On the morning of March 16, 2024, Dr. Ke, the founder of Kenergy New Energy (fourth from the left in the front row), was invited to attend the closed-door industry meeting held at the China Workers' Home in Beijing. The meeting was hosted by the China Industrial Association for Chemical and Physical Power Sources, the Power Battery Application Branch of the China Industrial Association for Chemical and Physical Power Sources, and the Battery China Network. The theme of the meeting was "Analysis of Electric Bicycle Battery Safety Risks, Prevention and Control of Electric Bicycle Battery Safety Risks, and Construction/Implementation of Safety Certification System."
Dr. Ke's speech outline is as follows:
[Speaking from three perspectives: technical expert representative, battery enterprise representative, and advisor to government and industry management]
1. Technical level, face the fact that current lithium-ion batteries are dangerous goods.
Dr. Ke stated that as a national-level expert, an off-campus doctoral supervisor at Harbin Institute of Technology, and a veteran in the battery industry with more than 30 years of R&D experience, half of which was in research institutions and the other half in battery enterprises, it must first be acknowledged that the current lithium-ion batteries that users can afford for electric bicycles mainly contain organic liquid electrolytes and are clearly defined by the state and industry as "dangerous goods." They require vehicles with dangerous goods transportation qualifications for logistics and transportation, and it is necessary to clearly communicate to users and consumers to use and manage them as dangerous goods.
2. Battery enterprises should take the main responsibility for the safety of electric vehicles and provide high-quality battery products and in-room charging system solutions.
Dr. Ke stated that as a technical entrepreneur, in the context of the strong competition in the lithium battery industry four years ago, he still had the confidence to invest his "fortune" in entrepreneurship and has realized the successful matching of Kenergy New Energy's Kenergy lithium batteries with several leading enterprises after several rounds of industrial financing at the amount of hundreds of millions of yuan. This is based on the firm belief that there are various technical routes in industrial technology, each with its strengths, and that lithium batteries are strategic emerging industries that can be sustainably and healthily developed. As long as the application fields of special products are accurately found, there are opportunities for enterprises and individuals to contribute value to the industry development. Enterprises should provide the best possible products for the industry and society under the premise of meeting national and industry standards, especially battery enterprises should take a greater main responsibility in the safety of electric bicycles, and provide products and systematic solutions that can ensure public safety is not affected even in extreme cases where end users do not understand professional knowledge and misuse chargers, in-room charging, etc.
3. The contribution of lightweight electric bicycles to low carbon cannot be ignored. When social public resources are insufficient, various management plans should be implemented in parallel, and "conditional" in-room charging of lithium batteries can be implemented.
As a member of the Henan Provincial Political Consultative Conference and an advisor to government and industry management, Dr. Ke said that the lightweight of electric bicycles cannot be ignored in terms of the country's low-carbon strategy. Taking a 48Vlt 20Ah battery as an example, the new national standard electric bicycle has a range of more than 70 kilometers, while the range is only more than 50 kilometers with traditional lead-acid batteries, which means that lightweight energy saving is about a quarter. If China's 400 million vehicles all achieve similar lightweight, the annual energy saving is equivalent to the monthly electricity generation of the Three Gorges Dam. Recently contacted European customers even have clear requirements for carbon indicators on lithium battery products. Low carbon is the general trend. From the perspective of government management, even if all lead-acid batteries are used, the whole society still cannot meet all the charging resources needed for electric vehicles, because there is not enough public space to meet the charging of the whole vehicle, and the weight of lead-acid batteries determines that it is not convenient to take out the battery for charging in the charging cabinet or in the house. The electric vehicle industry will coexist with lead-acid and lithium batteries, and different users have different application scenarios and needs. The lightweight of lithium batteries has given birth to the development of the battery swapping industry, but if China's electric vehicles all follow the lithium battery car and battery swapping model, the society needs to invest 130 billion yuan in charging cabinets to meet the charging demand, which is difficult to meet and is also a waste of social resources. Therefore, high-quality lithium-ion batteries should be allowed to charge in the room under certain conditions, to solve the contradiction between the insufficiency of social resources and the huge demand of user groups. Lithium-ion batteries are not only widely used in electric bicycles, but also in electric wheelchairs, sweeping robots, portable outdoor mobile power sources, etc., and these batteries are all charged in the room. For example, Kenergy New Energy, the same battery company, supplies different end application fields. Electric vehicle batteries cannot be charged in the room, but outdoor power sources and wheelchairs can be charged in the room, which is also a contradictory current situation. Therefore, the industry and the country should define and certify the overall safety level of lithium-ion batteries that can be charged in the room. Dr. Ke suggests that the premise of high-quality lithium-ion batteries that can be charged in the room should be:
(1) Absolutely no explosion;
(2) Try not to burn;
(3) Even if it burns, it can automatically control the risk in a simple charging box that can be extinguished.
