Global and China New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System Market Report 2021-2025: Fourth-Generation Air Conditioning Refrigerants will Become the Main Technical Direction of Automakers

Dublin, Jan. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global and China New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System Market Research Report, 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Research on EV Thermal Management System: Fast iterative Application of New Technologies such as Heat Pump Air conditioning and Fourth-generation Refrigerant

China's new energy vehicle thermal management system market size will exceed RMB40 billion in 2025

Due to the low efficiency of the internal combustion engine and the sufficient residual heat from the engine, the temperature management of traditional fuel vehicles mainly focuses on cooling and heat dissipation, with a relatively simple structure.

In contrast, the new energy vehicle thermal management system is more complex, including refrigeration system, heating system (PTC/heat pump), battery thermal management system (air cooling /liquid cooling /direct cooling), and electric-motor-controlled cooling system (liquid cooling/independent heat exchange) and PHEV's unique engine cooling and gearbox cooling systems. Therefore, the value of a new energy vehicle is higher.

With the popularization of new energy vehicles, the automotive thermal management system has become complicated, with an increasingly complex structure and a higher integration level. The upgrade from independent modules to system engineering directly makes the cost of the automotive thermal management system swell from RMB1,600-2,500 (traditional fuel models) to RMB6,000-7,000 (new energy models).

By 2025, 15 million new energy vehicles will be sold globally, so that China's new energy vehicle thermal management system market size is expected to hit RMB40.1 billion, accounting for more than 40% of the global scale.

As new technologies evolve rapidly, the application of the heat pump air conditioning system and the fourth-generation refrigerants like CO2 and R1234yf will accelerate

Heat pump air conditioners will gradually be included in the standard configuration of high-end new energy passenger cars

At present, there are two main air conditioning system solutions for battery-electric vehicles: (1) Air conditioning system with cooling function only + PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) heating; (2) Heat pump air conditioning system.

For new energy passenger cars, most domestic air conditioning system manufacturers use PTC air heaters for heating (PTC water heaters are generally available in plug-in hybrid vehicles), that is, PTC is heated by consuming battery power, which features high energy consumption.

The heat pump air conditioning system adopts air as the heat source, and its heating and cooling share the same system. Thanks to heating, dehumidification and high energy efficiency ratio, it is the perfect solution for the high energy consumption of new energy vehicle air conditioners and longer recharge mileage of electric vehicles.

At present, more and more new energy vehicle manufacturers, including Nissan, Renault, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Toyota, Tesla, BYD, SAIC, GAC and Geely, have adopted heat pump air conditioning systems.

The fourth-generation air conditioning refrigerants will become the main technical direction of automakers in the future

Tesla's thermal management system solutions have evolved into the fourth generation. From Model S to Model 3, then to Model Y, the architecture of Tesla's thermal management system is becoming more and more complex, with much more working modes. Volkswagen started to explore heat pump air conditioning technology earlier and has accumulated rich experience.

However, due to the small scale of new energy vehicles, its heat pump technology has not been widely promoted within the group. In the future, with the mass production of models on the battery-electric MEB platform, Volkswagen's sophisticated heat pump technology will bolster its new energy products greatly.

In the thermal management system market for traditional energy and new energy vehicles, traditional foreign-funded giants such as Denso, Valeo, Hanon, Mahle, etc. still dominate the supply of first-level system integration by virtue of deep technology accumulation and enormous customer resources, while domestic counterparts supply system components.

With the popularization of new energy vehicles in China, domestic manufacturers, such as Yinlun Machinery and Sanhua Intelligent Controls, quickly seize domestic new energy vehicle companies thanks to rapid response, cost control and geographical advantages, and have obtained experience in mass production of thermal management integrated systems. On April 18, 2021, Huawei released TMS 2.0, a smart car thermal management solution, which will be mass-produced in 2022. Compared with TMS 1.0 installed on BAIC ARCFOX, it has a higher level of integration, and it is improved in energy efficiency, calibration efficiency and experience.

Domestic Tier1 companies started with parts in the early stage, focusing on the R&D and production of valves, pumps, and pipelines. They have broken the foreign monopoly, mastered the key technology of core components, entered the thermal management industry, endorsed the scale and products of key customers by binding foreign system integration customers, and accumulated valuable experience in system integration.

On this basis, they are gradually transforming into suppliers of automotive thermal management solutions, offering more product types to domestic OEMs.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction to New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System
1.1 Definition of New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System
1.2 Traditional/New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System Structure
1.3 Main Parts of New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System
1.4 Thermal Management System Industry Chain Structure

2 New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management Policies and Scale
2.1 New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System Policies
2.2 Forecast for Sales Volume and Penetration Rate of New Energy Vehicles
2.3 Global and China Automotive Thermal Management System Market Size
2.4 Thermal Management System Cost of New Energy Vehicles
2.5 Competitive Landscape of Thermal Management System for New Energy Vehicles
2.6 Development Trends of New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System

3 New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management Industry Chain
3.1 Heat Pump Air Conditioning System for New Energy Vehicles
3.2 Heat Pump Air Conditioning Refrigerants for New Energy Vehicles
3.3 Electric Compressors for New Energy Vehicles
3.4 Power Battery Thermal Management System for New Energy Vehicles
3.5 Other parts of New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management

4 New Energy Vehicle Thermal Management System Suppliers
4.1 Denso
4.2 Mahle
4.3 Valeo
4.4 Hanon
4.5 Continental
4.6 Aotecar
4.7 Yinlun Machinery
4.8 Sanhua Intelligent Controls
4.9 Songz Automobile Air Conditioning
4.10 Hasco
4.12 Feilong Auto Components
4.13 Kelai
4.14 Baling Technology
4.15 Huawei

5 Thermal Management System Solutions of Automotive OEMs
5.1 Tesla
5.2 BYD
5.3 Volkswagen
5.4 Audi
5.5 BMW
5.6 Geely
5.7 Lixiang
5.8 Xpeng Automotive
5.9 WM

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