Calvin automobile brand officially released ＂Make every kilometer better＂

(Beijing) On January 27th, Calvin Automobile brand launch conference with the theme of "Make every kilometer better" was held in Beijing National Science and Technology Communication Center, and Calvin Automobile, a new energy commercial vehicle brand, was officially released. Guided by R.O.A.D, Calvin Automobile has built its brand strategy from corporate Responsibility, Optimization, Adventure to sustainable Development.
　
Calvin Automobile was jointly established by BAIC Foton, the largest commercial vehicle enterprise in China, Bosch Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Bosch, the world’s leading automotive technology and service provider, Boyuan Capital, Yihuatong, the first share of China’s hydrogen energy, and BAIC Investment, the head institution of industrial capital. Gather high-end scientific and technological resources and innovative elements, gather world-class talents, capital, technology and knowledge, and gain a deep insight into the industry trends and customer needs of new energy commercial vehicles. In the new era of the convergence of scientific and technological revolution and energy revolution, Calvin Automobile is committed to building an intelligent new energy-based vehicle platform architecture and new business ecology through new energy leading technology, creating value for global users, providing new energy solutions, and building a beautiful road of zero-carbon and sustainable development.

More than 500 guests from relevant government departments, industry associations, shareholders, strategic partners and media representatives attended the event and witnessed the release of Calvin Automobile brand. At the scene, Qin Zhidong, general manager of Calvin Automobile, gave a speech. Sun Fengchun, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, Professor Tsinghua University, Zhang Xiliang, a member of the National Expert Committee on Climate Change, Wang Weiliang, President of the Board of Directors of Bosch Intelligent Travel Group in China, and Karl Deppen, global director and head of Asian business of Daimler Truck Co., Ltd., respectively talked about their understanding of "beauty" and their future vision, and jointly discussed the strategic direction of industries and innovative enterprises in the era of global energy change, which also gave Calvin Automobile a good future development.

Science and technology leading ecological chain and Calvin automobile "make every kilometer better"
At the press conference, Calvin Automobile released a brand strategy covering enterprise positioning, mission, vision, product layout, core technology, business ecology, zero-carbon ecosystem planning of the whole value chain and carbon-neutral target design. Calvin Automobile brand will focus on the bright future of new energy technology leadership, user value creation and sustainable development, and strive to become an international enterprise with leading new energy technology, with innovative ability, competitive advantage and international influence. With the brand mission of "making every kilometer better", Calvin Automobile is committed to delivering intelligent vehicle services that exceed customers’ expectations, achieving leading platform technology and new energy technology, developing a new eco-business model with high intelligence, and building a sustainable green energy business system.

Calvin Automobile will lay out two technical routes of pure electric and hydrogen fuel cells, focusing on three platform products, such as VAN, light truck and heavy truck, to create a brand-new value, green and intelligent ultimate logistics vehicle product that meets the needs of urban logistics, urban agglomeration logistics and medium and long-distance trunk logistics scenes, with the product characteristics of light weight, high efficiency, long battery life, intelligence and high comfort. Qin Zhidong introduced that in the next three years, Calvin will launch three platform products, such as VAN, light truck and heavy truck, in domestic and overseas markets.
In order to achieve the leading position in vehicle platform technology and new energy technology, Calvin independently built the industry-leading Master architecture technology, focusing on breakthroughs and innovations in core technologies such as vehicle platform architecture, electronic and electrical architecture, fuel cell, hydrogen storage system, and Sandian. Calvin pioneered the cross-platform, extensible and highly heterogeneous centralized electronic and electrical architecture of commercial vehicles, developed industry-leading high-power hydrogen fuel cell engines and liquid hydrogen storage systems focusing on trunk transportation, and developed industry-leading new energy and intelligent technologies such as high-performance electric drive bridges.

