60% of Green Components for Future EVs will come from Taiwan 未來車 60%綠組件來自台灣

With soaring oil prices, ever-growing awareness of the need for environmental protection and the rush to develop electric vehicles on a global scale, the balance in the automobile industry has shifted. The Green Industrial Revolution means a new race has begun. Since Taiwan has a relatively comprehensive electric vehicle components supply chain, if it is able to leverage its strengths and support the global electric vehicle market, a new Blue Ocean for this emerging industry will thus be born.

隨著油價飆漲、環保意識高漲,全球搶進電動車,也促成汽車產業重新洗牌,「綠色工業革命」成為新的競賽。台灣因具備較完整的電動車零組件供應鏈,如能發揮槓桿效應,支起全球電動車市場,將成為我國新興產業的新藍海。

“For identical types of automobiles, electric vehicles are 42% more energy-efficient and emit 32% less CO2 than vehicles with gasoline engines.” Deputy General Director James Wang of ITRI’s Mechanical & Systems Research Laboratories (MSL) said that after the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, awareness of the need for protection of the environment became heightened, which is key to the accelerated development of the electric vehicle industry.

「以同樣車種計算,電動車比汽油引擎車能源提升42%、CO2減排改善32%」,工研院機械所副所長王漢英表示,哥本哈根會議後,環保意識高漲,是促成電動車產業蓬勃發展的關鍵。

There is a product that utilizes over 20 microprocessors and employs 10 operating systems and application programs to control all of its functions. The customer is able to connect to headquarters from anywhere and check the performance of the product. Recharging is possible as long as there is an electrical outlet. Would you say it is a piece of high-tech equipment or an automobile? This is where electric vehicles subvert traditions. When the gasoline engine, gearbox, fuel tank, radiator, exhaust pipes and catalytic converter are removed from an automobile and servo motors, batteries and a sophisticated electronic control system are installed as their replacement, it is no longer a car but a high-tech, innovative application.

有一個產品,要用到20幾個微處理器、以10個作業系統和軟體程式控制所有功能、客戶可在任何地方和總部連線,檢查產品的工作性能,而且只要有插座就可充電,你說它是高科技產品,還是一部車子?這就是電動車顛覆傳統之處。電動車把汽油車的引擎、變速箱、油箱、水箱、排氣管、觸媒轉換器拿掉,裝上伺服馬達、電池和複雜的電控系統,它不再是汽車,而是一項高科技創新應用。

The electric vehicle has rewritten the rules of the game, forcing the giants of the auto industry to return to square one. This starting point is extremely favorable to Taiwan. “Open the electrical control system, and there you will find IC boards and electronic components, which are all familiar to Taiwanese.” Cheng Kuo-rong, vice chairman of the Luxgen Motor Co. said that “Automotive electronics will account for 40% of a vehicle’s total production value, and electric vehicles will constitute more than 70%.”

電動車改寫遊戲規則,逼著百年汽車巨人統統回到同一個起跑點,而這個新的起跑點對台灣極為有利。「打開電控系統,裡面都是台灣很熟悉的IC板和電子零件。」納智捷汽車公司副董事長陳國榮說:「汽車電子將占全車產值逾40%,而電動車則超過7成。」