China"sproductionandsalesofnewenergyvehicles(NEVs)reached7.06millionand6.89millionunitsrespectivelyin2022,up96.9percentand93.4percentyear-on-year,andNEVexportsgrew120percentfromayearago.

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Duringthepastdecade,ChinahaswitnessedarapiddevelopmentofitsNEVindustry,rankingfirstintheworldforeightconsecutiveyearsintermsofNEVsales.Thecountryholdsover30,000relevantpatents,or70percentoftheworld"stotal.ItismakingconstantprogressinthedevelopmentofNEVtechnology.

TheChineseNEVindustryhasgrownbigandstronginjustafewyears.Thiscouldn"thavebeenachievedwithoutNEVengineers,agroupthat"sgraduallyexpanding.

ElectricvehiclesareassembledinamanufacturingbaseinRunancounty,Zhumadian,centralChina"sHenanprovince,Feb.8,2023.(People"sDailyOnline/SunKai)

NEVengineerZhengShuhaoofaChinesecarmakerreturnedtoworkjustaftertheChineseNewYearholiday."Wedelivered34percentmoreNEVslastyearthanayearago,andoursaleswillhitnewhighsafterthemassproductionoftwonewmodelsthisyear,"ZhengtoldPeople"sDaily.

Motorcontrolunit,orMCU,islikethecentralnervoussystemofNEVs.OptimizingMCU"salgorithmcanmakethemotorrunatlowercostandthusextendtherangeofthevehicles.

ZhengandhisteamhasupgradedtheirMCUforover100times,extendingtherangeofanNEVfrom500kilometersto510kilometers.

"Everyeffortcontributestothecompetitivenessofaproduct.Evenasinglekilometerofrangeextensionisworththeeffort,"Zhengsaid.

Vehiclesareturningnotonlyelectricbutalsoconnected.Over-the-airupdateofMCUmakeselectricvehiclesmoreintelligentandfunctional.

Differentfromthecabinandin-vehicleinfotainmentsystemsthatareappreciable,MCUsoftwareislikea"backstagehero"that,throughdeeplearning,betterconnectsdriversandpassengerswiththevehicle,Zhengexplained.

ThankstotheincreasinglyrobustdevelopmentofMCUs,theecologyofNEVsisgettingbetterandbetter.

NewenergyvansarebeingassembledinaworkshopinJialingdistrict,Nanchong,southwestChina"sSichuanprovince,Feb.9,2023.(People’sDailyOnline/LiXiangyu)

"Anewmodelwelaunchedattheendoflastyearwasequippedwithaseriesofsmartconnectionfunctions,aswellasasecond-generationMCUthatwedeveloped.Thishasnotonlyfurtheroptimizedthevehicle"senergyconsumptionbutalsocreatedabetterexperiencefordriversandpassengers,"Zhengsaid.

ChineseNEVsarebeingexportedatafasterpace.Accordingtostatistics,oneinevery10NEVsinEuropecomesfromChina.

ZhengtoldPeople"sDailythathiscompanyhasstartedpresalesofmultiplenewmodelsinGermanyandtheNetherlands,builta10,000-square-meterbatteryplantinHungary,andinstalled10batteryswappingstationsinEurope.

ZhengattributedthebigsalesofChineseNEVsintheoverseasmarkettotheircompetitiveness,thoughcheapandcheerfulproductsareanadvantageof"madeinChina."

Hebelievesthatonlyworld-leadingMCUscanhelpChinagainanedgeinglobalcompetition.

"Wefinallyreceivedinternationalsafetycertificationforoursecond-generationelectric-driveplatformafterexperiencingdozensofroundsofvalidationinthepasttwoyears,"saidZheng,addingthatthenewproductsofthecompanywillsurelysetnewrecordsintheoverseasmarket.

TheengineeriscommittedtohiscareerintheNEVindustry."DevelopingNEVsistheonlywayforChinatoupgradefromabigvehicle-manufacturingcountrytoastrongone.Withstrongsupportivepoliciesandavigorousmarket,weareinthebesteraofNEVdevelopment."Zhengnoted.