Bringing surging new momentum to Shanghai's "Automobile City", "Metaverse+Hydrogen Energy"
"A company with an annual output value of 1 billion yuan, workshop workers are still using paper, pens, and traditional spreadsheets to make production records!" Recently, Tao Binjiang, CEO of Shanghai Newcool Information Technology Co., Ltd., visited an automotive parts company and his observations made him deeply moved: "Most automotive OEMs have mature hardware and software, but some upstream parts companies still need to improve their understanding and application of industrial software."
The New Core Cloud Manufacturing Execution System, a product under Newcool Information Technology, can precisely solve this "pain point": the system can record and track every step in the factory workshop in detail, assist enterprises in planning and scheduling management, digitize production processes, and achieve "data cloud" for the core business of the entire factory process.
At present, Newcool Information Technology has settled in Yuanchuang Bay, the automotive metaverse industry base located in Anting, Jiading. "To construct the automotive metaverse, we cannot do without massive underlying data, which is our strength. We can enable automotive parts companies to reduce costs and increase efficiency in this' new space 'of the metaverse," said Tao Binjiang.
The business opportunities seen by Newcool Information Technology are a microcosm of the potential of the "automotive+metaverse" industry. In Anting, the traditional automotive industry is opening up a new field in the metaverse and achieving industrial transformation in the digital space. On September 20th, a metaverse conference was held in Anting, and the Yuanchuang Bay Park, with a planned land area of 47 acres and a building area of approximately 30000 square meters, was officially unveiled.
Since the first Santana was taken offline, Anting Town has been closely related to automobiles for nearly 40 years, and the automobile industry accounts for about 85% of the entire town's industry. However, Anting also faces issues such as a relatively single industrial structure and limited space for industrial development. Under the impact of new concepts and technologies, the transformation pressure of traditional fuel vehicle supporting enterprises has increased sharply, and many old brand enterprises have lagged behind in transformation speed.
How to upgrade the automotive industry in the era of "new four modernizations"? Seeking space from the metaverse can help traditional car manufacturers achieve transformation through an elephant turn.
"Digitalization is an important direction for the development of the automotive industry. The metaverse is an immersive and interconnected space that integrates digital space and the physical world, and a high-level form of integration between the digital economy and the real economy. The addition of the metaverse to automobiles has great potential," said Yan Jianming, Secretary of the Anting Town Party Committee.
The so-called automotive metaverse refers to the transformation of key processes and links in the automotive industry by building application scenarios. For example, in the key links of automobile manufacturing, a universal model database for industrial metaverse can be built to create high-precision industrial virtual spaces, and production line operation and product monitoring models based on the metaverse can also be explored. In addition, the automotive consumption field can also promote immersive and interactive consumer service scenarios.
To support the automotive metaverse industry, Anting Town has opened the Yuanchuangwan Park near the Jiading Campus of Tongji University. At present, projects such as digital human production, AI detection software development, and automotive metaverse sales have settled in the park.
On the road to transformation of the traditional automotive industry, in addition to seeking space from the metaverse, Anting Town also seeks energy levels from the "new track" of hydrogen energy. At present, the Jiading Hydrogen Port located in Anting has a certain degree of visibility.
"We adhere to the principle of 'walking on two legs'.' Hydrogen vehicles' are one leg directly related to the 'new four modernizations' of automobiles, but the total ownership is still relatively low. The cost of using mobile hydrogen fuel cells in both hydrogen prices and system components is high, making it difficult to form large-scale commercial application scenarios in the short term. In this situation, the other leg' hydrogen storage 'can effectively accumulate energy for the development of the' hydrogen vehicle 'industry." The relevant person in charge of Jiading Hydrogen Energy Port told reporters.
The main enterprise in the hydrogen energy storage system chain that has settled in the hydrogen energy port, Yuanwang Heshuo New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., is a commercial hydrogen power generation enterprise. "An Ting has a large number of hydrogen energy industry chain enterprises gathering, as well as talent supply brought by Tongji University and the trend of" new four modernizations "in automobiles. These are the main reasons why we chose this place," said Wang Jian, General Manager of Yuan Wang He Storage New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
At present, Jiading Hydrogen Port has carried out a full industry chain layout in the hydrogen storage industry, including upstream hydrogen production, midstream hydrogen storage equipment, downstream hydrogen fuel cell components, and other links. Multiple hydrogen fuel cell projects, such as hydrogen storage peak shaving power stations and shared energy storage stations, have started construction in the park. The installed capacity of hydrogen fuel cells has reached 250 megawatts, which is equivalent to the total power of newly added hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in the country in a year.
Not long ago, upstream and downstream enterprises in the hydrogen port collaborative park signed strategic cooperation agreements with energy rich provinces such as Xinjiang and Gansu to jointly undertake projects such as hydrogen storage peak shaving power stations and shared energy storage stations. The first project is about to start construction soon.
The person in charge of Jiading Hydrogen Port told reporters that the development of the hydrogen energy storage industry can significantly reduce the cost of key materials and core components of fuel cells, accelerate technological iteration, and help solve the cost problem of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
"Opportunities for development are never lacking. Integrating the traditional automotive industry with hydrogen energy and the metaverse is driven by technology and a major trend of industrial transformation, which will bring surging momentum to the Anting automotive industry," said Yan Jianming.
