KUALA LUMPUR: Chery plans to build 20,000 vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging stations worldwide by 2029, as it showcased technologies extending well beyond car-making at its Global Innovation Conference in Wuhu.
In a statement, Chery said its V2G demonstration station combines solar generation, battery storage and megawatt-level charging in a local microgrid, with two-way power flow allowing electric vehicles to feed electricity back into the grid during peak demand.
According to Chery, the model has already shown commercial potential in Europe, where a solar-plus-storage microgrid at an electric heavy-truck facility in Spain has replaced diesel generators and significantly cut operating costs. Its planned network would also include markets with developing electricity infrastructure.
At the conference, the company also presented CheryMind, a foundation model for physical artificial intelligence (AI), and its in-house Ziwei chips, which it said underpin applications in robotics, autonomous mobility, electric aircraft, smart agriculture and energy.
In robotics, Chery's AiMOGA Robotics has developed the MoAgent intelligent agent by drawing on the carmaker's supply chain and reusing 70 per cent of its research and development technologies.
Chery also presented a factory-built Level 4 robotaxi developed for global markets. It is equipped with the company's Falcon Pilot intelligent driving technology and supports automated passenger pick-up and drop-off, working alongside autonomous charging robots.
The company said its intelligent driving systems are certified under frameworks including those of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE), and are designed to meet regulations in more than 130 countries and regions.
Other technologies on show included the Lingxiao J506, a passenger-carrying electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft designed for a top speed of more than 350 kilometres per hour (km/h) and a range of more than 1,000 km. Its AI-driven farming equipment has completed automated field operations covering more than 66,700 hectares.
Chery said it takes regional differences in regulations, electricity grids and road conditions into account from the earliest stages of development.
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