Based on the creation of user value, Calvin Automobile attaches importance to market demand and user demand, actively explores the continuous innovation of business ecology, and provides users with an integrated new energy solution of vehicle, intelligent transportation capacity, charging facilities and energy management. Build a high-level intelligent new business ecosystem on the client side, explore and cultivate the use scenarios and needs of new energy commercial vehicles with partners and users on the market side, form customized product solutions on the sales side, provide intelligent vehicle ecological services on the service side, and create accurate and efficient service experiences for customers. At the same time, in the operation of new energy vehicles, Calvin will work with partners to build ecological services such as smart energy and smart transportation. According to Qin Zhidong, Calvin Automobile will uphold the attitude of openness and cooperation, cooperate with outstanding enterprises in various industries, jointly develop a more efficient and more innovative business model, and explore a new path of green and sustainable development.
　
Calvin Automobile will focus on user value, adhere to the business philosophy of "energy technology drives the progress of the times", and build a sustainable zero-carbon ecosystem of the whole value chain with the government, upstream and downstream partners and all sectors of society through the creation of zero-carbon supply chain, zero-carbon factory and zero-carbon products from the three dimensions of "car-chain-circle". Calvin will actively participate in the competition and cooperation in the global new energy market, promote the popularization and development of new energy, contribute to the global energy transformation and climate change response, and create a clean, green and sustainable future for mankind. Calvin Automobile promises to be carbon neutral in the whole value chain by 2040.

Green and low-carbon global consensus to create a better future for sustainable development
At the press conference, Calvin Automobile’s mission and brand vision of "making every kilometer better" with user value as the core were widely praised and resonated by professionals and scholars in various fields. Sun Fengchun, an academician of China Academy of Engineering and a professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, was full of expectations for Calvin Automobile brand in his speech, and also expressed appreciation for Calvin Automobile’s focus on new energy technologies. Academician Sun Fengchun expressed the hope that Calvin will make unremitting exploration in the core technologies, core components and logistics ecology of new energy while developing high-quality and high-performance new energy commercial vehicle products, so as to provide greener and more economical logistics solutions and bring more beauty to society and industry.

Karl Deppen, global director and head of Asian business of Daimler Truck AG, also welcomed the new brand Calvin. He believes that "the commercial vehicle industry needs to push the world forward, but it must be in a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable way." In the process of development, customer-oriented thinking mode is the key to the success of business strategy. Daimler truck is committed to developing carbon-neutral technology, realizing carbon-neutral production, and satisfying the diversified needs of customers by delivering zero-emission products. In the future, Daimler trucks will continue to create value for customers with colleagues including Calvin Motors, and jointly build zero-carbon green transportation.

At the same time, Calvin Automobile’s efforts in building zero-carbon green transportation have also been fully affirmed and supported by its partners. Wang Weiliang, President of the Board of Directors of Bosch Intelligent Travel Group in China, believes that hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles are the main application scenarios of fuel cell vehicles in China because of their advantages of heavy load, long battery life and high operational efficiency. Wang Weiliang introduced that in the future, Bosch will continue to use its experience and advantages in hydrogen power to help Calvin Automobile’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicle business, and work with Calvin and its partners to continuously explore more application scenarios, establish a hydrogen energy ecosystem, and promote the development of the whole industrial chain of hydrogen power to help "every kilometer is cleaner and more efficient".

"Road transport and logistics industries play a key role in changing the high-carbon socio-economic development mode and achieving global sustainable development. The low-carbon transformation of road transport and commercial vehicles is imminent, "said Zhang Xiliang, a professor of Tsinghua University and a member of the National Expert Committee on Climate Change. China’s innovative enterprises, represented by Calvin, have made breakthroughs in technological innovation, model innovation and ecological innovation around low-carbon logistics and new energy commercial vehicles, which will provide a "China plan" for carbon emission reduction in the global road transport and logistics industries and show China’s strength.

At the press conference, the brand logo of Calvin Automobile was officially unveiled. Among them, the creativity of the graphic logo comes from the leaves in nature. When the sun passes through the veins, the word "card" coincides with the veins, which means that Calvin absorbs natural energy and empowers the industry with low-carbon sustainable development through the transformation of new energy technology and scientific and technological ecology. The English logo "CAVAN" carries Calvin’s mission. The initial letter c stands for Carbon, which reflects the firm commitment to the development of low-carbon era; The suffix N stands for New Energy and Nature, which promotes the harmonious coexistence of green transportation and nature with new energy technology innovation and makes unremitting efforts for the sustainable development of the earth. AVA is the "3A" spirit of Calvin team — — The symbol of Advanced new energy technology, Advanced design concept and Advanced quality. Calvin Automobile should redefine the field of commercial vehicles with the "three first-class" standards, focus on new energy technology leadership, focus on user value creation, and focus on a bright future of sustainable development. Qin Zhidong introduced that under the blessing of new technology and service innovation, Calvin Automobile will not only be a "worry-free" money-making tool for logistics enterprises and drivers, but also a smart energy carrier for smart cities, green transportation and global energy transformation.