On July 31, 2021, the Wuhan base project of AVIC lithium battery officially started construction. As the largest industrial project in Wuhan with the largest investment volume in the third quarter, the project site is also the main venue for the concentrated start of major projects in the third quarter of Wuhan.

AVIC Lithium Battery Wuhan Base Project

AVIC lithium battery Wuhan base project was signed on May 31, 2021, with a total investment of 10 billion yuan, and the first-phase production capacity will reach 20GWh. AVIC Lithium Battery Wuhan production base is the fifth production base in China after Changzhou, Xiamen, Luoyang and Chengdu, and AVIC Lithium Battery is the first new energy battery company in Wuhan. According to reports, based on an average of 50 kilowatt-hour batteries for a pure electric vehicle, after the completion of the Wuhan base of AVIC Lithium Battery, the power battery produced every year can be assembled with 400,000 pure electric vehicles.

Liu Jingyu, Chairman of AVIC Lithium Battery

Liu Jingyu, Chairman of AVIC Lithium Battery, pointed out that AVIC Lithium Battery, as the national team of new energy power batteries, shoulders the mission of serving the country by industry and becoming an industrial powerhouse. The start of the project is another important milestone in the history of AVIC lithium battery development. The project took only two months from negotiation to signing, and only two months from signing to construction. Next, the company will promote the project to be completed and put into production as soon as possible. At present, AVIC lithium battery has the fastest growth rate among head power battery companies, and its product strength has been widely and highly recognized by customers. The company has always insisted on independent research and development, technological innovation, and a comprehensive research and development layout and investment planning for the future.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that China will strive to achieve carbon peaks by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. At the same time, he also pointed out that the development of new energy vehicles is the only way for China to move from a major automobile country to a powerful automobile country. Under the background of this great era, AVIC Lithium Battery has the responsibility and ability to contribute to the construction of a symbiotic and win-win industrial ecology and to the realization of the national strategic goals!

Delivery of pure electric bus

After the groundbreaking activity was a complete success, the pure electric bus delivery activity of AVIC Lithium Battery and Golden Passenger Car was also held on the project site. Dai Ying, deputy general manager of AVIC Lithium Battery, pointed out in the project introduction that AVIC lithium battery has joined hands with its strategic customer, Golden Passenger Car, to deliver pure electric buses to Wuhan Tielong Commuter Service Co., Ltd., which has the largest number of commuter vehicles in Wuhan. The first product delivery to a strategic customer after signing the investment agreement is also the first joint performance of the three major leading companies from supporting batteries, OEMs to operators. It is also a model of the integration of the entire new energy industry chain, common service to the market, and customer achievement. Demonstration has a demonstrative effect in Wuhan, Hubei Province and even the whole of China.

Dai Ying, Deputy General Manager of AVIC Lithium Battery

Under the witness of the guests, representatives of AVIC Lithium Battery, Xiamen Jinlu, and Wuhan Tielong Company jointly completed the key handover, and the handover event was a complete success. Pure electric buses equipped with AVIC lithium battery products will better serve the citizens of Wuhan and the entire Chinese people.

Since 2021, the construction of the AVIC lithium battery project has been advancing rapidly, including the Jiangsu Phase III 23GWh project, the Xiamen Phase II 10GWh project, and the Chengdu 50GWh project Phase I have all started. According to statistics, AVIC Lithium Battery will achieve 3.4GWh of power battery installed capacity in the first half of 2021, and its market share will increase from 2.8% in 2020 to 3.4%. In terms of capacity layout, in 2021, the actual production capacity of AVIC's lithium power production, under construction and commencement will exceed 100GWh, and the planned capacity will reach 200GWh in 2022, and the planned capacity will exceed 300GWh during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. Editor/He Yuting