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On May 9, Jiangsu Zhengli New Energy Battery Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhengli New Energy) held the "2023 Zhengli New Energy 25GWh Software-Defined Battery Cell Factory Commissioning Ceremony and New Technology Launch" at its headquarters in Changshu, Jiangsu.

This is the first time that Zhengli New Energy has released its brand image to the outside world, and at the same time unveiled a new generation of software-defined battery factory.

In addition, relying on its strong R&D strength and technology accumulation, Zhengli New Energy announced the "3·2·1" R&D strategy for the first time, revealing the treasures in its "arsenal" - Zhengli Aviation Battery, Zhengli· Qiankun battery, Zhengli energy storage battery and Zhengli sodium-ion battery use a new R&D strategic system and continuously innovative advanced technologies to meet the energy needs of all scenarios and different fields on land, sea and air, and contribute to the carbon neutralization process in the transportation and energy fields.

Zhou Qindi, Secretary of the Changshu Municipal Party Committee, Wang Jianguo, Member of the Standing Committee of the Changshu Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Changshu High-tech Zone, Wu Feng, a new energy materials scientist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Wang Jianxin, Vice Chairman and Executive Secretary-General of the China Battery Industry Association, China Chemical and Physical Power Source Wang Zeshen, secretary-general of the industry association, Xu Mingwei, chief marketing officer of Xinhuanet, representatives of Dassault, TIAMAT and European and American aviation companies and many other government leaders, industry experts, partners and many media reporters were invited to attend to witness the setting sail of Zhengli New Energy. A new journey.

The brand image was unveiled for the first time, striving for a "zero-carbon society"

Since China clearly proposed the goals of "carbon peaking" in 2030 and "carbon neutrality" in 2060 at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2020, the "double carbon" goal has become a major issue faced by my country's energy, transportation, industrial manufacturing, technology and other industries. As an important issue, the high-quality development of new energy has become an important starting point and the only way to achieve the "double carbon" goal.

A group of responsible and outstanding companies have taken the lead in taking on the important task of striving to achieve the dual-carbon goal.

Cao Fang, chairman of Zhengli New Energy, said in his speech at the press conference: "In the context of the steady advancement of the national strategic goal of 'carbon peaking and carbon neutrality', and amid the booming development of the global new energy industry, Zhengli New Energy We will base ourselves on the new energy track, follow the corporate values ​​of pursuing excellence and being down-to-earth, provide customers with high-quality products, contribute to the high-quality development of the new energy industry, and create greater value for social development.”

Faced with the new development situation of the new energy industry, Zhengli New Energy has opened a new starting point for brand leapfrog development and debuted its brand image at the press conference.

The brand logo of Zhengli Xinneng takes Tai Chi and Qiankun as its origin. The overall logo design represents a recurring and endless philosophical concept, expressing harmonious, orderly and endless good wishes.

Interpreted from the perspective of sustainable development, it represents a kind of "positive" energy that can promote the continuous improvement of social total factor productivity and long-lasting environmental friendliness. And "Zheng" is the source of brand inspiration for "Zhengli New Energy" and "ZENERGY".

The overall design of the brand logo fully expresses the brand vision of "accumulating every bit of effort to build a zero-carbon society full of positivity and kindness".

Chen Jicheng, President of Zhengli New Energy, said: "Zhengli represents the power of symbiosis with heaven and earth, cyclical development, and endless life. What Zhengli New Energy pursues is such a sustainable world view, which is also what we strive for in the new energy competition. The common pursuit of every partner.”

The vision of striving towards a zero-carbon society is also fully reflected in the brand logo.

Blue, green, and white lines and color blocks represent the sea, land, and sky respectively. Zhengli New Energy hopes to explore the boundaries of green energy through technological innovation, cover deeper and wider fields and scenarios, and realize electric transportation across land, sea, and air. change.

This is not only the starting point for Zhengli New Energy’s continued struggle, but also the best interpretation of its brand mission of “forward-looking technology covering land, sea and air application scenarios to build a sustainable future for the world’s energy”.

