Nice Wall Motors‘ senior vice chairman Mu Feng lately expressed sturdy views on extended-range electrical car know-how, clearly stating Nice Wall Motors “would relatively die than make extended-range automobiles,” contemplating it an outdated technological strategy.
On the 2025 Shanghai Auto Present on April 23, Nice Wall Motors’ chairman Wei Jianjun emphasised that extended-range know-how is merely transitional and incompatible with the corporate’s long-term growth technique. He careworn that Nice Wall Motors will give attention to pure electrical and hybrid know-how pathways as a substitute of investing assets in growing extended-range fashions.
This stance aligns with earlier statements from Mu Feng. Simply on April 21, Mu described extended-range know-how as “pseudo-electric” know-how and highlighted a number of disadvantages, together with:
- Prolonged-range automobiles primarily depend on fossil fuels as their major power supply
- Prolonged-range automobiles have small battery capability and restricted pure electrical vary
- Prolonged-range automobiles provide inferior gas economic system in comparison with hybrid fashions
- Prolonged-range automobiles ship decrease total efficiency than pure electrical automobiles
Wei Jianjun’s assertion additional confirms Nice Wall Motors’ rejection of extended-range know-how, indicating the corporate will keep its present technological route and give attention to growing hybrid and pure electrical applied sciences.
Notably, Wei’s place starkly contrasts with methods adopted by another automakers available in the market, reminiscent of Li Auto, which continues to advertise extended-range electrical car fashions closely.
Different professionals maintain totally different views from Nice Wall Motors, with Chinese language Academy of Engineering academician Yang Yusheng emphasising that extended-range know-how will not be transitional however can be one of many major automotive applied sciences of the long run. In 2021, solely 4 merchandise within the automotive trade used extended-range know-how, however by 2024, greater than 50 extended-range electrical automobiles have been launched that yr alone.
Yang Yusheng has made predictions about market share in China’s automotive market: By 2027, extended-range automobiles are anticipated to account for about 1/3 of gross sales, pure electrical automobiles 1/3, and gas automobiles 1/3. By 2030, the proportion of extended-range and plug-in hybrid automobiles will enhance to round 55%, pure electrical automobiles will keep round 30%, whereas gas automobiles will lower to fifteen%.
