At the beginning of the article, I first recalled my memory back to April 3rd, Beijing time. On that day, the volume and enthusiasm of the entire Chinese auto industry must belong to only one company - BYD. As the chairman of the board, Wang Chuanfu finally made up his mind to "wield the knife" and turned to the traditional fuel vehicle sector that has experienced ups and downs and iterative development for more than 19 years.
As for the official statement, this is what it said: According to the company's strategic development needs, BYD Auto will stop the production of fuel vehicles from March 2022. In the future, in the automotive sector, BYD Auto will focus on pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. At the same time, BYD Auto will continue the production and supply of fuel vehicle parts, and continue to provide existing fuel vehicle customers with comprehensive services and after-sales guarantees, as well as the supply of spare parts throughout the life cycle to ensure worry-free travel.
It can be said that the content is very concise. As a bystander, the focus is more worthy of attention. With the release of this announcement, it means that BYD has become the "world's first" car company to make the above decision.
Compared with Volvo, Jaguar, Volkswagen, Audi, Ford, Honda and other giants who have also announced the ban on sales, but are still madly absorbing the remaining dividends of the traditional fuel vehicle market, it is 5-10 years ahead of schedule. However, it is a little regrettable that at that time, the brand, which had long claimed to be the "global leader in new energy vehicles", did not explain the reasons in detail.
Just recently, Li Qian, secretary of BYD's board of directors, made an official "secret" on why the fuel car was cut off in the CCTV Finance and Economics program "Financial Interview".
In his view, "On the one hand, it is mainly because BYD has always believed that it is time to concentrate on the development of electric vehicles and lead the industry to leap to a new level."
"On the other hand, because it is true that our electric vehicles are completely in short supply, but the production capacity is limited, so we need to free up the production capacity of fuel vehicles for electric vehicles, so cutting fuel vehicles is a very important strategic decision for the company, and from In the short-term, medium-term and long-term, they are all very helpful.”
At this point, I can't help but think that when the tide of electrification is coming, the pace of new energy transformation may come faster than expected. For most brands, it may be a safer and more feasible route to innovate and iterate in parallel with the full range of hybrids and pure electrics.
In the past 19 years, BYD seems to have been laying a solid foundation, and finally came to this year's electric vehicle travel 100 people meeting, Wang Chuanfu's speech: "We rely on the blade battery, DM-i super hybrid, e-platform 3.0 and other subversive Technology, insisting on pure electric and plug-in hybrid walking on two legs, ushered in the explosion of technology, products and markets."
Yes, in this era, there is absolutely no greatness that can be achieved overnight. Some are just hard work and perseverance.
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