The batteries and charging boxes that can be charged in the room should be certified by the country and the industry. But it is more necessary for enterprises to take the main responsibility, and at the same time, they should popularize the knowledge of dangerous goods to users and the popularization of illegal use of the legal system.
Dr. Ke's example of the safe use of dangerous goods: Gas and natural gas, gasoline, etc. are all flammable and explosive dangerous goods, but based on the correct understanding of danger, the guarantee of industry technology and products, and the popularization and strict implementation of regulations, we have basically ensured the daily peaceful and safe coexistence with gas and gasoline.
[Dr. Ke's commitment: Kenergy Lithium Electricity is willing to be the first enterprise in the industry to promise to ensure the safety of electric vehicle in-room charging]
At the end of Dr. Ke's speech and suggestions, in front of the leaders of the national ministries and commissions, industry association leaders, and many industry representatives, he promised that Kenergy Lithium Electricity is willing to be the first enterprise in the industry to promise to ensure the safety of electric vehicle battery in-room charging, and suggested that the national industry promote the safety grading management and governance of related products of electric vehicle batteries.
Wang Sheze, Secretary General of the China Industrial Association for Chemical and Physical Power Sources, Gao Yanmin, former director of the Consumer Goods Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, former director of the Law Enforcement Supervision Department of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Yan Fengmin, former deputy director of the Network Transaction Supervision Department of the State Administration for Market Supervision, Li Lihui, Director of the Consumer Goods Department of the Quality Supervision Department of the State Administration for Market Supervision, and Liu Yanlong, Marketing Director of the China Industrial Association for Chemical and Physical Power Sources, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
Zhang Yu, Secretary General of the Power Battery Application Branch, presided over the Electric Bicycle Battery Safety Risk Analysis Meeting, and Zhou Bo, General Manager of the Research Center of the Power Battery Application Branch, presided over the implementation of the electric bicycle battery safety risk prevention and control and the safety certification system implementation ideas and discussion sessions.
Representatives of battery companies attending the meeting include Chaowei, BYD, EVE Energy, LGC, Pisen, Tianneng, Xinghen, etc. Representatives of electric vehicle companies include Yadea, Aima, Xiaoniu, etc., as well as expert representatives from national quality testing certification and industry certification institutions also made suggestions and speeches according to the topics of the conference.
Henan Kenergy New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., established in April 2020, is a key project in Henan Province and a national high-tech enterprise. It is located in the Integrated Urban-Rural Demonstration Zone of Anyang City, Henan Province. Relying on the strong technical strength of the national-level expert Dr. Ke's R&D team, it was jointly invested and established by well-known investment institutions such as Central Goldwater and Yuanhe Hope, and the new energy industry giant Chiwee Group. The company is specialized in the research and development, production, and sales of new types of power lithium-ion battery materials, battery cells, and systems. With the core concept of "safety first" for products, it has multiple core technologies for high safety, long life, ultra-cold resistance, and strong power, including new type of pure manganese acid lithium, high-performance iron phosphate lithium, and sodium ion soft package batteries. The company's products are mainly used in the fields of regional green travel electric vehicles (two-wheeled vehicles, three-wheeled vehicles, low-speed four-wheeled vehicles, regional logistics vehicles, special vehicles, special engineering vehicles) and portable power station, home energy storage, etc. It has won the qualifications and honors of "National Excellent Entrepreneurship and Innovation Project", "Henan Province Specialized, Fined and New and Special New and Special Small and Medium Enterprises", "Henan Province Enterprise Technology Center", "Henan Province
