Battery technology is becoming increasingly important in the development of emerging technologies such as drones and electric cars. Battery technology will also be key to future competition, given the widespread integration of driverless technology into almost the entire transportation sector. Therefore, Chinese enterprises need to work hard and stick to the breakthrough of core technology innovation, so as to win the global competitive advantage and not be restrained by others.

Battery technology is the key to future success

In recent years, the development of uav industry has been accelerating, and various types of uav have been widely used in various fields. Due to the huge market potential and advantages of uavs, world powers such as China and the United States pay more attention to this field. South Korea is also stepping up its efforts to gain a share of the global market.

South Korea has a battery problem developing drones

The drone industry has become a major industry in the world, and South Korea has been increasing its investment in recent years to keep pace with international competition.

Recently, the field of unmanned aerial vehicles new hot "solar uav", South Korea also dabbled quite early. As early as 2013, the Korea aerospace research institute developed the solar-powered unmanned aircraft known as the eav-3, which can initially fly for 24 hours.

South Korea has developed a new drone that can fly in the stratosphere for more than a week. However, the south Korean drones are far inferior to their counterparts in England, where Zephyr drones can fly for up to two weeks on a single charge.

According to researchers at the Korea aerospace research institute, the limited range of the south Korean drones is due to the limited level of lithium-ion battery technology used, which does not store enough power to support more durable aviation research. More advanced lithium sulfide battery technology is in the hands of European and American companies, and not easy to sell.

Battery technology could be the key to future competition in unmanned areas

In recent years, with the development of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, unmanned technology has been popularized to the land, sea and air in a comprehensive way.

Meanwhile, due to the development of energy-saving and environmental protection concepts and battery technology, pure electric vehicles have also become the mainstream trend. As a result, driverless technology and the pure electric concept are converging at an accelerating pace, and pure electric driverless vehicles will dominate the future of transportation.

Under this trend, battery technology will undoubtedly become increasingly important. For pure electric vehicles, due to the convenience of charging and the relatively low requirements for the range, the existing battery technology is enough to guarantee the commercial demand. But unmanned aerial vehicles (uavs), especially large unmanned flying vehicles, unmanned passenger planes, etc., have very high endurance requirements, and the limitations of battery technology will be fatal.

Therefore, as countries pay more attention to the development of unmanned driving field, battery technology may become the key to win the future competition in this field.

Ability to master core technologies is independent of others

From the example of South Korea and the analysis of the importance of battery technology, if we want to master the competitive advantage of unmanned driving field and not be controlled by others, then it is urgent to master the core technology to promote the breakthrough of battery technology.

China's driverless development has entered the fast lane, and the country attaches great importance to the development of automobile battery industry. In March 2017, the ministry of industry and information technology, the national development and reform commission, the ministry of science and technology and the ministry of finance jointly issued the action plan to promote the development of the automotive power battery industry, in order to accelerate the promotion of new breakthroughs in China's automotive power battery industry.

According to the plan, by 2020, the power battery industry will have a total output capacity of more than 100 gigawatt hours, and become a leading enterprise with an internationally competitive production and sales scale of more than 40 gigawatt hours.

Japan's Toyota has made a major breakthrough in battery technology, with its latest solid-state battery expected to revolutionize electric vehicles and play a key role in the development of its driverless cars. The competition in batteries is important and fierce.

At present, China's power battery industry overall overcapacity structure, the key core technology innovation breakthrough is still relatively inadequate. As the technology of electric cars and driverless cars is upgraded, the requirement for batteries will be higher and higher. Therefore, domestic battery enterprises should adhere to technological innovation, strengthen production automation and management standardization, put quality optimization and technological breakthrough in the first place, and continue to promote reform by improving the construction of industrial chain, accelerate the comprehensive transformation of China's battery industry, and lay an important foundation for future core industry competition.