In order to work towards the goal of "zero-carbon society", Chen Jicheng said that Zhengli New Energy will take filling gaps, making up for shortcomings and solving pain points as the "first" principle of product development and technological breakthroughs, and will continue to think about more complex scenarios. Based on the actual needs of different applications, we use solid and balanced technical reserves to establish a comprehensive product strategy system, and use one battery cell to connect the zero-carbon journey of electrification in all scenarios of land, sea and air.

Software-defined battery factory, revolutionizing battery manufacturing

Some industry experts believe that today's society has entered the era of software definition, that is, the main functions of the system are implemented by software. Software is integrated with all walks of life, especially with industry and manufacturing. Software that defines everything is becoming the infrastructure of society. .

Based on the characteristics of the new energy industry and battery factory management characteristics, Zhengli New Energy took the lead in proposing the software-defined battery factory concept and released the smart factory ZOE (Zenergy Operation Excellence) architecture.

"The first-generation factory is a digital factory, the second-generation factory is a smart factory, and the third-generation factory will be defined by software." Zhou Nan, executive vice president of Zhengli New Energy, said that ZOE's intelligent battery factory redefines collaboration and working methods. , process management and quality control, thereby making the equipment and production lines of the battery cell factory more flexible and intelligent.

For example, in terms of collaboration, based on ZOE smart factory, the overall response time to customers is shortened by 50%, and working time efficiency is increased by 33%; MOM supports millisecond-level response to huge amounts of data, with TPS as high as 3100 or more.

In terms of process management, ZOE is characterized by connecting PLM, MES and production equipment to achieve closed-loop management of submission, change, approval, application and traceability of process parameters.

At the same time, based on the ZOE intelligent system, a quality control platform can be quickly and completely built through short codes, embedding, and instruction.

Currently, based on the "software-defined battery cell" factory design, Zhengli New Energy has realized 9 major modules, 50 processes, and more than 3,000 process parameter monitoring data starting from the R&D end, covering the whole area and sharing, precise operations, and big data drive , a new generation of world-leading software-defined battery cell factory has been built and put into operation.

Established the “321” R&D strategy and launched four major products

At the R&D strategy conference, Yu Hong, chief technology officer of Zhengli New Energy, will introduce in detail the logic of the R&D strategic layout, from internal chemical materials to the layout of cell shapes, to the layout of the two major battery systems of power and energy storage. By gaining insight into and exploring the forward-looking technological needs of all land, sea and air scenarios, Zhengli New Energy finally established the “321” R&D strategic map.

Thanks to the support of the "321" R&D strategy, during the product release process, Dr. Yu Zhexun, Chief Product Officer of Zhengli New Energy, released a number of blockbuster products with industry-leading performance indicators in different application fields: Zhengli Aviation Batteries, Zhengli·Qiankun battery, Zhengli·energy storage battery and Zhengli·sodium-ion battery.

From the perspective of transportation system changes, the aviation field is a new area that power batteries rarely enter. The electrification of aviation will provide huge room for growth in power batteries.

The aviation field has extremely high requirements for the safety, endurance, weight, fast charging, and reliability of power batteries. It is another mountain that power batteries need to overcome. Currently, few battery companies can get involved.

The Zhengli New Energy R&D team continues to tackle key problems and is the first to launch Zhengli aviation batteries in the industry. Through unremitting pursuit and exploration of technology, it can simultaneously meet the four performance requirements of "three highs and one fast": high energy density, high safety, High magnification and fast charging.

There is a strong coupling relationship between multiple performance indicators of power batteries, and it is technically difficult to achieve high energy density and high rate at the same time.

Through continuous optimization of material system and battery cell design, the energy density of Zhengli New Energy’s aviation batteries has reached 320Wh/kg; while taking into account high energy density, Zhengli Aviation batteries can still meet the high rate of 12C at 20% SOC. Discharge performance.