Nice Wall Motors‘ senior vice chairman Mu Feng lately expressed robust views on extended-range electrical automobile know-how, clearly stating Nice Wall Motors “would fairly die than make extended-range automobiles,” contemplating it an outdated technological method.
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 confused that Nice Wall Motors will deal with pure electrical and hybrid know-how pathways as a substitute of investing sources 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 supply inferior gasoline 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 deal with growing hybrid and pure electrical applied sciences.
Notably, Wei’s place starkly contrasts with methods adopted by another automakers out there, corresponding to Li Auto, which continues to advertise extended-range electrical automobile 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 will likely be one of many essential 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 12 months alone.
Yang Yusheng has made predictions about market share in China’s automotive market: By 2027, extended-range automobiles are anticipated to account for roughly 1/3 of gross sales, pure electrical automobiles 1/3, and gasoline automobiles 1/3. By 2030, the proportion of extended-range and plug-in hybrid automobiles will improve to round 55%, pure electrical automobiles will keep round 30%, whereas gasoline automobiles will lower to fifteen%.
