Definitions

“Cutting-edge Technology” refers to a forward-looking, pioneering, and exploratory technology that has a high potential to be an important fundamental technology in the future NEV product development and the industry’s transformation and upgrading. Cutting-edge technologies must be in the fundamental research stage and are expected to achieve industrial applications within 5 years.

“Innovative Technology” refers to a novel technology that has existing application(s) solving technical difficulties and bottlenecks in the key areas of NEVs. Innovative technologies must already have industrial application(s) with product(s) in volume production.

The selection of the “Global NEVs Cutting-edge and Innovative Technologies” is planned to be held once a year, Cutting-edge technologies are selected every two years, specifically in odd-numbered years.

Selection Field

1. On-board Energy & Supply infrastructure
Includes power batteries, fuel cells, charging and battery swapping infrastructure, hydrogen/low-carbon/zero-carbon fuel infrastructure, and their key components and materials, information-energy integration and management interaction, manufacturing and recycling processes, and specialized software and hardware tools dedicated to this field.

2. Vehicle Platform & Powertrain
Includes vehicle platforms, hybrid and electric drive systems, low/zero-Carbon ICE， drive-by-wire chassis, thermal management, power electronics, and design tools.

3. Intelligence & AI
Includes EE architecture, autonomous driving, smart cockpits, advanced communications, sensor, chips, software, and AI Large Models.