall Motor Honeycomb Drive 7DCT won the "Top Ten Transmissions in the World" award.
As the leader of China automobile enterprises, Great Wall Motor's breakthrough in the safety field is also remarkable. In 2008, Great Wall Motor built the first safety collision laboratory with the longest runway and the most complete configuration among domestic automobile enterprises (including frontal, lateral, offset, rear-end collision, column collision, rollover and two-vehicle collision), and the vehicle detection capability reached the domestic advanced level. With the continuous development of vehicle safety technology, Great Wall Motor has made great achievements in many tests with almost strict standards. Recently, in the latest batch of C-IASI test results released by China Automotive Technology Research Institute, WEY VV5, a subsidiary of Great Wall Motor, ranks among the best in the comprehensive ranking of vehicle safety, beating many well-known joint venture vehicles.
It can be said that in the "golden decade" of China's automobile development, Great Wall Motor won by "technology" in the field of performance and safety, showing an amazing growth rate. It not only sets an example for independent brands, but also shows the strength and confidence of China automobile brands.
Intelligent field: seize the opportunity of the times and lead the world.
As early as 2009, when artificial intelligence was still a word in the movie, Great Wall Motor had set up a special team and started the research on intelligent driving technology. With the investment and layout of the first step, we have achieved many achievements praised by the industry.
In terms of intelligent driving, Great Wall Motor first demonstrated L3 autonomous driving technology on 20 15. In 20 17, Great Wall Motor officially released the "i-Pilot Smart Pilot" autopilot system jointly developed by China, the United States and India, which took a key step towards smart cars. From 2065438 to 2008, the automatic remote driving technology based on 5G, which was jointly developed by Great Wall Motor, China Mobile and Huawei, passed the test in the Xu Shui proving ground of Great Wall Motor. At the 20 19 Expo, Great Wall Motor demonstrated the intelligent driving "black technology" such as automatic driving in L4-class cities, remote unmanned driving in 5G, and fully automatic parking service.
In terms of intelligent security, WEY brand officially released an intelligent security system, which provides users with four dimensions of security protection: life safety, property safety, information safety and environmental safety through comprehensive system technical configuration, and 202 1 WEY VV6 is the first model fully empowered by this technology. In addition, patented technologies such as intelligent evasion technology, intelligent pixel headlight technology and integrated parking technology have been applied and mass-produced, leading the intelligent safety of automobiles to a new height.
In terms of intelligent networking, from 2065438 to July 2009, Great Wall Motor released the "GTO Global Intelligent Ecology Strategy", and joined eight strategic partners, namely Tencent, Aligaode, Baidu, China Telecom, China Unicom, China Mobile, Huawei and Qualcomm, to build a global intelligent ecology and create a new era of travel robots. It is worth mentioning that Great Wall Motor and Huawei signed a strategic cooperation agreement in September, 2065438+2009, and the two sides will carry out comprehensive cooperation in innovative technology fields such as intelligent network connection, intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, intelligent electric power, cloud service, big data and travel service.