reply UL certification increases China's new energy market layout

In the face of the promising new energy vehicle market in China, UL, a world-famous testing and certification agency, has been increasing its efforts in China's market layout. UL Changzhou power battery testing laboratory was officially opened on 28th, helping the upgrading and development of China's new energy vehicle industry.On the same day, Feng Hao, vice president of UL and managing director of Greater China region, also issued UL 2580 certification certificate to SAIC and UL 2594 certification certificate to anbofu Central Electric (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and held signing ceremonies with BAIC and Great Wall motors respectively.UL is a well-known testing and certification agency in the world, and 2020 is the 40th anniversary of UL entering the Chinese market. At present, UL has established 7 laboratories and 11 branches including Changzhou laboratory in the Chinese market, providing professional testing and certification services to more than 22000 Chinese customers.New energy vehicle is one of the seven strategic development industries in China. In response to this trend, UL invested in the construction of the first battery laboratory focusing on the field of new energy vehicles in Changzhou, so as to better serve the new energy vehicle industry in China and even the world. This also further enhanced the technical strength and strategic layout of UL in the new energy vehicle industry."Over the past 40 years in China, UL has continued to provide high-quality local testing and certification services to Chinese customers, driving their growth and prosperity, and helping them firmly occupy an important engine position in the global supply chain," said Jennifer Scanlon, President and CEO of UL. UL will help the local government to build Changzhou into a world advanced electric vehicle and power battery development center, and contribute to the future development of robots and intelligent vehicles. "At present, UL Changzhou laboratory has completed the first phase of the project, covering an area of 13000 square meters, equipped with the world's advanced battery charging and discharging and environmental testing equipment. Relying on UL's deep accumulation in the field of power batteries, it will provide new energy vehicle manufacturers and power battery manufacturers with safety solutions throughout the whole industry chain.Zhou Weifang, President of UL Internet technology group, said that the completion of UL Changzhou laboratory marks another major milestone for UL in China: it has one of the most advanced equipment and facilities in the world, which can provide comprehensive testing and evaluation services for electric vehicles, battery manufacturers and top suppliers. For more than 35 years, UL has been at the forefront of research, testing and evaluation of power batteries. UL's expertise is of great value to Chinese companies that want to export batteries to Europe and the United States.At present, electrification, intelligence, networking, sharing and greening have become the general trend of the development of the automobile industry, which has a huge impact on the original automobile industry, but the challenges are also accompanied by opportunities. In the face of the transformation and reform of the automotive industry, UL, as a global advanced safety science company, continues to innovate to improve the safety and sustainability of the automotive industry. In addition to the research and development of UL's traditional safety standards, UL is further cooperating with the industry to develop a trust framework for automotive safety and mobile innovation.In the field of intelligent vehicles, UL issued a new standard UL 4600 for automatic driving above L4 in April this year, and signed a memorandum with SAE international to establish a formal cooperative relationship, focusing on cooperation in the field of automatic driving and automobile application. In the forefront of the development of network security, UL participated in the formulation of vehicle network security regulations recently published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.Feng Hao, vice president of UL and managing director of Greater China, told reporters that Changzhou laboratory not only gathers UL's unique expertise in battery safety, charging system and power grid integration, but also will expand advanced services in the fields of 5g, Internet of vehicles and unmanned driving in the second phase. In addition, the company has also proposed innovative solutions to meet the challenges of automotive safety testing and battery safety in the future, from research and localization of automotive safety and battery.