December 2010 listing of America Kodak Motors (CODAAutomotive) in 2011 production 14,000 electric vehicles. For the old parts supplier Delphi, the matter has a different meaning.

    The car is the world's few truly mass-produced electric vehicles, Delphi's power electronics to provide key components, high-voltage electrical / electronic architecture, and multi-element antenna. Among them, the models of all high-voltage electrical system in Shanghai Jiading Anting by Delphi Packard Electric Asia Pacific R & D center and production.

    Delphi Packard Electrical / Electronic Architecture System, Asia Pacific chief engineer Li Ming of the "Automotive Business Review", said: "In this project which, Delphi take a lot of design and development of content, from the perspective of large-scale production This is the first. Delphi's strengths are in China has formed a strong engineering capabilities. "

    Ming Li and Min Xu is with the returnees returned home to join Chery, Delphi is now a new energy in the Chinese market overall responsibility for product development.

    As General Motors has been the core business, Delphi in electric and hybrid vehicles has accumulated 20 years of history in the early 1990s, General Motors, Delphi has participated in the famous EV1 electric vehicle research and development, to provide the EV1 power unit, control electronics and energy storage system design and manufacturing. North American Car of the Year in 2010, the Ford Fusion hybrid version, is provided by the Delphi high-voltage battery pack, high voltage electrical center, the battery circuit breaker and the connection between single cells and other components.

    Although still in the identity and car parts supplier-enterprise cooperation, but in the new energy strategy, more emphasis on their Delphi system integration capabilities. In the accumulation of years of traditional car from the power electronics to electrical / electronic architecture, thermal management systems and even swap the engine management system development and production experience, Delphi now want to get the most cooperation projects is to help automotive manufacturers to simplify the hybrid vehicle development process.

    Li Ming said: "In comparison, Europe, the U.S. vehicle manufacturers have accumulated rich technology, the ability to define the entire system. The overall domestic car companies are now in a learning process, at this stage Delphi can use their technological advantage for domestic customers to design the whole vehicle system. "

    In this regard, Delphi Asia Pacific Yi Bobin made a vivid metaphor, likened to the Chinese market if the piece of cloth, piece of cloth Delphi to become the warp and weft.

    The following is the "Automotive Business Review," Lee Ming interview excerpts.

    "Automotive Business Review": China's subsidies for new energy intensity is very large, the intensity of hybrid subsidy is relatively small. From the perspective of parts, do you think China's industrial plan is what order?

    Lee Ming: This is a good question, actually two years ago on this issue within the industry have a lot of controversy. SAE 2009, when there is a forum devoted to this topic - China's development path in the end is kind of how? Development path in accordance with European and American point of view, they are first, hybrid cars, and then to electric cars.

    From a technical point terms, the two vehicles actually use the same technology, the Chinese market, hybrid electric vehicles higher than the cost of many. In the Chinese market, most consumers is the first car, but also to China's mainstream small car-based models, which are for the electric car market has created good conditions. I have seen a survey the market is willing to buy electric cars because of the data, according to the survey, are willing to consider buying electric vehicles to consumers mainly in three groups: one green advocates, and second, technical guide, and the third is the cost very sensitive person.