Konka's EFI products face extreme testing challenges

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Chang Jing, general manager of Konka Automotive Electronics, revealed that the company's electronic fuel injection control system has officially started plateau environmental experiments. It is reported that a series of tests on automotive electronic fuel injection control systems is a must before they are put on the market. The purpose is to test engine performance and emissions in different environmental conditions to ensure that the electronic fuel injection control system can withstand a series of extreme environmental tests such as high cold, high temperature, and high altitude.

The plateau and high temperature tests of Konka engine electronic fuel injection control system officially started in June. Since Konka has completed high-cold experiments, laboratory tests and road tests on relevant performance indicators, Chang Jing said that as a key link in the development of engine electronic fuel injection system, the environmental limit test for vehicles equipped with electronic fuel injection system will focus on high cold, high temperature and high altitude. The high-cold test requires the vehicle to start and drive quickly at least at -30℃, and the parts will not be damaged in cold conditions; the high-temperature test requires the car to quickly reach the best state when the temperature is 40℃-45℃ and the surface temperature is 50℃-70℃; the high-altitude test requires the vehicle to ensure that everything is normal at an altitude of at least 4,500 meters.

Chang Jing said that developing an EFI system is a "money-burning game". A new EFI control system usually requires at least 10-16 months of experimental certification cycle, and a more sophisticated one requires a 24-month experimental cycle, which includes many experimental certification links such as road environment experiments and laboratory emission tests, and each experimental link requires a large amount of investment. Usually, the total cost of a new EFI system from development to experimental certification is close to 10 million yuan. Such a high investment of funds has deterred most Chinese companies from developing EFI systems. For a long time, this technology has been mainly in the hands of foreign manufacturers such as Bosch and Delphi. China's engine and automobile industries have always lacked a real Chinese "heart".

Chang Jing said that the current Konka automotive electronics R&D team has brought together a large number of experts with rich experience in the automotive electronics industry at home and abroad. More than dozens of engineers and managers in the core team come from the automotive electronics departments of internationally renowned companies such as Motorola, Aiwa, Bosch, and Thomson. This has laid the foundation for Konka to break through technical barriers and launch products in a short time.

Chang Jing said that by July and August this year, Konka's electronic fuel injection control system will complete system calibration and be used in related models in batches. By then, Konka's electronic fuel injection control system sales will exceed hundreds of millions of yuan per year.